Social Prescriber (Health and Wellbeing)

Job description

Job responsibilities

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Be an active part of The Middlewood Hub and Team BDP, a multidisciplinary team supporting the Middlewood Care Model, receiving, managing and prioritizing a case-load of patient referrals that meet the criteria for health and wellbeing coaching or social prescribing.

Ensure suitability of referrals and follow up with one-to-one contact with the patient to discuss the referral, making home visits where appropriate within organisations policies and procedures.

Develop trusting relationships, giving people time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to them.

Build trust and respect with the person, providing non-judgemental and non-discriminatory support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices.

Identify the right level of support for the referral, between coaching support and social prescribing.

Help patients to identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing.

Work with individuals to co-produce a simple personalised support plan to address their health and wellbeing needs based on the persons priorities, interests, values, cultural and religious/faith needs and motivations including what they can expect from the groups, activities and services they are being connected to.

Empower patients to manage their own wellbeing and live independently.

Support patients to work through their personalised support plan, connecting with them at agreed intervals to provide continued support towards achieving their goals, providing coaching and motivating patients to achieve their objectives.

Evaluate how the actions in the care and support plan are meeting the patients health and wellbeing needs.

Where appropriate, physically introduce people to appropriate community groups, activities and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable, feel valued and respected. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support.

Liaise with the referring health professional and seek advice and support to discuss patient-related concerns, referring the patient back to the GP or other suitable health professional if required.

Forge strong links with a wide range of local VCSE organisations, community and neighbourhood level groups, utilising their networks and building on whats already available to create a menu of diverse community groups and assets, who promote diversity and inclusion.

Explore and support access to a personalised health budget where appropriate.

Be an active part of the local peer support network for Social Prescribers.

Undertake basic health professional, other professional and patient engagement activity to promote the service. Deliver simple training to health professionals about social prescribing and referral processes.

Where required and as appropriate, refer patients back to other health professionals within the Middlewood Partnership and Team BDP care community.

Engage in Supervision sessions as provided by The Middlewood Partnership.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Good standard of education with excellent literacy and numeracy skills

Experience

Essential

• Experience of working with the general public
• Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team
• Experience of working closely with colleagues, managers and clinicians
• Experience of working with vulnerable populations
• Experience working in a healthcare environment or in the voluntary and community sector
• Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities

Desirable

• Experience of working in Primary Care
• Understanding of the NHS strategy particularly relating to primary care and knowledge of the Personalised Care approach
• Knowledge of clinical systems
• Knowledge and experience of safeguarding
• Experience in delivering training to user groups / staff teams
• Experience in health and wellbeing coaching

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills and interpersonal skills
• Demonstrable IT skills including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports.
• Proven problem solving and organisational skills
• Ability to maintain a positive work environment
• Demonstrable attention to detail
• The ability to build relations with key internal and external stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills

Aptitude

Essential

• Ability to listen, empathise with people and provide person-centered support in a non-judgemental way
• Sensible and able to use own initiative
• Demonstrate honesty and integrity and promotes organisational values
• An ability to maintain confidentiality and trust
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight and often changing deadlines
• Proven team worker with ability to motivate others.
• Able to demonstrate flexibility, enthusiasm and commitment.
• Ability to work on own initiative and organise workload
• Ability to demonstrate emotional resilience
• Ability to support people in a way that inspires trust and confidence, motivating others to reach their potential
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk
• Ability to demonstrate initiative, resourcefulness and common sense

Other

Essential

• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including to visit people in their own homes

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

The Middlewood Partnership

Address

Bollington Medical Centre

Wellington Road

Bollington

SK10 5JH

Employer's website

https://middlewoodpartnership.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)