Job Overview
We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full-time Social Prescribing Link Worker, to work within our Primary Care Network (PCN) multidisciplinary healthcare team.
The successful candidate will play a key role in proactively empowering people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to ‘link workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach to an individual’s health and wellbeing.
Main Duties of the Job
A Social Prescribing Link Worker will work closely with GPs and practice teams, making sure that appropriate support is made available to people; connecting people to diverse community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
Social prescribing link workers will work as a key part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) multidisciplinary team. Social prescribing can help PCNs to strengthen community and personal resilience, reduce health inequalities (in relation to timely access and outcomes) and wellbeing inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing, and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local diverse communities.
It particularly works for people with long term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.
Working for Our Organisation
We offer staff a range of attractive benefits:
* Wellbeing Hub: An onsite facility accessible to all CRH, DSFS and RPC – including a fully equipped gym, showers, classes, and onsite counselling.
* Learning and Development: A range of courses to help you grow in your career.
* NHS Fleet Solutions: A cost-effective car leasing scheme including easy access to electric vehicles.
Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities
The postholder will work with a diverse range of people from different cultural and social backgrounds. The ability to work confidently and effectively in a varied, and sometimes challenging environment is essential. The successful candidate will have excellent interpersonal and communication skills, and be organised, patient and empathetic. They will have experience of working in health, social care or other support roles including direct contact with people, families or carers.
Person Specification
Education / Qualifications / Experience
* NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards.
* Experience of supporting people, their families, and carers in a related role (including unpaid work).
* Experience of setting up services within Primary Care Networks and their local communities.
* Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health, and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (including unpaid work).
Skills and Knowledge
* Local knowledge of community healthcare and social care is desirable.
* Knowledge of the personalised care approach and understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic, and environmental factors and their impact on communities.
* Ability to work with a range of clinical and non-clinical personnel as part of a team.
* Ability to prioritise and work to deadlines.
* Ability to define, collate, analyse, and interpret data.
Personal Attributes
* Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgemental way.
* Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience.
* Compassion to patients, relatives, carers, and professional colleagues, demonstrating core values consistent with a patient and family centred approach to care.
* Demonstrate professional, appropriate, effective, and tactful communication skills.
* Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential.
* Ability to travel between sites in a timely manner if required.
Flexible Working
If you're looking for flexible or predictable working arrangements, please speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate this. If it works for our service and patients, we will do our best to make it work for you.
Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust is committed to ensuring the safety of all our staff and patients therefore encourages and supports staff to be vaccinated against COVID-19 as this remains the best line of defence against the virus.
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