Schedule: Monday to Friday, 37.5 hours per week
Pay: £24,963.00 per year
Licence/Certification: Driving Licence (required)
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Arden Primary Care Network as a Social Prescribing Link Worker. We are a forward-thinking PCN of 7 practices and are working together to extend the social prescribing provision to our patients in the local area. We are looking for a proactive caring individual to join our small and friendly Health and Wellbeing team. If you are looking for a rewarding and exciting position working closely and directly with our patients, we can be sure to offer you a friendly, well-experienced working environment with support from all the PCN staff and Clinical Director.
Social Prescribing is a free service to help people improve their general health and wellbeing in a holistic way. Through using non-medical sources of community support, Social Prescribing offers the chance to find out about activities that can improve health and wellbeing, including: advice and information services, community groups, leisure activities, lunch clubs, self-help groups, specialist interest groups, sporting activities, and lots more.
Main duties of the job
As a link worker you will be working closely with the Health and Wellbeing Team, taking referrals from the surgeries, Placed Based Teams, and other third party roles.
A link worker will develop relationships in the health and social care sector, working closely with our Health and Wellbeing Coach, Care Coordinator and Clinical Pharmacists, and supporting individuals to access voluntary and community opportunities.
You will be responsible for providing non-clinical personalised support to individuals and their families, in order to empower them to take control of their own health and wellbeing.
The successful candidate will need to have excellent communication and organisational skills, the ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team are essential for this role. You will be passionate, dedicated and empathetic and enjoy the challenge of working across new partnerships. Being able to travel around the area is a key requirement of this role.
Job responsibilities
1. Take referrals from anyone in the GP Practice team and from other agencies.
2. Undertake holistic assessments and co-produce a personalised plan with patients, identifying support needs.
3. Provide ongoing support to patients to implement their plan.
4. Support patients to access local support services, groups, activities, etc.
5. Record information on the practice clinical system.
6. Integrate Health Champions in working with specific patients.
7. Promote Social Prescribing services.
8. Encourage volunteers to support Social Prescribing.
Person Specification
Valid Driving Licence
* Must have a valid driving licence.
Qualifications
* Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development.
* NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards.
* Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience.
Experience
* Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role (including unpaid work).
* Experience of data collection and providing monitoring information.
* Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement.
* Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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