Social Prescribing Link Worker

3 weeks ago


Oldham, United Kingdom Positive Steps Full time

**Title**: Social Prescribing Link Worker

**Hours**: Full and Part time available

**Salary**: £22,342.72- £24,470.60

**Reporting**: Operational Manager - Early Intervention and Prevention

**Contract**: Fixed term 12 months

The main purpose of this role is to deliver holistic, bespoke packages of support to Children and Families in the borough of Oldham.

Social Prescribers will work in a strength-focused approach to undertake holistic interventions with individuals and whole households and prepare joint person-centered actions addressing a wide range of needs that support and well being is required with. Looking at what is working well and building on this and also providing other interventions.

You will need to carry out specific interventions to support individuals and families to lead a positive lifestyle, to engage with community-based support and reduce their dependency and involvement with other services.

Social Prescribers will be aligned to one or more of the 5 Primary Care Network areas in Oldham and will work with colleagues and partners to develop a place-based offer for Oldham residents - working from a range of community venues including clients’ homes.

For this role you will need to be confident in caseload management and the use of electronic recording systems.

**Closing Date**: Monday 20 February 2023

**Selection**: Friday 03 March 2023, Midday

**Job Purpose**
- To provide Social
- Prescribing interventions to improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and households

**Principle Duties and Responsibilities**
- Provide Social Prescribing keyworker support to individuals and households, delivering holistic support to address a range of health and wellbeing needs
- Assist the co production of action plans and provide support in line with relevant legislation, quality standards, best practice and codes of ethics to improve health and wellbeing
- Provide support in a range of community venues to successfully engage people in Social Prescribing support
- Undertake accurate, timely recording using digital caseload management systems to meet contract requirements
- Undertake any other duties to meet service and organisational objectives following consultation with your manager

**Person Specification**

**Experience**
- Demonstrable experience of supporting individuals and households with a range of needs using different interventions
- Demonstrable experience of planning, monitoring and evaluating your own work
- Demonstrable experience of multi-agency working
- Demonstrable success in promoting diversity

**Knowledge**
- Awareness of the issues affecting individuals and households and their impact
- Awareness of safeguarding legislation and guidance, and the boundaries of professional relationships
- Understanding of Health & Safety legal requirements and best practice
- Awareness of the principles of social prescribing

**Skills**
- Primary skills in engaging, supporting and motivating individuals and households
- Primary communication skills
- Primary skills in problem solving
- Primary skills in assessment of needs and in developing person-centred action plans
- Primary skills in Microsoft Office and database systems
- Primary skills in literacy and numeracy

**Personal Attributes**
- Sound judgement and awareness of political sensitivities
- Sound professional and tactical judgement and the ability to establish priorities and principles
- Resilient and able to work independently as required
- Commitment to Positive Steps vision and values

**Additional Requirements**
- Prepared to work flexibly to meet the needs of customers and the organisation
- Ability to travel throughout the borough
- Occasional evening and weekend working required
- Enhanced DBS required

**OUR VISION & VALUES**

**OUR VISION - **People and communities inspired to take control of their lives

**OUR VALUES**
- **REFLECTIVE - **We reflect upon learning using our knowledge and experience to create and develop new ways of working
- **EMPOWERING - **We support people and communities to succeed through personal achievement
- **ASPIRATIONAL - **We encourage and support people and communities to aim high and achieve their ambition
- **INCLUSIVE - **We consult and involve colleagues, clients and partners in all that we do
- **ADAPTABLE - **We strive for improvement through recognising innovation and improving ways of working

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

**Salary**: £22,342.72-£24,470.60 per year

**Benefits**:

- Cycle to work scheme
- Flexitime
- Sick pay
- Wellness programme

Schedule:

- Day shift



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