It is our core purpose to ensure consistency and high-quality social prescribing is delivered to help people live the best lives they can.
We support the delivery and impact of social prescribing through our training and consultancy offer. Work with NASP’s team of experts to gain access to a wide range of resources and support to lead, commission, deliver and evaluate social prescribing. This includes access to our strategic partners including NHS England, NAVCA, Natural England, Arts Council England, Sport England and Independent Age, to help with integrating community-based approaches to health and wellbeing.
Social Prescribing Link Workers
Our courses for Social Prescribing Link Workers are available by commission. They help Link Workers to gain skills, competencies and confidence, enabling them to work towards the NHS England Social Prescribing Link Worker Competency Framework.
Link Workers play an integral role in health and community settings to improve health outcomes. Excellent professional development for Link Workers ultimately benefits individuals, communities and the health system – and evidence shows that workforce training can improve retention and recruitment.
Our Courses
- Link Worker Induction
- Introduction to Social Welfare and Advice - in partnership with Bromley by Bow Health and The Benefits Training Company
- Social Welfare Advisor training for Link Workers - in partnership with Bromley by Bow Health and Island Advice Centre
We offer tailored workforce training for Link Workers and equivalent roles in the UK and around the world, with support offered by our expert team. Please get in touch to find out more about our bespoke offer.
Primary Care Networks
We offer free support to PCNs which may include:
- A stocktake of your social prescribing workforce, identifying gaps and challenges
- Advice on recruitment and how to maximise ARRS allocations on social prescribing link workers
- Guidance on workforce retention and development, with access to resources and additional training for your staff
- Support on nominating a Social Prescribing Champion
- Advice and guidance on progressing your social prescribing through links to VCFSE providers
Integrated Care Systems
We offer free support to ICSs around many aspects of the delivery of social prescribing. This may include:
- Strategic development and leadership support, including an assessment of the current provision, guidance on expanding social prescribing, engaging with senior leaders and support to connect to wider sectors via our national partnerships
- Advice and guidance on embedding link workers in integrated neighbourhood teams
- Planning and commissioning support, including sharing principles of best practice, development of business cases and guidance on measuring impact
- Data and digital support, including advice and guidance on data sharing and implementing the national social prescribing information standard
- Evidence and impact support, including guidance on developing realisation models, sharing research and evidence on social prescribing and guidance on ROI models
- Workforce development and clinical education support, including support with the Social Prescribing Champions scheme, workforce development strategic across local authorities and VCFSE sectors and support with local training
- Knowledge sharing support, with access to our expert senior advisors
