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.
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.