Job summary
£25100 a year pro rata
Taurus Healthcare in partnership
with Talk Community and HVOSS has an established Social Prescribing team based
within GP practices across the county. The response to covid has shown this
service to be instrumental in effective communication across the
multi-disciplinary healthcare team.
Primary Care Networks (PCNs) have
recognised the potential for developing this service and we are now delighted
to recruit a Senior Social Prescribing Link
Worker for the East Herefordshire PCN.
This exciting new
role will respond to and lead on the needs of the East PCN, but as an
experienced practitioner they will also influence and guide improvement at a
county level.
We are committed to having a workforce in
which people from diverse backgrounds are supported and empowered to work with
local communities to improve health access and outcomes for all and provide
culturally appropriate and responsive public services.
Main duties of the job
Senior Social Prescribers will foster the development of the
existing social prescribing team and work on specific projects alongside the
PCN Development Managers and Healthy Lifestyle and Wellbeing Information
Manager.
Social Prescribing Link Workers;
Help people to work on their wider health and wellbeing,
specifically addressing health access and outcomes and wider determinants of
their health. This may include; debt, poor housing and physical inactivity,
as well as other lifestyle issues and low-level mental health concerns by
increasing peoples active involvement with their local communities.
This approach particularly helps people with long term conditions,
people who are lonely or isolated, or who have complex social needs which
affect their wellbeing.
About us
The East
PCN includes GP practices based in Ledbury, Bromyard, Cradley, Colwall and
the surrounding area.
The
network is well located, with access to beautiful countryside, and excellent
motorway connectivity in Ledbury. The Senior Social Prescriber will be
working with established general practice teams who have longstanding
relationships with their local community and provide lifelong care in this
rural and small market town setting. There will also be opportunity to work
remotely.
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take a lead role for
your Primary Care Network (PCN) and working jointly with the wider Social
Prescribing Team across Herefordshire to deliver the Social Prescribing Service
as set out in the GP long term plan. The
service provides countywide personalised support to individuals, their families
and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve
their health outcomes.
The service recognises
peoples health is determined primarily by a range of social, economic and
environmental factors; social prescribing seeks to address peoples needs in a
holistic way. It also aims to support individuals to take greater control of
their own health.
They will offer practical
tools and techniques, advice, knowledge and encouragement to enable and
motivate people to change behaviours and achieve better health and lifestyles
choices and achieve goals for themselves, their families and the wider
community.
MAIN Responsibilities:
- Ensuring
countywide provision of support in communities to reduce the need for
health, social care and community safety interventions.
- Supporting
and enabling people to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence
required to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and
improve their health outcomes.
- Drawing on
and increasing the strengths and capacity of local communities.
- Responsibility
to ensure providers in their localities provide a coherent service is
delivered.
- Ensuring comprehensive and high-quality social
prescribing functions are available and accessible in every PCN across
Herefordshire Comprising personalised support to individuals, their
families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently
and improve their health outcomes
- Operational management responsibility for all
aspects of the service in their PCN area
- Working with practices and PCN areas to proactively
target local health inequalities and those experiencing poorer health
outcomes
- Develop trusting relationships with all
stakeholders by giving people time and focus on what matters to them
- Lead on developing a holistic approach, based
on the persons priorities, and the wider determinants of health
- In partnership with key stakeholders,
co-produce simple personalised care and support plan to improve health and
wellbeing, introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and
statutory services
- Provide regular reports and updates on
progress to all key stakeholders including the PCN team using tools such
as Patient Activation Measure
- Co-ordinate and chair regular team meetings
within the PCN area, including responsibility for external liaison between
the service and its stakeholders
- Increase the strengths and capacities of local
communities, enabling local VCSE organisations and community groups to
receive social prescribing referrals. They will ensure those organisations
and groups 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, such as HVOSS and the Talk Community
team to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community
groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured, by making
them aware of small grants or micro-commissioning if available, including
providing support to set up new community groups and services, where gaps
are identified in local provision
- Educating
non-clinical and clinical staff within the network on what other services
and support are available within the community and how and when patients
can access them. This may include verbal or written advice and guidance
- Deliver
group sessions on behaviour change targeting patients with particular
health needs, to reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes
- Develop
and maintain relationships with individuals who are experiencing the greatest
inequalities
Job description
Job responsibilities
To take a lead role for
your Primary Care Network (PCN) and working jointly with the wider Social
Prescribing Team across Herefordshire to deliver the Social Prescribing Service
as set out in the GP long term plan. The
service provides countywide personalised support to individuals, their families
and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve
their health outcomes.
