Social Prescribing Link Worker - Durham, United Kingdom - Central Durham GP Providers Limited

Central Durham GP Providers Limited
Central Durham GP Providers Limited
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Durham, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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This role is split as 0.5 FTE SPLW & 0.5 FTE Personalised Care Lead. Promoting social prescribing, its role in self-management, and the wider determinants of health.

Build relationships with key staff in GP practices within the local Primary Care Network (PCN), attending relevant meetings, becoming part of the wider network team, giving information and feedback on social prescribing.

Be proactive in developing strong links with all local agencies to encourage referrals, recognising what they need to be confident in the service to make appropriate referrals.


Work in partnership with all local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and how partnership working can reduce pressure on statutory services, improve health outcomes and enable a holistic approach to care.

Provide referral agencies with regular updates about social prescribing, including training for their staff and how to access information to encourage appropriate referrals.

Seek regular feedback about the quality of service and impact of social prescribing on referral agencies.

Be proactive in encouraging self-referrals and connecting with all local communities, particularly those communities those statutory agencies may find hard to reach.


Leading the Personalised Care team which includes another SPLW and other PCN team members Forge links within the local community & third sector Encourage and raise awareness of the Personalised Care roles both to the local population and also within the GP member practices.

Work with the PCN Clinical Director and Operations Manager to develop the personalised Care offer for the PCN and improve access to an identified cohort with unmet needs in line with the Network DES.

Enable to PCN to implement Shared decision-making conversations Leadership & Management To support the management and leadership of the existing SPLW in conjunction with the Clinical director and ops manager.

To act as a leader in the delivery of personalised care To contribute to new ways of working in the provision of services.

To co-create interventions as a PCN to address health inequalities across the PCN
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