Social Prescriber Link Worker

at  Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust

We have an exciting opportunity to recruit a full-time Social Prescribing Link Workers, to work within our Primary Care Network (PCN) multidisciplinary healthcare team.
The successful candidate will play a key role in proactively empowering people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to ‘link workers’ who give time, focus on ‘what matters to me’ and take a holistic approach to an individual’s health and wellbeing.
A Social Prescribing Link Worker will work closely with GPs and practice teams, making sure that appropriate support is made available to people; Connecting people to diverse community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
Social prescribing link workers will work as a key part of the Primary Care Network (PCN) multidisciplinary team. Social prescribing can help PCNs to strengthen community and personal resilience, reduce health inequalities (in relation to timely access and outcomes) and wellbeing inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing, and physical inactivity, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local diverse communities.
It particularly works for people with long term conditions (including support for mental health), for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

Please refer the Job description for details