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Social Prescribing and Wellbeing Services
Social Prescribing
A Social Prescribing Link Worker provides personalised support to help improve your health and wellbeing by connecting you with local community services, groups, and activities. The service focuses on the wider factors that can affect your health, such as financial difficulties, housing concerns, loneliness, social isolation, and physical inactivity.
Using a "What matters to me?" approach, Social Prescribing empowers you to take an active role in improving your wellbeing by helping you access the right support for your individual needs.
How we can help
A Social Prescribing Link Worker can:
- Provide one-to-one support tailored to your personal circumstances.
- Take the time to understand you as a person, not just your health concerns.
- Help you overcome challenges and barriers that may be affecting your wellbeing.
- Connect you with local community groups, activities, and statutory services for practical and emotional support.
- Support people living with long-term physical or mental health conditions.
- Help individuals who are experiencing loneliness, social isolation, or complex social issues.
Appointment options
Appointments are available in a way that suits your needs, including:
- Face-to-face appointments
- Telephone or virtual appointments
- Home visits for people who are unable to leave their home
How to access the service
You can be referred by any healthcare professional, including your GP or another member of your healthcare team.
Alternatively, you can self-refer by emailing the Social Prescribing team with your:
- Full name
- Date of birth
- Brief description of the support you are looking for
- Contact the Social Prescribing Team via email
A Self-Management Health/Wellbeing Coach
A Self-Management Health/Wellbeing Coach provides non-clinical health coaching to people with health conditions to support them to develop the knowledge, skills and confidence to become active participants in their day-to-day care so that they can reach their self-identified health and wellbeing goals.
- This service is available for over 18’s.
- We are currently developing a children & young people service in Purbeck that will offer support to under 18’s so watch this space for more information in due course.
- Up to 6 x 45minute sessions, currently via telephone or video call (face to face will resume when deemed safe to do so).
- This service is based remotely during Covid-19 pandemic response.
Client Feedback Comments
- ‘My thanks to Dr Bennett for referring me to this service and for recognising how much it could help me: He and Karen have literally saved my life I was so desperate. Karen’s voice is often there with me long after our sessions helping me ongoing with some of the things we have talked about and suggestions: The positive journal and recognising the behaviour and unhelpful patterns I was in. It has been the best support over and beyond what I ever imagined. Thank you, Thank you, Thank you’
- 'I know what I have got to do and appreciate the time and information given to me on LWD.'
- 'The coaching has been fantastic I find myself thinking what would X (the coach) say to me? I am practicing mindfulness and my mindset is different more positive and relaxing more. I have learned to make the most of who I am and not live in the past that I cannot change. I am going in the garden and have lost some weight. I feel I can take more control for myself and plan and prepare appointments so ask questions. Thank you so much.'
- 'I feel stronger and getting better every day. My confidence has increased and can drive again to London. I take each day at a time now and do things for me. thank you'
- From the daughter, ‘It has been lovely to meet up and talk to someone who is not involved but helpful and had good information and ideas thank you.’
- 'Thank you but I don’t want to continue with this service don’t feel like talking at the moment anymore.'
- 'Has helped so much, thank you. Having sessions with you, helps me to articulate it and digest it and take action. I realise I have got to do this and this. You pointed me to a couple of areas which helped me to continue my research and explore the avenues. I feel I am getting more in control now. You have helped me to digest what's happening in my life, how I'm handling it, not to compartmentalise but to put it in order. Rather than tackling it in one go, address one thing at a time and then focus on the next, can look at the next one... I can get myself, my house in order and stop neglecting myself and that’s not vain or selfish. I am just doing the housework on myself. We are the ones who have got to take control - I am the only one who can do it. I have to take control.’
- ‘I am on the way. Thank you so much. You really helped."