PCN Health Connector / Health Coach/ Social Prescribing Link Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

Primary Duties & Areas of Responsibility

Social prescribing: helping people to improve their health, wellbeing and social welfare by connecting them to community services and projects. By increasing peoples active involvement with their local communities, personal and community resilience is strengthened, and health and wellbeing inequalities can be reduced

Deliver projects within the community, including Talking Cafés, Talking Benches and the Healthy Lifestyles programme, face-to-face or online as appropriate

Provide one-to-one and group health coaching support for people with one or more long-term health conditions, based on what matters to them, with the aim of empowering people to manage their own health, and improve their health outcomes

Manage and prioritise a caseload of patients. Understand when it is appropriate or necessary to refer people back to, or on to, other health professionals/agencies

Support the promotion of the Health Connections directory/website, resources, projects and one-to-one support across the locality

Identify gaps in local service provision through speaking to patients/communities and feed back to line manager

Attend and contribute to team, GP practice and PCN meetings and events as required by the service

Participate in regular supervision, reflective practice and continual learning

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

• Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role (including unpaid work)
• Experience of working with people one-to-one using behaviour change, motivational interviewing and goal setting tools
• Experience of working with the VCSE sector (in a paid or unpaid capacity)
• Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (including unpaid work)
• Experience of supporting people with their mental wellbeing, either in a paid, unpaid or informal capacity
• Experience of data collection and using tools to measure the impact of services

Desirable

• Experience running and facilitating groups
• Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations

Personal Qualities / Other

Essential

• Ability to actively listen, empathise with people and provide person-centred support in a non-judgmental way
• Able to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential
• Ability to work flexibly and enthusiastically within a team or on own initiative
• Can demonstrate personal accountability, emotional resilience and ability to work well under pressure
• Ability to work within an evolving service, juggle competing priorities and complete work to a high standard
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes
• Willingness to work flexible hours when required to meet work demands

Desirable

• Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from diverse communities

Qualifications

Essential

• 5 GCSEs at A-C or equivalent including English and Maths
• Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development. Willingness to undertake relevant in-house training

Desirable

• Degree or other qualification in relevant area (or equivalent work experience)
• Trained in health /motivational coaching and interviewing

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Vine Surgery Partnership

Address

Hindhayes Lane

Street

Somerset

BA16 0ET

Employer's website

https://www.vinesurgery.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)