CYP Social Prescriber Burgess Hill PCN


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	£27,496.89 - £34,188.93
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Hassocks, BN6 9UQ
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	18 Aug 2026
Closing date:	31 Aug 2026

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Summary

Provide personalised support to children and young people aged up to 19 years (up to 24 years old for users with Learning Difficulties) to enable them to take control of their wellbeing, live independently and improve their health outcomes. Accept referrals from a wide range of agencies including GP practices within primary care networks. Signpost young people and their families to appropriate community-based services after they have been assessed by a BHV PCN GP. Meet young people on a one-to-one basis and give them time to tell their stories and focus on what matters to me. Build trust with the person, providing non-judgemental support, respecting diversity, and lifestyle choices. Work from a strength-based approach focusing on a persons assets. Offer between 1 and 6 sessions for up to an hour, face-to-face or virtual and offer follow up where needed. Co-produce a personalised support plan to improve health and wellbeing, introducing, connecting, and supporting young people to community groups and statutory services. 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. Form links with local Schools and other community enterprises. Work closely with established services such as YMCA and the school-based mental health support teams, as well as the Childrens community health provider, in order to ease cross referral processes and provide the post holder with peer support. Provide earlier intervention whilst waiting or avoiding the need to wait for triage from other services. Have a good understanding of and utilise the THRIVE delivery model in sessions, which conceptualises the mental health and wellbeing needs of children, young people and families in terms of five different needs-based groupings: getting advice, getting help, getting more help, getting risk support, and thriving. Work closely and communicate with other agency partners such as schools, Community Development Workers, Local Area Coordinators, Targeted Youth Service and Family Support Teams when necessary to ensure the local system is working in a joined-up way to provide the young person(s) with holistic care. Where necessary, physically introduce people to community groups, activities, and statutory services, ensuring they are comfortable. Follow up to ensure they are happy, able to engage, included and receiving good support. Work sensitively with young people to capture key information, enabling tracking of the impact of social prescribing on their health and wellbeing. Encourage young people to provide feedback and to share their stories about the impact of social prescribing on their lives. Manage and prioritise your own caseload, in accordance with the needs, priorities and support required by individuals on the caseload. Work closely with the safeguarding lead to ensure any issues and concerns are escalated and dealt with quickly and effectively. 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. 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. Organise and help support weekly MDTs (multi-disciplinary team). Be able to work flexibly in-hours and out of hours. Support the Primary Care Network in reducing inequalities by proactively seeking engagement from Children and Young People who may require early intervention and support. Participate in regular clinical supervision with a GP. Benefits Generous annual leave allowance Access to NHS pension Bespoke training programme Cycle to Work Scheme Employee Assistance Programme Enhanced maternity pay NHS discounts Leadership Development Programme Salary sacrifice schemes technology and electric vehicle Opportunities for secondments Study Leave/Training There are opportunities for a study leave allowance. Supervision Regular supervisions on a one-to-one basis including an annual formal appraisal are held with a line manager. If you are in a patient-facing role, you will also receive regular Clinical Supervisions with a Clinical Supervisor. Induction Programme You will receive an in-depth induction programme and will be invited to a face-to-face induction day within your first week to give you relevant information about the organisation and your job role. For further information, please see the full job description.

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