Social Prescribing

Working in partnership with your GP 

To support you with...

• Making choices about your housing situation.
• Helping you settle successfully into your new home; for example, finding furniture, household items and setting up utility accounts.
• Developing skills so you can manage in your home.
• Claiming relevant welfare and other benefits and/or grants.
• Dealing with rent arrears and other problems.
• Accessing other services that you may need. For example, Health and Social Care or specialist debt advice services or services to support carers.
• Accessing education, training and employment opportunities.
• Support to return home following a stay in hospital including pre-planned procedures.
• Making sure that you have food and other essential supplies.
• Help with home adaptations and equipment such as key safes and handrails that will make your home safer for you.
• Helping you to find opportunities to overcome loneliness and isolation.