Senior Social Prescriber, S&W Herefordshire Primary Care Network

Taurus Healthcare Limited

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Job summary

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 delighted to recruit an additional Social Prescribing Link Worker for the beautiful and rural South & West Herefordshire PCN.

The Senior Social Prescriber will work alongside the existing senior social prescriber as part of a developing personalised care team in the PCN, helping lead on local initiatives, 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

The post holder will work on projects alongside the PCN Development Manager. This is a unique opportunity to work with GP practices to identify the specific needs of their patient population and proactively support healthcare teams.

Social Prescribing Link Workers - what we do

Help people to work on their wider health and wellbeing, specifically addressing health access and outcomes and wider determinants of their health e.g. 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 South & West Herefordshire PCN GP practices serve rural and market town communities responding to the wide - ranging health needs of the population. The network includes Fownhope Medical Centre, Much Birch Surgery, Pendeen and Alton St practices in Ross on Wye, Kingstone Surgery and Golden Valley Practice in Ewyas Harold.

The Senior Social Prescriber will be working with established general practice teams who have longstanding relationships with their local community and are committed to providing lifelong care in this beautiful part of Herefordshire.

Date posted

16 September 2021

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,100 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

S0001-21-1817

Job locations

Suite 1, Berrows Business Centre

Bath Street

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR1 2HE


Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE:

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

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Colleagues across;

HVOSS Management Team

HVOSS

PCN Clinical Directors

General Practice

WISH

Public Health Healthy Lifestyle Service

Community Brokers

Talk Community Team

Childrens Services

Providers of Healthy Lifestyle behaviour change including Pharmacies, HALO and other providers

Multi agency locality teams

Health and Social Care providers

Local and national VCS organisations

Social enterprises providing community support

Community groups and other health related service providers, e.g. fitness instructors

Neighbouring authority social prescribing colleagues

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

  • Effective Organisational skills
  • The ability to work on own initiative
  • Knowledge of the personalised care approach
  • Experience of supporting people using a behaviour change approach
  • Understanding the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities, individuals, their families and carers.
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Knowledge of community development approaches
  • Knowledge and experience of using IT systems such as EMIS including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
  • Local knowledge of VCSE and community services in the locality
  • Knowledge of how the NHS works, including primary care
  • Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/improvement (including unpaid work)
  • Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role (including unpaid work)

Please see attached file for full job description.

Job description

Job responsibilities

JOB PURPOSE:

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

COMMUNICATIONS AND WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Colleagues across;

HVOSS Management Team

HVOSS

PCN Clinical Directors

General Practice

WISH

Public Health Healthy Lifestyle Service

Community Brokers

Talk Community Team

Childrens Services

Providers of Healthy Lifestyle behaviour change including Pharmacies, HALO and other providers

Multi agency locality teams

Health and Social Care providers

Local and national VCS organisations

Social enterprises providing community support

Community groups and other health related service providers, e.g. fitness instructors

Neighbouring authority social prescribing colleagues

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED

  • Effective Organisational skills
  • The ability to work on own initiative
  • Knowledge of the personalised care approach
  • Experience of supporting people using a behaviour change approach
  • Understanding the wider determinants of health, including social, economic and environmental factors and their impact on communities, individuals, their families and carers.
  • Understanding of, and commitment to, equality, diversity and inclusion.
  • Knowledge of community development approaches
  • Knowledge and experience of using IT systems such as EMIS including ability to use word processing skills, emails and the internet to create simple plans and reports
  • Local knowledge of VCSE and community services in the locality
  • Knowledge of how the NHS works, including primary care
  • Experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/improvement (including unpaid work)
  • Experience of supporting people, their families and carers in a related role (including unpaid work)

Please see attached file for full job description.

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

Skills, Personal Qualities or Attributes and other job requirements

Essential

  • Good interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Knowledge of NHS, including Primary Care as well as VCSE and community services.
  • To manage and prioritise own work to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
  • Good level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Reliable, conscientious and flexible approach to work.
  • Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from diverse communities.
  • Able to provide motivational coaching to support peoples behaviour change.
  • To be able to work independently on own initiative.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Experience of working in the Community to improve health and wellbeing.
  • Understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection.
  • Required to travel to meetings and work from other locations as required in order to carry out work across the federation.

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

Skills, Personal Qualities or Attributes and other job requirements

Essential

  • Good interpersonal communication skills, both written and verbal.
  • Knowledge of NHS, including Primary Care as well as VCSE and community services.
  • To manage and prioritise own work to meet deadlines.
  • Ability to work effectively as part of a team.
  • Good level of accuracy and attention to detail.
  • Reliable, conscientious and flexible approach to work.
  • Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from diverse communities.
  • Able to provide motivational coaching to support peoples behaviour change.
  • To be able to work independently on own initiative.
  • Ability to maintain confidentiality.
  • Experience of working in the Community to improve health and wellbeing.
  • Understanding of confidentiality and Data Protection.
  • Required to travel to meetings and work from other locations as required in order to carry out work across the federation.

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Taurus Healthcare Limited

Address

Suite 1, Berrows Business Centre

Bath Street

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR1 2HE


Employer's website

http://www.taurushealthcare.co.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Taurus Healthcare Limited

Address

Suite 1, Berrows Business Centre

Bath Street

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR1 2HE


Employer's website

http://www.taurushealthcare.co.uk/home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

For questions about the job, contact:

Recruitment

recruitment@taurushealtcare.co.uk

01432270636

Date posted

16 September 2021

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£25,100 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

S0001-21-1817

Job locations

Suite 1, Berrows Business Centre

Bath Street

Hereford

Herefordshire

HR1 2HE


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