Connecting Our City is looking for a voluntary organisation to develop and deliver mental health social prescribing that will support people in the community as part of the development of the York Community Mental Health Hub as well as one role in-reaching into Foss Park hospital.
This social prescribing role will work as part of a multidisciplinary team alongside peer support, carer support, clinicians, social work, and other partnering organisations where Connecting Our City value a strong ethos of collaboration. The team work with partners, individuals, their families and carers to support individuals to take greater control of their own health and wellbeing and to build resilience and strong support networks and community connections.
The total grant available is £107,000, initially for 1 year as part of the NHS Community Mental Health Transformation funds.
Connecting Our City is looking for an organisation who has experience and track record in:
- providing mental health support in York
- working with a range of mental health needs including supporting individuals with severe mental illness
- providing comprehensive induction and supervision to staff
- working in a partnership model of service delivery
Ideally the successful organisation will have experience of delivering similar projects and have links to the Mental Health Partnership and Connecting Our City Project. We require a provider to be able to recruit at pace to this service.
Please see attached Connecting our City York Community Mental Health Hub Social Prescribing Expression of Interest Brief. For further information and access to the application pack, please email savanna.thompson@york.gov.uk