Social Prescriber Team Leader in Nailsea

The duties and responsibilities to be undertaken by the Lead Social Prescriber may include any or all of the items in the following list.

• Manage the evolution of the social prescribing service at Tyntesfield Medical Group, keeping up with local demands, resources and changes to practice
• Supervise and delegate to a small team of Social Prescribers, running a personal caseload of patients alongside
• Conduct an initial assessment of each patients circumstances, issues and interests using motivational interviewing, coaching and counselling techniques
• Encourage people to identify areas of strength.
• Enable people to make links to relevant and accessible VCSE or statutory support.
• Where appropriate, facilitate access to these support services and community groups
• Use appropriate referral mechanisms to VCSE and statutory partners
• Daily work in collaboration with Health & Social Care professionals to manage referrals, providing accurate and timely feedback to the patient and all parties as needed.
• Adapt personalised recovery plans as necessary
• Develop and maintain positive and effective working relationships with Wellbeing Team colleagues, VCSEproviders and referral agencies across the area.
• Liaise with them to get the best outcomes for the patient, modelling good practice
• Promote a culture based on the principle of focussing on what matters to the person, ensuring dignity, choice, respect, independence and rights are upheld at all times
• Identify barriers preventing initial or sustainable engagement by patients.
• Actively participate in developing creative solutions to overcoming these issues.
• Flag unmet need and service gaps when possible and timely to do so
• Liaise with service providers, and to a lesser degree service funders, on a regular basis.
• Attend meetings, as required, that will facilitate improvement to the community services available to patients of Tyntesfield Medical Group
• Contribute to the ongoing compilation and updating of local information databases.
• Understand and be aware of community service capacity, resources and boundaries
• Assist in data collection & service evaluation processes as requested.
• Provide reports and statistical information as required
• Identify opportunities for networking and joining up services where appropriate
• Supporting Lifestyle Medicine, Group Consultation and Patient Participation Group (PPG) initiatives as a promoter, presenter or facilitator of related events
• Complete relevant administrative tasks including keeping accurate and timely case notes, appointment diaries and outcome data
• Organise and manage own caseload using time effectively
• Take part in team meetings and training opportunities as required.
• Provide written and verbal feedback asrequested.
• Take part in the training of new recruits under the guidance of the Lead Social

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