As a SocialPrescribing Link Worker within Rockingham Forest PCN, you will hold a vitalrole in empowering patients to take charge of their health and wellbeing.Social Prescribing Link Workers support and guide patients with diverseneedswhether they are living with long-term conditions, battling low mood orloneliness, or facing complex social challenges. Working within ourmultidisciplinary team, you will assist individuals in accessing non-medicalsupport, building their confidence, and connecting them with communityresources that address the broader factors influencing their health andwellbeing
Main duties of the job
As a Social Prescribing Link Worker, you will support patients toimprove their health and wellbeing by connecting them with non-clinicalservices and community resources. Working closely with GPs, the wider practice team,and local community services, you will provide tailored one-to-one support,empower people to take greater control of their lives, and contribute toreducing health inequalities.
About us
LAKESIDE HEALTHCARE is changing the face of primary care provision in England. We are bold, adventurous and ambitious and determined to thrive in uncertain times. We are the largest true partnership in the NHS and operate from various sites across the East Midlands. We serve the healthcare needs of over 170,000 patients across Northamptonshire, Lincolnshire & Cambridgeshire.
Caring & Respect: Simply put we genuinely care about people: working together for our patients and our teams, our patients come first in everything we do.
Teamwork & Quality: In all areas of our business we network, collaborate and learn from our Patients, Stakeholders and each another to ensure we are always striving to improve, making the right and best decisions to provide the best service.
About the Practice/Department/Team
Rockingham Forest PCN is a large, forward-thinking Primary Care Network compromising 3 practices across Corby, Kettering and Oundle.
This role is based across the Lakeside surgeries in Corby, Kettering and Oundle.
We recognise the value that this role can bring to our practices and our patients, and we look forward to growing our PCN team. Our aim is to provide exemplary patient care; finding innovative solutions in general practice to deliver the best care we can to our patients.
Job responsibilities
Lakeside Healthcare are looking to employ a SocialPrescribing Link Worker to assist in the provision of care for patients within theRockingham Forest Primary Care Network PCN geography.
The Social Prescribing Link Worker is a key member ofthe PCN multidisciplinary team, supporting the delivery of personalised care.The role places a strong emphasis on a what matters to me approach, ensuringthat care and support are shaped around the individuals own priorities,values, and circumstances.
Person Specification
Experience
* Experience of working with the general public
* Experience of working in a healthcare setting or in the leisure industry/public/voluntary sector
* Experience of delivering lifestyle changes interventions
* Experience working within a SPLW role
* Experience of working with vulnerable people
* Experience of working as a health advisor/trainer
Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3, Advanced level or equivalent qualifications or working towards
* Demonstrable commitment to professional and personal development
* Training in motivational coaching and interviewing or equivalent experience
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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