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Social Prescribing Link Worker
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Social Prescribing Link Worker

Watford & Three Rivers Trust -
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Job details

Full-time | Fixed term contract
£26,994 a year

Qualifications

Driving Licence
Microsoft Office
Administrative experience
IT

Full job description

Hertfordshire Hospital and Community Navigation Service

Social Prescribing Link Worker Job Description

Job Title/ position: Social Prescribing Link Worker

Employer: British Red Cross

Location: Home based, but the role requires travel across East Hertfordshire (Upper Lea Valley, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield & Lower Lea Valley) including home visits to service users and supporting local hospitals.

Hours (Full time): 35 hours per week, Mon Fri (09:00 17:00) but also includes occasional weekend working.

Salary: £26,994

Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2027

Reports to: Locality Manager

Essential Requirement: UK Driving License and access to own car

The Service

Commissioned by Hertfordshire County Council in 2017, the Hospital & Community Navigation Service is comprised of five voluntary organisations who provide hospital discharge and social prescribing services to Hertfordshire residents.

HCNS provides a free countywide Social Prescribing Service for Hertfordshire, designed to support individuals to improve and maintain health and wellbeing

Main purpose of the role:

Support those who are struggling with issues such as social isolation, housing, finances, not understanding or managing their health or wellbeing and making sure they have any advice and help needed to access appropriate services.
Support people being discharged from hospital and reduce the likelihood of readmission by helping them to regain and retain independent living.As well as finding and accessing further support.

Responsibilities

Hold a caseload of clients and provide support and information to those clients, so they can build sustainable relationships with groups, activities and services which will help build resilience and independence.

To create short, medium and longer-term goals with clients, through on-going personalised care and support planning. Highlight any changes in a service users condition or circumstance ensuring that appropriate measures are taken to support the person.

Link clients to existing resources in the community to help them to live well and avoid crisis. Identify any gaps in resources and relay to management. Ensure that clients develop sustainable relationships with organisations and services.

Use a Case Management System to accurately record and report actions taken, allowing the service to demonstrate its outcomes.
- Liaise with social care, health, housing and other professionals to ensure that the needs of the individual are consistently met.

Collect equipment like walkers and commodes from local hospitals and deliver them to clients and occasionally provide transport to service users home by car on discharge from hospital wards, A&E departments & community hospitals.

Carry out essential shopping, prescription collections and urgent welfare checks as required.

Willingness to work flexibly around the needs of the service, including weekend working and supporting other localities with casework when required.
- Ensure service users health and wellbeing is preserved and safeguarding policies and procedures are followed at all times. Work with colleagues to ensure that health and safety legislation and risk assessments are understood and implemented.

Work in partnership with the District and Borough Councils, Housing Associations, local Voluntary Organisations and Forums to ensure that the project is effectively used and understood.

HCNS Person Specification

Skills & Knowledge

Demonstrates a passion for delivering agreed outcomes.
Works well under pressure.
Self-motivated and able to carry out tasks with minimal supervision.
Strong team player and able to work effectively as part of a locality, area and Countywide team.
Flexible, innovative and adaptable and has a can do approach and attitude.
Good understanding of the voluntary and statutory sector and ideally the specific locality area.
Skilled at using user feedback to demonstrate outcomes and improve services.
Demonstrates personal accountability.
Works confidently with service users, partners and stakeholders to find effective solutions.
Effective administrative skills and an excellent standard of IT skills including MS Office, the internet and appropriate software.
To have experience or the ability to confidently learn new systems or databases.
Able to work and travel throughout the area on a regular basis as appropriate, and more widely as required.

Experience

Recent experience of working directly in a community development context, adult health and social care, learning support or public health/health improvement (including unpaid work) is essential.
Experience of liaising with agencies (statutory and voluntary) on a day to day basis.
Working in the public sector or a charitable organisation providing services to the public.

Subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS check

Additional Information

Whilst we recognise the growth and popularity of artificial intelligence (AI), it is important we are confident that your application is unique and has been completed without the use of AI technology. Applicants progressing through our selection process are not permitted to use AI technology tools or software.

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