The Wellness Wire
Join me, Wellness educator, Jonathan Pittam, for The Wellness Wire Podcast, where we'll be discussing all things workplace wellbeing. My show is the go-to-destination for organisations and leaders looking to reduce health-related absenteeism, presenteeism and staff turnover, through the strategy of preventative wellness. I'm a firm believer 'prevention' is the future of workplace wellbeing, so join me on my mission to re-orient businesses away from the reactive (aka 'firefighting') approach and towards the exciting direction that is preventative wellness...
The Wellness Wire
#43: What is the future of 'Social Prescribing'?
In this episode I'm joined by two Social Prescribing Link Workers (SPLW's) to discuss how Social Prescribing currently works, and ideas for its future evolution
Today's two guests are Sarah Borondy and Sharon Douglas, both Social Prescribing Link Workers for an organisation named Spring Northamptonshire
We discuss the following:
How Social Prescribing currently works:
Peer support
Asset development
Wellbeing assessments ('Wellbeing star')
Goalsetting
Success stories:
Examples of those who have benefitted
Creating ownership of your wellbeing journey
The secret sauce behind why Social Prescribing is helpful
Social Prescribing looking forwards:
Supporting Schools
Supporting Businesses
In the NHS
Educational components (to support prevention)
https://www.springnorthamptonshire.org/
To book one of our Talks, Workshops, Podcasts, Articles or Drop-in clinics for your organisation visit https://www.mindbodyconsulting.co.uk/services