Senior Social Prescriber

Worcester City PCN is looking toappoint an experienced Senior Social Prescriber to support the delivery anddevelopment of high-quality social prescribing services across primary care.

This role is ideal for someonewith strong experience in social prescribing who enjoys working with people with complex needs, supporting colleagues, and contributing to service improvement. The post holder will work closely with GP practices, community organisations and voluntary sector partners to help individuals improve their health andwellbeing by addressing non-medical needs.

In addition to managing a complexcaseload, the Senior Social Prescriber will provide day-to-day support to thewider social prescribing team, contribute to training and mentoring, anddeputise for the Wellbeing Services Team Lead when required.

This is a part-time role (22.5hours per week) and offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact within asupportive and collaborative primary care environment.

Manage a complex social prescribing caseload, supporting individuals with a wide range of non-medical needs

Work collaboratively with GP practices, primary care staff, and community partners

Provide advice, guidance andinformal support to other Social Prescribers and Link Workers

Support service delivery,quality improvement and pathway development

Deputise for the Wellbeing Services Team Lead when required

Maintain accurate records and contribute to monitoring and reporting outcomes

Promote person centred,strengths-based approaches and reduce health inequalities

We are a federation of GPsurgeries and PCNs in Worcestershire, serving over 600,000 NHS patients througha variety of local services. Our community of GPs are our stakeholders, meaningwe are powered by the community we have created - and our goal is to find waysto make it easier for them to spend less time and money on administrative workload, and more time with their patients.

Our GP surgeries remain independent, while keeping the benefits of being part of a larger organisation- and we exist to protect the interests of our members through advocacy,business support & revenue generation. We are ambitious about growth inour network and so our diversified services help our PCNs to reinvest in vitallocal healthcare initiatives, providing a sustainable future for their communities.

Equal Opportunities:At Vertis Health we want to builda diverse workplace, and so we encourage women, people of colour, LGBTQIAindividuals, people with disabilities, members of ethnic minorities, foreign born residents, older members of society, and others from minority groups anddiverse backgrounds to apply. We do not discriminate on the basis of race,gender, religion, colour, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

All Vertis employees and contractors are responsible for maintaining a work culture free from discrimination and harassment by treating others with kindness and respect. Website-

Key Responsibilities

• Provide general administrative support to theTeam Leader
• Draft and support development of servicedocuments
• Be point of contact for team when Team Lead ison annual leave/training/sick
• Lead on projects such as Group work, drop ins,partnership projects with VCSE etc
• Review referrals with the Care Co-ordinator
• Co-lead team meetings if Team Leader isunavailable
• Network and attend meetings if Team Leader isnot available
• Support Team Leader with induction process,training and mentoring of new staff
• Support Team Leader with caseload reviews asneeded
• Support people by connecting them to community-based activities, groups and services that meet their practical,social and emotional needs, including specialist advice services, arts andculture, physical activity, and nature and green based activities. Providepersonalised support to individuals, their families and carers to take control oftheir wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes.
• Helping people identify the wider issues whichimpact on their health and wellbeing such as
• debt, poor housing, unemployment, loneliness andcaring responsibilities.
• Co-produce personalised plans with the patientto improve health and wellbeing,
• introducing or reconnecting people to community groups and statutory services.
• Manage and prioritise caseload, in accordance with needs, priorities and urgent support required by individuals
• Refer people back to other health professionals and agencies where appropriate.
• Work within local communities and develop/maintain good working relationships with the VCSE sector/local community groups and organisations.
• To work within appropriate safeguarding procedures and practices.
• To build effective relationships with key staffin GP practices, attending relevant meetings and becoming part of the widernetwork team.
• To work in partnership with other local agencies to raise awareness of social prescribing and to promote the service widely andits benefits.
• To use appropriate systems for data…