Social Prescribing Link Worker
| Posting date: | 09 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £29,900 to £33,000 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £29900 - £33000 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 29 June 2025 |
| Location: | Sheffield, S8 8DJ |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | A0963-25-0001 |
Summary
General Duties / Key Responsibilities Provide care within own competence and seek advice or refer to colleagues when appropriate, ensuring that practice is effective, relevant, evidence-based and of a high standard. Develop knowledge of local services to enable patients to access a range of services to meet their needs and ensure they are engaged and connected with their local community and other organisations and groups to make best use of resources. Take referrals from the local network(s) and work with the referrer and the patient to plan a holistic based approach to care to include a personalised care plan. Assess patients health and wellbeing needs to ensure they can be met by services and other opportunities available within the community. Provide personalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing based on the persons priorities and wider determinants of health. Work with patients to produce a simple-to-follow personalised care plan to address patients health and wellbeing needs by introducing or re-connecting patients with access to community groups or statutory services. This can be based on their priorities, interests, values and motivations, including what they can expect from participation with groups, activities and services they will connect with through social prescribing referrals. Evaluate how the care and support plan(s) are meeting the individuals health and wellbeing needs, and take a holistic approach based on the persons priorities and the wider determinants of health. Help patients identify wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing, such as debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness and caring responsibilities. Promote the role of social prescriber in-house and the wider community. Need to manage and prioritise their own caseload in accordance with the health and wellbeing needs of their local population needs, referring patients to other health professionals within the PCN as necessary. Develop effective working relationships with local voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) and community groups make and receive timely, appropriate and supported referrals. Work collaboratively with local networks (inc. PCN and other local partners) to build strong links with VCSE organisations, neighbourhood and community groups to identify gaps or problems in local provision with commissioners and local authorities. Share information with GPs and primary care staff, either written or verbally, about the services available within the community and how and when patients can access them, updating as necessary on an ongoing basis. Engage with the neighbourhood team to improve links with community/ voluntary services. Communicate effectively with clinical and non-clinical colleagues to ensure the smooth running of the practices. Liaise with members of the Primary Care, community services, hospitals, and other agencies (such as local authority, social services and voluntary agencies) to assure appropriate care is provided for patients. Communicate effectively with patients and carers, recognising their needs for alternative methods of communication. Demonstrate sensitive communication styles to ensure patients are fully informed and consent to treatment. Act as an advocate when representing patients and colleagues.