Overview
Our Social Prescribing team works collaboratively with colleagues across the health, care and third sector by linking people to community groups, organisations and services.
Our Link Workers take a holistic approach and offer personalised care allowing people time and space to make informed decisions about how they wish to move forward. By doing this we hope to improve the health and wellbeing of those referred, reduce loneliness and social isolation as well as raising self-esteem and confidence.
CVS Lincolnshire delivers Social Prescribing on behalf of the Lincolnshire Integrated Care Board and as part of the Mental Health Transformation Project.
Duties
- Provide personalised support for people, their families and carers to enable them to take control of their health and wellbeing.
- Support health sector colleagues to address social issues presented during medical interventions. Support CVS Lincolnshire contribute to the NHS 10 Year Health Plan for England: fit for the future.
- Work proactively with health care professionals, community organisations and the wider team to stimulate referrals.
- Promote a culture based on the principles of person-centred support, ensuring dignity, choice, respect, independence and rights are always upheld.
- Develop and maintain effective relationships and communication with stakeholders including health professionals, wider social prescribing initiatives, community groups and organisations.
- As part of the wider social prescribing team develop and maintain quality assurance and improvement systems that monitor standards and support high quality service delivery.
- Ensure best practice is reflected on and implemented.
- Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the service and its effectiveness.
- Develop and maintain good communication with people accessing the service to ensure the needs and preferences of individuals are met.
Skills
- Work alongside, GP practices and mental health practitioners as part of a multi-agency team supporting people with mental health and physical needs
- Enable people to identify their priorities and needs using approved tools and procedures to ensure people get the right support to meet their needs.
- Provide information on community activities and services locally, including signposting and coordinating proactive referrals - working with people accessing the service to continually develop the service e.g., focus groups, surveys, feedback.
- Work with the team to scope and map local services to address a range of welfare, employment, healthy lifestyle, social and support needs; providing timely feedback to referral partners on the support provided to clients.
- Seek advice and support from the healthcare team leads and/or identified individual(s) to discuss patient-related concerns (e.g., abuse, domestic violence and support with mental health), referring the patient back to the GP or other suitable health professional if required.
- Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key service providers to ensure effective and smooth onward referrals.
- Support marketing and promotion of the service in line with the service aims.
- Maintain systems to keep accurate records relating to the delivery and outcomes of the service including patient case notes.
- Attend one-to-one meetings and annual performance appraisal meetings with the Senior Link Worker (Line Manager)– undertaking regular training for the development of the service and individual career progression.
- Be prepared and visible in the community, work in a variety of locations and provide support to people attending groups and mapping opportunities
If you have any questions about the role, please contact [email protected]
Closing date: 4th Sept at 12pm
Interviews: 29th & 30th September
We do not accept CVs, please see our website for a digital application form or get in touch for an application pack.
https://cvslincolnshire.org.uk/
Pay: From £19,500.88 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Paid volunteer time
- Sick pay
Application question(s):
- Do you have a valid UK driving license and access to a vehicle?
Work Location: In person
