Social Prescribing Co-ordinator

**About The Role**:
**UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE**

**+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE**

We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Prescribing Co-ordinator to join our healthcare teams across our females estates HMP New Hall and HMP Askham Grange. As a Social Prescribing co-ordinator you will be responsible for connecting people to activities and services within the prison, and required to support and motivate patients to access opportunities to help improve their health and wellbeing, whilst reducing dependency on medication.

This is a new initiative being brought in across our Yorkshire Region. All work will be based on site, you will be expected to work at both sites throughout the week

**Hours**

9am-5pm Monday to Friday

**Salary**

This position is full time, you’ll receive an annual salary up to £33,000**_ _**per annum - depending on experience.

**How will we support you?**
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- Competency framework
- Regional and national career development opportunities
- Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
- Support from the wider team

Interviews will take place on Friday 10th January at HMP Hatfield

**What you'll be doing**:
As a Social Prescribing Co-ordinator your responsibilities will vary. You will
- Complete initial assessments with patients referred to and eligible for the social prescribing service.
- Assessing patients current wellbeing and identification of what matters to them.
- Work with patients to develop personalised wellbeing plans based on services and activities that offer practical, social and emotional support that will improve their health and wellbeing.
- Manage a caseload of social prescribing patients providing follow-up support and ensuring they are able to access ‘prescribed’ services with confidence.
- Be responsible for the scheduling and sequencing of patients social prescribing activities.
- Liaise with Health and Prison departments, to develop awareness and support delivery of the service.
- Ensure effective cross-departmental and regional working in order to meet our aims and objectives of a whole system and asset-based approach to social prescribing.

If you are interested in **career development,** we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both **internal and external options** for development and learning.

**It doesn’t stop there**we also offer:

- Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
- Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
- 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

**What we’ll look for in you**:
The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

- we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
- we act with integrity
- we embrace diversity
- we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

**Qualifications required**
- A positive, inclusive and compassionate practitioner.
- Experience of using SystmOne
- Experience offering an information, advice and guidance service in a health, care or similar setting
- Experience of working within a prison environment or working closely with patient’s with challenging and complex needs. Experience of managing own caseload and understanding how to prioritise patient need and manage a complex caseload.

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.