Social Prescriber - Adults Team

Job responsibilities

 Conduct holistic assessments with patients to ascertain their social prescribing needs.

· Signpost patients to local services/organisations depending on the individual’s goals and preferences.

· Supporting patients to identify set and meet achievable goals to improve their physical and emotional wellbeing.

· Work with partner organisations to support the delivery of an integrated care plan whereby patients’ needs are met in a holistic way.

· Follow up with patients and provide support on an ongoing basis.

· Update patient care plans and clinical records.

· Develop relationships with local health and wellbeing service providers

· Build a network and knowledge of referral routes to and from service providers.

· Ensure information about providers and voluntary groups is shared between the wider clinical team.

· Attend and contribute to weekly multi-disciplinary team meetings.

· Support patients to recognise and change their current lifestyle and to identify how their way of life might affect their health and well-being.

Qualifications

Essential

• Educated to GCSE level or equivalent
• Health & Well-being qualification
• NVQ Level 2 in Health and Social Care or other relevant professional academic qualification

Skills

Essential

• Excellent communication skills (written and oral)
• Strong IT skills
• Clear, polite telephone manner
• Competent in the use of Office and Outlook
• Effective time management (planning and organising) and able to provide leadership and to finish work tasks, meeting deadlines set
• Ability to work as a team member and autonomously
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Problem-solving & analytical skills
• Ability to follow policy and procedure
• Commitment to reducing health equalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities
• Ability to identify risk and assess/manage rick when working with individuals
• Have strong awareness and understanding of when it is appropriate or necessary to refer people back to other health professionals /agencies , when what the person needs is beyond scope of the social prescriber, when there is a mental health need required a qualified practitioner
• Commitment to collaborative working with all local agencies (able to work with others to reduce hierarchies and find creative solutions to community issues

Knowledge

Essential

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

Other Requirements

Essential

• Flexibility to work outside core office hours
• Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check
• Access to own transport and ability to travel across the locality on a regular basis, including visiting people in their own home.

Experience

Essential

• Experience of delivering lifestyle changes interventions
• Experience of supporting people, their families and carers either in a paid, unpaid or volunteer sector

Personal Qualities

Essential

• Polite and confident
• Flexible and cooperative
• Motivated
• Forward thinker
• High levels of integrity and loyalty
• Sensitive and empathetic in distressing situations, demonstrate emotional resilience
• Ability to work under pressure
• Able to get along with people from all backgrounds and communities, respecting lifestyles and communities
• Ability to communicate effectively , both verbally and in writing with people, their families , carers, community groups, partner agencies and stakeholders