COMMUNITY LINK WORKERS
We know that taking care of your health involves more than just medicine. Community Link Working can provide support for more than medical issues.
What are Community Link Workers?
Community Link Workers (formerly known as Social Prescribers) work out of GP practices and help individuals connect with local support and services, or community groups and activities.
Community Link Workers aim to empower people to take an active role in improving their wellbeing. They can provide support for social issues which affect a person like financial or housing difficulties, social isolation and loneliness, or anxiety and stress. Community Link Workers use a person-centred approach and talk about what really matters to the individual. They work with people to identify the challenges they are facing and support them to set goals and overcome barriers to allow them to take greater control of their physical and mental health.
This service is available to anyone aged 16 or over, registered with a GP practice in Angus.
Self-referrals can be made either by patients contacting their practice and asking for an appointment with the Link Worker or by contacting the Link Worker for their area directly.
What support can I get?
- Social Isolation
- Loneliness
- Emotional wellbeing
- Struggling with financial issues
- Long term health conditions
- Getting out and about
- Healthy lifestyle choices
- Loss of confidence/ purpose
- Accessing work, training or volunteering
- Poor health linked to housing or housing conditions
What are the benefits?
How do I access the service?
This service is available to anyone aged 16 or over, registered with a GP practice in Angus.
Self-referrals can be made either by patients contacting their practice and asking for an appointment with the Link Worker or by contacting the Link Worker for their area directly.
Hear from patients:
"My Social Prescriber is really nice and good at helping with things like letters, filling out forms and phone calls. She has helped a lot with my depression and my anxiety, I would be lost without her".
Dean
Community Link Working patient
"I am so thankful to of been introduced to a Social Prescriber. She has been a tremendous support and a great help in dealing with forms, benefits and showing me community projects."
Lynne
Community Link Working patient
"I had not heard about the Social Prescribers before but was introduced at an exercise class. I'm glad, as I was given one to one support to complete paperwork which I would have struggled to do myself. I received a successful outcome and my life has been made a bit easier. "
Brian
Community Link Working patient
