Radford Medical Practice

Social Prescribing Link Worker

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Job summary

We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Prescribing Link Worker to join our dynamic PCN team. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic about providing high quality care.

The post holder will support the practice in delivering excellent care by actively supporting patients to take control of their own health and well-being.

You will be based within Radford and Mary Potter PCN, which has a population of 51,825 patients.

Main duties of the job

Core Duties:

Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.

Develop trusting relationships by giving people time and focus on what matters to me.

Take a holistic approach, based on the persons priorities and the wider determinants of health.

Co-produce a personalised support plan to improve health and wellbeing, introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.

Draw on, and increase, the strengths and capacities of local communities, enabling local VCSE organisations and community groups to receive social prescribing referrals. Ensure they are supported, have basic safeguarding processes for vulnerable individuals and can provide opportunities for the person to develop friendships, a sense of belonging, and build knowledge, skills and confidence.

Work together with all local partners to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured.

About us

The Radford & Mary Potter PCN (R&MP) consists of five practices and arelooking for an enthusiastic, confident, flexible, and highly organised person to work within the Primary Care Network (PCN) Team as a Social Prescribing Link Worker.

The post will be based in one of the GP practices within the PCN and the successful candidate will be required to work across Radford Health Centre and The Mary Potter Centre.

Details

Date posted

16 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,147 to £34,581 a year FTE

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A3966-24-0002

Job locations

Radford Health Centre

Ilkeston Road

Nottingham

NG7 3GW


The Mary Potter Centre

76 Gregory Boulevard

Nottingham

NG7 5HY


Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will generate referrals from GP practices, within Nottingham City Primary Care Network (PCN).

Promoting social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.

Build relationships with key staff in GP practice within the local PCN, attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, giving information and feedback on social prescribing and working with the care coordinators from the PCN.

Be proactive in developing strong links with all local agencies to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.

Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.

Provide referral agencies with regular updates about social prescribing, including training for their staff and how to access information to encourage appropriate referrals.

Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and the impact of social prescribing on referral agencies.

Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities, particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach.

Work closely with Care Navigators & Community Teams within the PCN

Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriate within organisations policies and procedures. 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.

Be a friendly source of information about 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 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 based on the persons priorities, interests, values and motivations including 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. 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 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.

Forge strong links with local VCSE organisations, community and neighbourhood level groups, utilising their networks and building on what is already available to create a map or menu of community groups and assets. Use these opportunities to promote micro-commissioning or small grants if available.

Develop supportive relationships with local VCSE organisations, community groups and statutory services, to make timely, appropriate and supported referrals for the person being introduced.

Ensure that local community groups and the local VCSE organisations being referred to have basic procedures in place for ensuring that vulnerable individuals are safe and, where there are safeguarding concerns, work with all partners to deal appropriately with issues. Where such policies and procedures are not in place, support groups to work towards this standard before referrals are made to them.

Check that community groups and the local VCSE organisations meet in insured premises and that health and safety requirements are in place. Where such policies and procedures are not in place, support groups to work towards this standard before referrals are made to them.

Support local groups to act in accordance with information governance policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Work with the GP practices, PCN(s) and commissioners and local partners to identify unmet needs within the community and gaps in community provision.

Support local partners and commissioners to develop new groups and services where needed, through small grants for community groups, micro-commissioning and development support.

Encourage people who have been connected to community support through social prescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, in order to build their skills and confidence, and strengthen community resilience.

Develop a team of volunteers within your service to provide buddying support for people, starting new groups and finding creative community solutions to local issues.

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.

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

To use effective communication skills when liaising with professionals and members of the public over the telephone & face to face

To liaise with a range of professionals within community and acute settings, including voluntary and third sector organisations

Job description

Job responsibilities

The post holder will generate referrals from GP practices, within Nottingham City Primary Care Network (PCN).

Promoting social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.

Build relationships with key staff in GP practice within the local PCN, attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, giving information and feedback on social prescribing and working with the care coordinators from the PCN.

Be proactive in developing strong links with all local agencies to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.

Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.

Provide referral agencies with regular updates about social prescribing, including training for their staff and how to access information to encourage appropriate referrals.

Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and the impact of social prescribing on referral agencies.

Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities, particularly those communities that statutory agencies may find hard to reach.

Work closely with Care Navigators & Community Teams within the PCN

Meet people on a one-to-one basis, making home visits where appropriate within organisations policies and procedures. 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.

Be a friendly source of information about 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 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 based on the persons priorities, interests, values and motivations including 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. 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 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.

Forge strong links with local VCSE organisations, community and neighbourhood level groups, utilising their networks and building on what is already available to create a map or menu of community groups and assets. Use these opportunities to promote micro-commissioning or small grants if available.

Develop supportive relationships with local VCSE organisations, community groups and statutory services, to make timely, appropriate and supported referrals for the person being introduced.

Ensure that local community groups and the local VCSE organisations being referred to have basic procedures in place for ensuring that vulnerable individuals are safe and, where there are safeguarding concerns, work with all partners to deal appropriately with issues. Where such policies and procedures are not in place, support groups to work towards this standard before referrals are made to them.

Check that community groups and the local VCSE organisations meet in insured premises and that health and safety requirements are in place. Where such policies and procedures are not in place, support groups to work towards this standard before referrals are made to them.

Support local groups to act in accordance with information governance policies and procedures, ensuring compliance with the Data Protection Act and the General Data Protection Regulations (GDPR).

Work with the GP practices, PCN(s) and commissioners and local partners to identify unmet needs within the community and gaps in community provision.

Support local partners and commissioners to develop new groups and services where needed, through small grants for community groups, micro-commissioning and development support.

Encourage people who have been connected to community support through social prescribing to volunteer and give their time freely to others, in order to build their skills and confidence, and strengthen community resilience.

Develop a team of volunteers within your service to provide buddying support for people, starting new groups and finding creative community solutions to local issues.

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.

The post-holder should recognise the importance of effective communication within the team and will strive to:

To use effective communication skills when liaising with professionals and members of the public over the telephone & face to face

To liaise with a range of professionals within community and acute settings, including voluntary and third sector organisations

Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
  • Knowledge of community development approaches
  • Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
  • Knowledge of motivational coaching and interview skills

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the personalised care approach
  • Knowledge of VCSE and community services in the locality
  • Awareness of GDPR
  • Awareness of Safeguarding Children & Adults

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working toward this level.

Desirable

  • Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • 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, their families and carers in a related role (including unpaid work)
  • Experience of working with the VCSE sector (in a paid or unpaid capacity), including with volunteers and small community groups
  • Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations

Desirable

  • Experience of supporting people with their mental health, either in a paid, unpaid or informal capacity
  • Experience of data collection and providing monitoring information to assess the impact of services
Person Specification

Knowledge and skills

Essential

  • Understanding of the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities
  • Knowledge of community development approaches
  • Knowledge of IT systems, including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
  • Knowledge of motivational coaching and interview skills

Desirable

  • Knowledge of the personalised care approach
  • Knowledge of VCSE and community services in the locality
  • Awareness of GDPR
  • Awareness of Safeguarding Children & Adults

Qualifications

Essential

  • NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working toward this level.

Desirable

  • Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience

Experience

Essential

  • 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, their families and carers in a related role (including unpaid work)
  • Experience of working with the VCSE sector (in a paid or unpaid capacity), including with volunteers and small community groups
  • Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations

Desirable

  • Experience of supporting people with their mental health, either in a paid, unpaid or informal capacity
  • Experience of data collection and providing monitoring information to assess the impact of services

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

Radford Medical Practice

Address

Radford Health Centre

Ilkeston Road

Nottingham

NG7 3GW


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Radford Medical Practice

Address

Radford Health Centre

Ilkeston Road

Nottingham

NG7 3GW


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Practice Manager

Karen Murch

karen.murch@nhs.net

01159792691

Details

Date posted

16 January 2024

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,147 to £34,581 a year FTE

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

12 months

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

A3966-24-0002

Job locations

Radford Health Centre

Ilkeston Road

Nottingham

NG7 3GW


The Mary Potter Centre

76 Gregory Boulevard

Nottingham

NG7 5HY


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