Children & Young People Social Prescriber - Workington, United Kingdom - James Street Group Practice

James Street Group Practice

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Workington, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Responsible to:
Workington Primary Care Network

Accountable to:
PCN Clinical Director/Personalised Care Team Lead

Base:
Workington GP Practice

Salary:
£25, £30,720.98

Hours: 37.5 hours per week

Job Summary

On a day to day basis, you will empower young people to take control of their health and well-being through your skills in social prescribing.

This approach connects young people to community groups and statutory services that provide emotional and practical support for patients, their families, and carers to take control of their health and well-being, improve their health outcomes, and maintain a healthy lifestyle.

You will provide hands on care and support to young people and their families and will be actively involved in the safeguarding of children in Workington working with our safeguarding lead GP.

You will work closely with the Workington GP Practice working alongside young people, supporting them to tackle loneliness, isolation, anxiety and depression by connecting them into a broad range of services and interventions to improve their health and well-being.

Duties & Responsibilities

To act as a main point of contact for young people accessing the service
Provide personalised support to children and young people to enable them to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes
Help young people identify the wider issues that impact on their health and wellbeing such as debt, poor housing, being unemployed, loneliness and caring responsibilities
Meet with young people on a one to one basis and give them time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to them, building trust and providing nonjudgemental support, respecting diversity and lifestyle choices.
Signpost young people and their families to all sources of help available
To meet with families and young people in the surgery, at home or at school to establish their needs and situation
Form links with the local schools and other community enterprises
Build relationships with key staff in the practice and PCN as well as external services to promote the social prescribing model
Liaise with Health Visitors, School Nurses other health care professionals
Liaise with appropriate statutory and voluntary sector agencies working in Education, Public and Mental Health, Primary and Secondary Care, Social Care and Youth offending teams and build up appropriate networks that promote timely access to support for young people
Work closely with the practice children's safeguarding lead GP, attend children's safeguarding practice meeting to ensure any issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively and be expected to compile reports as needed
To respond to section 47 enquiries with support as needed
Manage and prioritise your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and support required by individuals on the caseload
To action referrals to children social care and early help and follow up referrals as needed
Where required refer patients back to other health professionals within the PCN/Practice
Refer young people back to other health professionals/agencies when their needs are beyond the scope of the link worker role e.g. when there is a mental health need requiring a qualified practitioner
Manage and prioritise your caseload reflecting your patients' needs
Ensure data is captured in the clinical system and appropriate templates are used.
To attend mandatory training and abide by policies and procedures
To carry out, from time to time, any other appropriate duties in line with capabilities as directed by the line manager

Confidentiality

In the course of seeking treatment, patients entrust us with, or allow us to gather, sensitive information in relation to their health and other matters. They do so in confidence and have the right to expect that staff will respect their privacy and act appropriately
In the performance of the duties outlined in this job description, the postholder may have access to confidential information relating to patients and their carers, practice staff and other healthcare workers. They may also have access to information relating to the practice as a business organisation. All such information from any source is to be regarded as strictly confidential.
Information relating to patients, carers, colleagues, other healthcare workers or the business of the practice may only be divulged to authorised persons in accordance with the practice policies and procedures relating to confidentiality and the protection of personal and sensitive data Provide support for Service Delivery Leads where required.

Health and safety
The post holder will assist in promoting and maintaining their own and others' health, safety and security as defined in the practice Health & Safety Policy and the practice Infection Control Policy

This will include: