Brentwood PCN Social Prescribing Link Worker

7 days ago

Colchester, United Kingdom Provide CIC Full time

Job summary

To support the PCN with pro-actively assess the needs of their population and identify patients who would benefit from social prescribing support - carers, people recently bereaved, people with unhealthy lifestyle choices and those suffering with loneliness and isolation. To provide Personalised, practical support to patients, their families and carers enabling them to make decisions that will improve their health and well-being outcomes and to increase their independent living and support by connecting them to community initiatives for sustainability. To Provide support to the PCN and MDT being a wealth of knowledge within the local community, building and expanding networking of support for patients.

Main duties of the job

Promote social prescribing and its role in self-management and the wider determinants of health. Build relationships with staff in PCN practices and attend relevant MDT meetings to provide information and feedback on social prescribing. Meet people on a one-to-one basis (via telephone and/or F2F), making home visits where appropriate Forge strong links with partner organisations, community and neighbourhood level groups, utilising their networks and building on what's already available to create a menu of community groups and assets. Work collectively with all local partners to ensure community groups are strong and sustainable Work sensitively with people, their families and carers to capture key information, enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing. Maintain and develop the hub, brining the community and support networks together.

About us

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people's homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives

Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion

Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension

Job description

Job responsibilities

Referrals

Promote social prescribing and its role in self-management and the wider determinants of health. Build relationships with staff in PCN practices and attend relevant MDT meetings to provide information and feedback on social prescribing. Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referring agencies. Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities, particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach.

Provide personalised support

Meet people on a one-to-one basis (via telephone and/or F2F), making home visits where appropriate Give people time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to me. Build trust with the person, providing non-judgemental support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets by using health coaching techniques. Be a friendly source of information about health, wellbeing and prevention approaches. Help people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness, isolation and caring responsibilities. Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing. Help people maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards. Work with individuals to co-produce a simple personalised support plan to address the persons health and wellbeing needs based on the persons priorities, interests, values and motivations. The plans need to include what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to and what the person can do for themselves to improve their health and wellbeing. Where appropriate, physically introduce people to community groups, activities and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable and follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support. Where people may be eligible for a personal health budget, help them to explore this option as a way of providing funded, personalised support to be independent, including helping people to gain skills for meaningful employment, where appropriate. Seek advice and support from the GP supervisor and/or identified individual(s) to discuss patient-related concerns ( abuse, domestic violence and support with mental health), referring the patient back to the GP or other suitable health professional if required.

Work in partnership to ensure utilisation of community assets.

Forge strong links with partner organisations, community and neighbourhood level groups, utilising their networks and building on whats already available to create a menu of community groups and assets. Work collectively with all local partners to ensure community groups are strong and sustainable Encourage people who have been connected to community support through social prescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, building their skills and confidence and strengthening community resilience. Encourage people, their families and carers to provide peer support and to do things together, such as setting up new community groups or volunteering. Provide a regular confidence survey to community groups receiving referrals, to ensure that they are strong, sustained and have the support they need to be part of social prescribing.

Data capture

Work sensitively with people, their families and carers to capture key information, enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing. Encourage people, their families and carers to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of social prescribing on their lives. Work within the MDT and with PCN Practices to ensure that the social prescribing referral codes are inputted into clinical systems (as outlined in the Network Contract DES), adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements. Work as part of the healthcare team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner. Duties may vary from time to time, without changing the general character of the post or the level of responsibility. Person Specification

shortlisting

Essential

NVQ Level 3 Health and social care or Equivalent training and experience in health care setting Local Knowlegde of community

essential

Essential

NVQ Level 3 Health and social care or Equivalent training and experience in health care setting Excellent knowledge of the local community An understanding and knowledge of the main health issues affecting the local population Well organised and ability to prioritise workload Excellent communication skills both written and verbal Able to work under pressure and in target driven environment driving license

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