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This week’s episode of our additional roles focused series of podcasts features Alliance for Better Care’s multi-talented Chantelle Martin, an Occupational Therapist by background, who made the jump into social prescribing – and back again! Chantelle’s talks to Ben about her experiences of both worlds, her personal journey within general practice, and why she is now a passionate advocate and supporter of a hybrid approach to embedding the additional roles. So much so, that she has is pioneering and leading a joint social prescribing and occupational therapy service in her local area to enhance and complement what is already on offer to practices and patients.

Introduction (0:46)

All about Chantelle (0:59)

Jumping from occupational therapy into social prescribing (1:47)

Haywards Heath PCN (2:55)

Starting out as the PCN’s first social prescribing link worker (3:31)

Network versus practice (4:11)

The social prescribing role (4:29)

Referral criteria and pathways (5:45)

Moving back to occupational therapy and the birth of a joint service (6:25)

How can social prescribing link workers and OTs work in partnership? (7:36)

Support, supervision, and caseload management (9:04)

A sense of belonging and influence (10:10)

Chantelle’s support network (12:25)

The occupational therapy service (13:08)

Expanding the social prescribing team (14:21)

Are the additional roles attractive enough for potential applicants? (15:15)

Meeting social prescribing referral targets (16:13)

Lessons learned (17:46)

Working as holistic teams, rather than as separate services (19:12)

Recommended resources (20:17)

There are still a couple of places up for grabs on each of the courses Ben is jointly running in September:

For clinical directors looking for some ongoing, structured support, the PCN Clinical Director Mastermind Programme is still open for applications. Click here if you’d like to find out more.

Information about the New to General Practice Partnership Training Programme, for those new to partnership or considering going into partnership, can be found here.

If you’d like to discuss any aspect of the courses which are currently on offer further, please contact Ben at ben@ockham.healthcare