PCN Lead Children & Adults Social Prescribing Link Worker

PCN Lead Children & Adults Social Prescribing Link Worker

Social prescribing empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing through referral to non-medical link workers who give time and focus on what matters to me. By taking a holistic approach and connecting people to community groups and statutory services for practical and emotional support, social prescribing can help to strengthen community and personal resilience, and reduces health inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity. Social Prescribing Link Workers support existing groups to be accessible and sustainable and help people to start new community groups, working collaboratively with all local partners.

The Social Prescribing Link Worker will be working in partnership with the practice teams within Dover Town Primary Care Network (PCN) to support patients to co-produce a personalised support plan to improve their healt...