Social Prescriber

Job Description

We have an exciting opportunity for a Social Prescriber to join our Primary Care team at HMP Stocken, a category C Prison located in Oakham. HMP Stocken is a busy male prison with a capacity for 1300 inmates.

We are recruiting for a Social Prescriber to support the wider Healthcare Team with 1 1s with patients, supporting them with alternative therapies such as art or wellbeing activities. We are welcoming applications from newly qualified candidates.

HMP Stocken offers free parking, free on site gym, and a bistro on site for which you can have subsidised meals. The prison is not on a direct bus route so you will need your own transport.

Job summary

UNLOCK YOUR BEST WORK LIFE

+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

Hours

0900 – 1700. This role is two days a week; you can choose which two days to work between Monday – Friday.

Salary

This position is part time. You will receive an annual salary up to £33,510 per annum FTE, depending on experience. The salary would be pro rated for the part time hours on offer.

How will we support you?

• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Main duties of the job

• Build professional relationships with the people you are helping by listening carefully to what is important to them and what motivates them.
• Connect people to activities and services within the prison, and support and motivate patients to access opportunities to improve their health and wellbeing.
• Liaise with key healthcare staff, build and maintain relationships with a range of prison departments, charities and third sector providers to promote social prescribing and ensure opportunities are available within your sites.

What we offer you

• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

Candidates are required to have a legal right to work in the UK. Due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks.

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About us

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across more than 53 prisons, young offenders, and immigration removal centres. We are the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of background. The Practice Plus Group purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• We treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• We act with integrity
• We embrace diversity
• We strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.

• A positive, inclusive and compassionate practitioner
• Good IT skills including experience of Microsoft Office and SystmOne
• Proactive and solution focused problem solving skills
• Strong organisational skills
• Experience offering an information, advice and guidance service in a health, care or similar setting
• Experience working within a prison environment or working closely with patients with challenging and complex needs

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975. A submission for Disclosure to the Disclosure and Barring Service will be made to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Practice Plus Group

2 Stocken Hall Rd
Stretton
Oakham
Rutland
LE15 7RD

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