Young Persons Social Prescribing Link Worker

1 month ago

London, United Kingdom Enable Full time

We are looking for experienced Social Prescribing Link Workers to support and deliver one to one appointments for young people in our community.  Part time and Full time roles are available. 

 

About Us: 

Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.  

 

At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best. On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:  

  

Benefits: 

  • 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays)
  • Life Insurance
  • Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
  • A variety of social and wellbeing activities each month
  • Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Monthly talks, Wellbeing Hour, etc)
  • Free Gym Membership
  • Free breakfasts/snacks in our office

 

Reports to: Senior Young Persons Link Worker 

Based: Merton

Salary: £33,536

Contract: Permanent - Full Time and Part Time roles available 

Work Arrangement: 40 hours or 16 hours per week 

DBS: Basic

  

Role Overview: 

 

As a Young Persons Link Worker, you will be providing social prescribing support to young people, and/or their families. The aim of the role is to help clients improve their health and wellbeing by connecting them to community support. This could include helping people with a range of issues such as coping with social pressures, emotional wellbeing, physical inactivity, financial difficulties, crime, loneliness, bullying, relationship issues, housing issues and family problems. 

 

The role involves working with professionals in Primary Care, education, social services and other community and voluntary sector services to develop the service.  The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, passionate about supporting people and dedicated to reducing inequalities in the local area.

 

The Health and Wellbeing Team are a passionate group of health professionals who empower people to make lasting changes to their health and wellbeing and improve their quality of life. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, building innovative initiatives that tackle barriers to improving health. We are experts at reducing health inequalities, real or perceived, and creating lasting changes. 

 

 

Main Duties/Responsibilities:  

Person-centred care and support 

  • Deliver effective social prescribing appointments using a holistic and person-centred approach
  • Empower clients to take control of their own wellbeing by building their confidence, motivating them to set goals and creating personalised action plan
  • Signpost and refer people to local voluntary, community and statutory services that help meet their needs

Communication and Collaboration 

  • Work with the Primary Care partners and the Enable Health & Wellbeing Team to develop a social prescribing service that supports young people and families
  • Maintain regular contact with primary care teams, providing updates and sharing knowledge of local VCSE organisations
  • Develop supportive relationships and work in partnership with local VCSE organisations, community groups, and statutory services to make safe and effective onward referrals

Service Quality and Development 

  • Collect and record outcome and monitoring data using required systems, contributing to the evaluation of the programm
  • Manage own case load to ensure clients receive appropriate levels of support and expectations are met and keep accurate records of client interactions and record all onward referrals to VCSE service
  • Gather client feedback to evaluate the quality of the service and to inform service changes and developments
  • Complete Quality Assurance Assessments for VCSE organisations accepting social prescribing referrals to ensure they are safe, effective, and have the support they need to be part of social prescribing

 

Skills and Experience:  

  • At least 2 years’ experience in a role that involves delivering face-to-face support in a relevant health, social care or youth work environment
  • At least 2 years’ experience working with/ supporting disadvantaged young people and their families
  • Experience of working with the VCSE sector, including with volunteers, small community groups and youth groups
  • Experience of partnership working and relationship building across different sectors and organisations
  • Motivational interviewing, behaviour change, or health coaching qualification (desirable) or willingness to undertake training (essential)
  • Understanding of the challenge’s young people and families within inner London face particularly relating to obesity and mental health issues
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office (including Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint) and other client monitoring systems or tools as required
  • Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to develop effective working relationships with a wide range partners including GPs, VCSE organisations and service users
  • Excellent communication skills, verbal and written; able to communicate with a range of stakeholders in a meaningful way
  • Able to work flexible hours if required by the post and able to work in various setting
  • Able to commute to various service locations across the borough as required

 

This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around us If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts. 

 

If this role not quite right, however you are still interested in working at Enable then we encourage you to get in touch today on hr@enablelc.org 

 

Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website. 

 

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