Young Persons Social Prescriber

2 weeks ago


Bridlington, United Kingdom Yorkshire Health Partners LTD Full time

**37.5 hours per week - Monday-Friday**

**Location**:Bridlington PCN.

**This is the right time** to enhance our team and offer this first-class opportunity for you with your knowledge, skills and experience to make your mark in primary care locally. Work in a role where you can make a tangible and quantifiable difference, one in which you are **valued** and gives you that strong sense of **job satisfaction**.

On a day-to-day basis, you will **empower young people **between the ages of 11-17 to take control of their health and wellbeing through your skills in social prescribing, **giving time** and a **safe space **for them to have a focus on “what matters to me”. This holistic approach **connects **young people to community groups and statutory services that provide **emotional and practical** **support** for patients, their families, and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing, live independently, improve their health outcomes, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

The Young People’s Social Prescriber will **work closely with GP practices** across the Primary Care Networks (PCN’s are groups of GP practices working together), working alongside young people, **supporting them to tackle loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression by connecting them into a broad range of services** & interventions to improve their health and well-being. The work will be led by the wants and needs of the young people themselves and may need some **flexibility in working hours to fit availability of the young person.**

Working to deliver Primary Care Services with our NHS partners is arguable more crucial than ever. **If you have, are working towards or willing to work towards a level 3 qualification in youth work, health, social care or some other relevant area,** have previously **worked (paid or unpaid)** **with young people,** are **motivated** to deliver excellent services to support Primary Care in our region and have relatable **(paid or unpaid)**experience of working within a **community, social care, or voluntary sector **please take a moment to consider - **could this be your next role?**

**Job Purpose**

Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical social prescribers who give time to focus on “what matters to me”. This role specifically works with young people, taking a holistic approach connecting them to community groups and statutory services that provide emotional and practical support.

This role sits as part of PCN’s team of health professionals that take referrals from the PCN and a wide range of agencies delivering the social prescribing plan as determined by the PCN, Commissioners, social prescribing schemes, Local Authorities, and voluntary sector leaders.

**Job Summary**

The Young People’s Social Prescriber will work closely with GP practices across the Primary Care Networks, working alongside young people aged 13-17, supporting them to tackle loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression by connecting them into a broad range of services & interventions to improve their health and well-being. The work will be led by the wants and needs of the young people themselves and may need some flexibility in working hours to fit availability of the young person.

To provide personalised support to patients, their families, and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing, live independently, improve their health outcomes, and develop and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

**Key Areas of Responsibility**
- To act as a main point of contact for young people accessing the service.
- Accept referrals and assess how far a patient’s health and wellbeing needs can be met by services and other opportunities in the community.
- Manage and prioritise your caseload reflecting your patients’ needs.
- Together produce a simple personalised care and support plan to address their health and wellbeing needs.
- Develop trusting relationships by giving people time and focus on what matters to them.
- Following a patients’ journey, evaluate how far the actions in the care and support plan are meeting their health and wellbeing needs.
- Where required refer patients back to other health professionals within the PCN.
- Liaise with appropriate statutory and voluntary sector agencies working in Education (including SEND), Public & Mental Health, Primary and Secondary care, Social Care and Youth Offending Teams and build up appropriate networks that promote timely access to support for young people.
- To work systemically, e.g. liaise with and include parent/carers, educators, health professionals etc. when appropriate and as agreed by the service users.
- To build strong working relationships with internal and external services and to promote the link worker/social prescribing model.
- Work collaboratively with local Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations and community groups to receive social prescribin



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