Young Persons Care Coordinator


Company:	NHS Jobs
Salary:	from £13.28 an hour
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	Blandford Forum, DT11 7BH
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	9 Oct 2026
Closing date:	22 Oct 2026

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Summary

Help young people to manage their health and wellbeing needs, answering their queries, signposting and supporting them to access a variety of services that will help them. Work as part of the Social Prescribing Team to provide personalised support and build positive relationships with young patients and their family. Coordinate with other services and partners to plan and organise community events/services which benefit our patients such as Wellbeing Drop-ins and health events. Ensure that young people have good quality information about a wide variety of available support options to help them make choices about their care. Manage and plan own workload working with staff, partners and stakeholders to develop and support PCN/Practice projects which improve health and wellbeing. Assist the Social Prescribing Team by triaging referrals to appropriate support within the team such as the internal safeguarding team Attend safeguarding meetings where relevant or necessary and assisting the Practices safeguarding with ad hoc duties such as covering the safeguarding emails and internal tasks when safeguarding staff are not available. Support Care Leavers and Young Carers by signposting to services that would help them. Support our NEET patients (Not in Education, Employment or Training) with activities that help them such as CV writing, interview techniques and job searching. Ability to identify risk and assess/manage risk when working with individuals and recognise the limits of their expertise which necessitate escalation/onward referral. Assist patients to access self-management education courses, peer support or interventions that support them in their health and wellbeing and increase their activation level.

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