Social Prescribing Link Worker

7 months ago

Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom Newcastle General Practice Services Ltd Full time

The following are the core responsibilities of the SPLW. There may be, on occasion, a requirement to carry out other tasks; this will be dependent on factors such as workload and staffing levels. Referrals a. Take referrals from a wide range of agencies; be proactive in developing strong links with all local agencies to encourage referrals, provide updates and offer training where required.

b. Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local PCN, attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, giving information and feedback on social prescribing. c. Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referral agencies.

d. Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities, particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach. e. Manage and prioritise your own workload.

Provide personalized support. f. Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriate within applicable policies and procedures. Give people time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to me.

Build trust with the person, providing non-judgmental support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets. g. Be a friendly source of information about wellbeing and prevention approaches.

h. Help people to identify the wider issues that impact on their health wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities. i. Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing.

j. Help people maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards. k. Work with individuals to co-produce a simple personalized support plan based on the persons priorities, interests, values and motivations including what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing.

l. Where appropriate, physically introduce people to community groups, activities, and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support. m.

Where people may be eligible for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of providing funded, personalized support to be independent, including helping people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate. Support community groups and VCSE organizations to receive referrals. n. Forge strong links with local VCSE organizations, community and neighborhood level groups, utilizing their networks and building on whats already available to create a map of menu of community groups and assets.

Use these opportunities to promote micro-commissioning or small grants if available. o. Develop supportive relationships with local VCSE organizations, community groups and statutory services, to make timely, appropriate and supported referrals for the person being introduced. p.

Ensure that local community groups and VCSE organizations being referred to have basic procedures in place for ensuring that vulnerable individuals are safe and, where there are safeguarding concerns, work with all partners to deal appropriately with issues. Where such policies and procedures are not in place, support groups to work towards this standard before referrals are made to them. q. Check that community groups and VCSE organizations meet in insured premises and that health and safety requirements are in place.

Where such policies and procedures are not in place, support groups to work towards this standard before referrals are made to them. r. Support local groups to act in accordance with information governance policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act 2018 Work collectively with all local partners to ensure community groups are strong and sustainable. s.

Work with commissioners and local partners to identify unmet needs within the community and gaps in community provision. t. Support local partners and commissioners to develop new groups and services where needed, through small grants for community groups, micro-commissioning and development support. u.

Encourage people who have been connected to community support through social prescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, in order to build their skills and confidence, and strengthen community resilience. v. Develop a team of volunteers within your service to provide buddying support for people, starting new groups and finding creative community solutions to local issues. w.

Encourage people, their families and carers to provide peer support and to do things together, such as setting up new community groups or volunteering. x. Provide a regular confidence survey to comm

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