Social Prescriber

• Be building professional relationships with the people you are helping by listening carefully to what is important to them and what motivates them.
• You will be responsible for connecting people to activities and services within the prison, and required to support and motivate patients to access opportunities to help improve their health and wellbeing.
• This role will see you liaising with key healthcare staff, building and maintaining relationships with a range of prison departments, charities and third sector providers to promote social prescribing and ensure social prescription opportunities are available within your sites.
  

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn’t stop there… we also offer:

• 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

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We’re the UK’s leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group’s 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 organisation skills
  
• Experience offering an information, advice and guidance service in a health, care or similar setting
• Experience of working within a prison environment or working closely with patient’s with challenging and complex needs.
  

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you’re looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you