The service recognises
peoples health is determined primarily by a range of social, economic and
environmental factors; social prescribing seeks to address peoples needs in a
holistic way. It also aims to support individuals to take greater control of
their own health.
They will offer practical
tools and techniques, advice, knowledge and encouragement to enable and
motivate people to change behaviours and achieve better health and lifestyles
choices and achieve goals for themselves, their families and the wider
community.
MAIN Responsibilities:
- Ensuring
countywide provision of support in communities to reduce the need for
health, social care and community safety interventions.
- Supporting
and enabling people to increase their knowledge, skills and confidence
required to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and
improve their health outcomes.
- Drawing on
and increasing the strengths and capacity of local communities.
- Responsibility
to ensure providers in their localities provide a coherent service is
delivered.
- Ensuring comprehensive and high-quality social
prescribing functions are available and accessible in every PCN across
Herefordshire Comprising personalised support to individuals, their
families and carers to take control of their wellbeing, live independently
and improve their health outcomes
- Operational management responsibility for all
aspects of the service in their PCN area
- Working with practices and PCN areas to proactively
target local health inequalities and those experiencing poorer health
outcomes
- Develop trusting relationships with all
stakeholders by giving people time and focus on what matters to them
- Lead on developing a holistic approach, based
on the persons priorities, and the wider determinants of health
- In partnership with key stakeholders,
co-produce simple personalised care and support plan to improve health and
wellbeing, introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and
statutory services
- Provide regular reports and updates on
progress to all key stakeholders including the PCN team using tools such
as Patient Activation Measure
- Co-ordinate and chair regular team meetings
within the PCN area, including responsibility for external liaison between
the service and its stakeholders
- Increase the strengths and capacities of local
communities, enabling local VCSE organisations and community groups to
receive social prescribing referrals. They will ensure those organisations
and groups 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, such as HVOSS and the Talk Community
team to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community
groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured, by making
them aware of small grants or micro-commissioning if available, including
providing support to set up new community groups and services, where gaps
are identified in local provision
- Educating
non-clinical and clinical staff within the network on what other services
and support are available within the community and how and when patients
can access them. This may include verbal or written advice and guidance
- Deliver
group sessions on behaviour change targeting patients with particular
health needs, to reduce health inequalities and improve health outcomes
- Develop
and maintain relationships with individuals who are experiencing the greatest
inequalities
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English or equivalent level.
- GCSE Mathematics or equivalent level.
- ECDL or equivalent level of keyboard/IT skills.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level or relevant experience
Experience
Essential
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and using video calling software e.g. Microsoft teams.
- Experience of using IT systems such as EMIS
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
- Experience of data collection and using tools to measure the impact of services such as Patient Activation Measure (PAM).
- Knowledge of the personalised care approach
- Experience of providing group support
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team
- Experience of supporting people using behaviour change approaches
- Knowledge of health inequalities and the wider detriments of health
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- GCSE English or equivalent level.
- GCSE Mathematics or equivalent level.
- ECDL or equivalent level of keyboard/IT skills.
Desirable
- Educated to degree level or relevant experience
Experience
Essential
- Working knowledge of Microsoft office Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint and using video calling software e.g. Microsoft teams.
- Experience of using IT systems such as EMIS
- Experience of partnership/collaborative working and of building relationships across a variety of organisations
- Experience of data collection and using tools to measure the impact of services such as Patient Activation Measure (PAM).
- Knowledge of the personalised care approach
- Experience of providing group support
Desirable
- Experience of managing a team
- Experience of supporting people using behaviour change approaches
- Knowledge of health inequalities and the wider detriments of health
