Journal Article (Australian)
Published: 2024
Brief Summary:
Oster C, Powell A, Hutchinson C, et al. Co-designing social prescribing for the Barossa. Flinders University
In 2023, Barossa Council partnered with Flinders University to co-design a model of social prescribing for the Barossa region.
This project is Stage 1 of the Barossa Social Prescribing co-design journey, involving co-design workshops with key stakeholders from health, social care, and the community to design a social prescribing model of care.
What is the aim?
To co-design a model of social prescribing for the Barossa region with key stakeholders from health, social care, and community settings.
Results/Outcomes:
Four co-design workshops were conducted between July and November 2023. This included two workshops with health and social service providers (n=19 in Workshop 1, n=16 in Workshop 2). A further two co-design workshops were run with community members. The first community member workshop involved participants recruited through a retirement village and aged care facility (n=13). Participants in the second community member workshop were recruited via flyers, advertisements,
and social media (n=24). Data from the four workshops were brought together into a social prescribing model of care, including
six main elements: Community Awareness Raising; Multiple Link Worker Roles; No Wrong Door; A Triage & Referral Process; Directory of Services; Social Prescribing Technology.
There was strong engagement across the participant groups throughout the workshops. A comprehensive social prescribing model of care for the Barossa was successfully co-designed by key stakeholders. Further work is needed to:
1. Raise awareness of social prescribing for community and health providers
2. Determine processes for identifying participants for social prescribing and conducting a needs assessment
3. Determine processes for triaging participants into the appropriate link worker program
4. Resolve the long-standing issue of how to develop and maintain an up-to-date directory of social and community services and supports