Collected resources for community link workers and social prescribers.
A recent international study carried out by researchers in Canada in which Scotland participated has developed an internationally accepted definition of social prescribing. Hopefully you will recognise your role within this:
Social prescribing is “a means for trusted individuals in clinical and community settings to identify that a person has non-medical, health-related social needs and to subsequently connect them to non-clinical supports and services within the community by co-producing a social prescription – a non-medical prescription, to improve health and wellbeing and to strengthen community connections.”
This page has been created to give you access to courses we think will be most relevant and helpful to you in your social prescribing roles.
The courses have been peer reviewed by community link workers and we hope you find them useful and beneficial to your work. You can do them in your own time, at a pace that suits you, so hopefully you will find them easy to fit in around your work.
Some of the resources listed will require you to login using your Turas account.
If you do not have a Turas account, you can create one using the 'Register' link at the top right of the page.
Learning materials to support healthcare staff around death, dying, and bereavement.
Welcome to the Digital Health and Care learning site for Scotland's health and social care workforce.
Equal Partners in Care and associated resources designed to support learning that enables health and social care staff to identify, support and work with carers as equal partners.
Training course on Psychological Essentials developed by NES Psychology. Topics covered include: emotions and wellbeing; communication and active listening; good working relationships.
Learning materials to support health literacy across NHS Scotland health and social care.
This module is for health and social care professionals whose role involves helping people to make positive health and lifestyle related changes. The aim is to make it easier for you to support behaviour change in your patients/clients. It...
Mental health improvement, and prevention of self-harm and suicide
Once for Scotland : Learning Disabilities
Collected public protection learning materials for anyone working in a health or care setting in Scotland.
Realistic Medicine is an approach to healthcare that aims to put the patient at the centre of decisions made about their care. It also aims to reduce harm, waste and unwarranted variation, whilst acknowledging and managing the inherent risks...
Shared Decision Making (SDM) is a central component of Realistic Medicine and supports patients and their families to be involved in decisions about their care.
Developing your trauma skilled practice (Practice Level 2). In order to view or access these resources, you will need to have created and logged into a Turas account.
For community link workers and those with a social prescribing role in Highland – please use the link below to access local training:
Health Improvement training - NHS Highland [Link opens in new tab]
We would welcome feedback on the courses, and if anyone has any suggestions to be made to the page, please contact: