Social Prescribing Link Worker

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a self-motivated individual to join our Social Prescribing Team. This role will be primarily based at our Buttershaw surgery but will require travel to our other sites.

We are a caring and committed team whose aim is to improve the health of our community by delivering high quality patient care, whilst maintaining a fulfilling working environments for all and are dedicated to maintaining our investors in people accreditation.

At the Ridge, we have a well ingrained way of working and strong culture of teamwork to make sure that we deliver the very best care for our patients at all times. This is evident in the way in which everyone works and acts daily and the way we run the practice and make decisions about the services we offer and run now and into the future.

The practice is committed to sustainable working and places high regard to our local and wider environment. We are participating in the Green Impact Scheme and are actively looking at ways to reduce our carbon footprint.

As a disability confident employer, we have a commitment to

Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive/accessible

Communicating/promoting vacancies

Offering an interview to disabled people

Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required

Supporting existing employees who acquires a disability or long-term health condition, enabling them to stay in work

Main duties of the job

1. Take referrals from a wide range of care and community services and managing caseload

2. Undertake holistic assessments and develop tailored Personal Action Plans with individuals as appropriate, to identifying support needs to ensure maximum engagement in improving their confidence, self-esteem, health and well-being in their environments whilst recognising the boundaries of the link worker role

3. Commitment to reducing health inequalities and proactively working to reach people from all communities

4. Develop and encourage relationships within the local communities and community service providers to ensure a great services to forward referrals from the social prescribing team

5. Work together with all local partners to collectively ensure that local VCSE organisations and community groups are sustainable and that community assets are nurtured

6. Advocate for the Social Prescribing project across a range of stakeholders including medical and community groups

7. Be flexible, person-centred and embrace changing approaches to delivery at all times, in order to ensure that the Project is fully responsive to and accommodating of the needs, wishes and aspirations of the people who use it

8. Undertake additional duties as requested by the Senior Social Prescriber and or Community Engagement Social Prescribing Link Worker. The above list of main tasks in this job description should, therefore, not be regarded as exclusive or exhaustive.

Excellent annual leave entitlement which grows with service (NHS continuous service is recognised).

Opportunity to join the NHS pension scheme.

Access to employee assistance programme 24/7 365 days a year.

NHS staff discounts

Cycle to work scheme

Access to an onsite mental health first aider

Onsite gym equipment available for staff use

Onsite parking