Social Prescribing Link Worker

5 months ago

Bradford, United Kingdom The Ridge Medical Practice Full time

Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical link & well being workers who give time, focus on what matters to me and take a holistic approach, connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support. Link & Well Being Worker will support existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and help people to start new community groups, working collaboratively with all local partners. Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, by increasing peoples active involvement with their local 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.

The Social Prescribing Team work across a diverse range of community groups including Elderly, Youth and those with a Learning Disability. Salary: Dependent on Skills and Experience Reporting line: The role reports to the Senior Social Prescriber Key Responsibilities 1. Take referrals from a wide range of care and community services and managing caseload 2. Undertake holistic assessments and develop tailored Personal Action Plans with individuals as appropriate, to identifying support needs to ensure maximum engagement in improving their confidence, self-esteem, health and well-being in their environments whilst recognising the boundaries of the link worker role 3.

Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities 4. Develop and encourage relationships within the local communities and community service providers to ensure a great services to forward referrals from the social prescribing team 5. Work together with all local partners to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured 6. Advocate for the Social Prescribing project across a range of stakeholders including medical and community groups 7.

Be flexible, person-centred and embrace changing approaches to delivery at all times, in order to ensure that the Project is fully responsive to and accommodating of the needs, wishes and aspirations of the people who use it 8. Undertake additional duties as requested by the Senior Social Prescriber and.or Community Engagement Social Prescribing Link Worker. The above list of main tasks in this job description should, therefore, not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive Key Behaviours Empathy Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person
- centred support in a non-judgemental way Accuracy & Efficiency Must be able to work efficiently with an evolving workload whilst maintaining accuracy or administrative records Inter-Personal Skills Must possess excellent inter-personal skills and be able to work with a number of stakeholders at all levels Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and diversity Ability to maintain effective working relationships and to promote collaborative practice with all colleagues Commitment to collaborative working with all local agencies (including VCSE organisations and community groups). Able to work with others to reduce hierarchies and find creative solutions to community issues Adaptable & Resilient Demonstrates personal accountability, emotional resilience and works well under pressure Organisation & Time Keeping Must be able to manage own time against workload and combine regular routine activity with varying ad hoc requests Ability to organise, plan and prioritise on own initiative, including when under pressure and meeting deadlines Analytical & Problem Solving Must be able to analyse, interpret and challenge data and reports and provide suitable alternative positions that support the overall financial and commercial objectives of the organisation Creative & Motivational Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential Ability to communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing, with people, their families, carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders Able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks Decision Making & Tact Must be comfortable making decision at management level combined with the tact and initiative required at that level and balance with ability to communicate with all community groups and referrals within their own environments.

Risk Management Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working Have a strong awareness and understanding of when it is appropriate or necessary to refer people back to other health professionals/agencies, whe

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