Key Responsibilities:
1. Take referrals from a wide range of agencies including GP practices within primary care networks, pharmacies, multi-disciplinary teams, hospital discharge teams, allied health professionals, fire service, police, job centres, social care services, housing associations, and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations (list not exhaustive).
2. Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
3. Develop trusting relationships by giving people time to focus on what matters to them.
4. Based on the persons priorities and the impact of the wider determinants of health on their life, co-produce a personalised wellbeing plan to improve their health and wellbeing that will include connecting or reconnecting them to community groups and activities and statutory services where appropriate.
5. Manage and prioritise your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and any urgent support required by individuals on the caseload, with a strong awareness of when to refer people back to other health professionals/agencies.
6. Draw on and increase the strengths and capacities of local communities, enabling local VCSE organisations and community groups to receive social prescribing referrals, ensuring they are supported and have basic safeguarding processes for vulnerable individuals.
7. Work together with all local partners to ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured.
Key Tasks:
1. Promote the Wellbeing Service and its role in facilitating independence and building community and personal resilience.
2. Create a wellbeing assessment that considers the role and possible impact of the wider determinants of health on wellbeing.
3. Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within Darlington, attending relevant meetings and giving information and feedback on the role of social prescribing.
4. Be proactive in developing strong links with local agencies to encourage referrals.
5. Provide referral agencies with regular updates about the development of the service.
6. Encourage self-referrals and connect with all local communities, particularly hard-to-reach communities.
7. Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriate.
8. Help people identify the wider issues impacting their health and wellbeing.
9. Work with individuals to co-produce a simple personalised support plan based on their priorities, interests, values and motivations.
10. Manage expectations by clearly explaining what they can expect from the groups, activities and services.
11. Follow up to ensure they are happy and receiving good support.
General Tasks:
1. Work sensitively with people, their families and carers to capture key information.
2. Support referral agencies to provide appropriate information about the person they are referring.
3. Work closely with GP practices to ensure social prescribing referral codes are inputted.
4. Adhere to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements.
5. Work with your line manager for continual personal and professional development.
6. Collect feedback from clients on the social prescribing service.
Special Working Conditions: The post-holder is required to have access to their own transport and to travel independently between practice sites across the Network, visit clients in their own homes (when appropriate), and attend in-person and virtual meetings hosted by other agencies. #J-18808-Ljbffr