Social Prescriber

**Social Prescriber**

**Bradford City Primary Care Network 4**

**Salary**: £24,000 - 27,000 depending on experience

**Hours**: Full Time (37.5hrs) or Part Time - please note a proportion of hours will need to be worked during 6.30pm-9.30pm in our Enhanced Access service

**Annual Leave Entitlement**: 33 days plus study days (pro rota for part-time)

**Benefits**:

- Increased holiday entitlement in recognition of length of service
- NHS pension available

**Closing date**: 4 August 2023

**Job Overview**

Bradford City Primary Care Network 4 is looking to recruit a forward thinking and enthusiastic experienced Social Prescribing Link Worker.

We are seeking to appoint a flexible minded Social Prescriber to take a front line role working with the practices, supporting patients to the best possible care and support. This role will help empower local residents to take control of their health and wellbeing, allowing them to create time to focus on what matters to the patient.

The Social Prescriber supports taking a holistic approach to an individual’s health and wellbeing. The role will involve connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.

The Social Prescriber will provide support for low to medium intensity patients with mental and social health conditions to overcome barriers. The Social Prescriber will be embedded within Primary Care Network multi-disciplinary teams to provide personalised support to individuals, to enable them to take control of their wellbeing and improve their health outcomes.

**Main Duties of the Job**

The role will help people manage their health differently and more effectively, the aim is to help people who are lonely or isolated, or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing, including their mental health.

You should be a good listener, have time for people and be committed to supporting local communities to care for each other. You should have experience of working positively with people facing complex social and emotional challenges.

**About Us**

Bradford City Primary Care Network 4 (PCN4) is a network of Bradford City practices working collaboratively across the network area to look after the health of our local population. The PCN which comprises of 5 local practices with a total population of around 42,000 registered patients.

**Job responsibilities**
- Take referrals from the PCN’s Core Network Practices
- Support the health and wellbeing of patients
- Assess how far a patient’s health and wellbeing needs can be met by services and other opportunities available in the community
- Co-produce a simple personalised care and support plan to address the patient’s health and wellbeing needs by introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services, signposting where appropriate
- Evaluate how far the actions in the care and support plan are meeting the patient’s health and wellbeing needs
- Provide personalised support to patients, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing, live independently, improve their health outcomes and maintain a healthy lifestyle
- Develop trusting relationships by giving people time and focus on ‘what matters to them’
- Take a holistic approach, based on the patient’s priorities and the wider determinants of health
- Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care
- Work proactively to develop relationships with external providers to facilitate joint case management of patients accessing multiple services
- Educate non-clinical and clinical staff within the PCN on what other services are available within the community and how and when patients can access them. This may include verbal or written advice and guidance
- Manage and prioritise their own caseload, in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs of their population
- Where required and as appropriate, refer patients back to other health professionals within the PCN.

**Skills and Competencies**
- Knowledge and experienced in using SystmOne
- Ability to listen to people without making judgement
- Ability to build a good rapport with people to enable them to develop their thinking around their own strengths and assets
- Ability to establish empathetic and productive relationships with individuals
- Ability to motivate people to think positively about their life and explore opportunities to enhance it
- Enthusiastic, self-motivated and used to working on own initiative
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal, and ability to interact effectively with people at all levels
- Flexible thinking: able to use initiative to work in creative ways
- Excellent facilitation and negotiation skills
- Works concisely to a high level of accuracy and displays attent