Social prescribing - referral and exclusion criteria
Tags: Guidance
14th July 2022
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REFERRAL CRITERIA
Adult patients (over 18)
Consent to referral
- A person who has been identified as requiring a non-clinical service ( frequent attender for non-medical needs
- Patient with manageable medical needs, physical and mental (that can be managed by Helpforce volunteers physically and mentally)
- Patient requiring self-care support, including those provided by community-based organisations
- Provision of relevant information to support referral such as: mobility issues (for example, if wheelchair or walking aid user), learning difficulty, dementia, sight loss, low level English.
INCLUSION CRITERIA
These are the kind of conditions that we think Helpforce Companions are well placed to support:
- Socially isolated, lonely
- Low level mental health diagnosis or perceived poor mental health
- Low level Dementia
- Low confidence/self esteem
- Support with reduced mobility
- Requires non-clinical self-care support in the community to improve physical and/or mental health
EXCLUSION CRITERIA
Complex physical or mental health needs, more appropriate for referral to other agencies such as statutory Adult Social Care or community-based specialist organisations.
- Things Helpforce Companions cannot do:
- Provide care in the home such as personal care, cleaning, or feeding.
- Handling money.
- Lifting heaving equipment, shopping, or other items.
- Long term support (beyond six weeks).
- Support if patient is diagnosed with an infectious disease, including COVID.
For the full document please download the attached PDF