Social Prescriber

Job summary

Southern Health Foundation Trust has an exciting opportunity for a full-time Social Prescriber to join Shakespeare Road Primary Care Network.

We provide primary care services for over 13,000 patients in the Popley area of Basingstoke and the practice is in collaboration with Hampshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Solent NHS Trust and North Hampshire Urgent Care.

We are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and motivated professional with excellent organisational & communication skills.

The Social Prescriber works alongside a team within general practice and within the Primary Care Network (PCN) and empowers people to take control of their health and well-being.

Social prescribing can help to strengthen community resilience and personal resilience whilst reducing health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity by increasing people's active involvement with their local communities.

This role can be particularly beneficial to patients with long-term conditions, those with mental health issues and those who are lonely or isolated or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

Health Connectors provide a service which helps members of the community access support to better self-manage their health and wellbeing and long-term health conditions.

The project will initially work with individuals and the Complex Care Team following discharge from hospital, to support them to better self-manage health and wellbeing or long-term health conditions.

The Health Connector will be a member of the Health Connectors service which works across the locality. Health Connectors will work with individuals and groups utilising untapped community resources, support the facilitation of self- help groups and other innovative approaches to enable people to better manage their own health and wellbeing.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Shakespeare Road Practice

Popley Way

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 9DT

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Shakespeare Road Practice

Popley Way

Basingstoke

Hampshire

RG24 9DT

Employer's website

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

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