Social Prescriber Link Worker- Dashwood PCN
| Posting date: | 01 July 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | Negotiable |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 18 July 2025 |
| Location: | High Wycombe, HP13 6SL |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Contract |
| Job reference: | E0093-25-0034 |
Summary
Job responsibilities To work with the Social Prescribers, to promote and develop the service To manage a caseload of patients maintaining accurate records of each contact and share information appropriately To undertake patient assessments as deemed appropriate, mainly in the patients home To make referrals or signpost to statutory and voluntary services - following up as appropriate Promote social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health. Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network (PCN), attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, providing reports including monitoring and evaluation including general feedback on social prescribing. Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care. Provide personalised support and work with patients to help them better understand their health and wellbeing Work with the person, their families and carers and consider how they can all be supported through social prescribing. Help people maintain or regain independence through living skills, adaptations, enablement approaches and simple safeguards. The Social Prescriber will complete the following as part of the role: NHS England and NHS Improvement online learning programme https://www.e-lfh.org.uk/programmes/social-prescribing/ Be enrolled in, undertaking or qualified from appropriate training as set out by the Personalised Care Institute https://www.england.nhs.uk/personalisedcare/supporting-health-and-care-staff-to-deliver-personalised-care/personalised-care-institute/