Occupational therapy and social prescribing: how do they work together
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Occupational therapy and social prescribing – how do they work well together to deliver positive outcomes?
IRAS ID
339264
Contact name
Gemma Bradley
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Duration of Study in the UK
0 years, 3 months, 31 days
Research summary
Social Prescribing connects people with social and voluntary activities as a means to improve health and wellbeing and recent policy and funding means that social prescribing models and roles are increasing.
Enabling engagement in activity and social connections at the core of the occupational therapy profession and there are overlaps between occupational therapy and social prescribing roles and interventions. However, little is known about occupational therapy involvement in social prescribing models in the United Kingdom and, more specifically, how they are working together to deliver positive outcomes for people who use services.
The purpose of this project is to identify ‘case studies’ where occupational therapy and social prescribing are working well together to enable the sharing of such examples. We would like to talk to occupational therapists, workers in social prescribing roles, other team members involved (such as those who refer to, or line-manage one or both roles), and service users who work alongside both occupational therapists and social prescribing workers about how the model is working well to deliver positive outcomes for people who access services and for organisations.
REC name
South Central - Hampshire A Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
24/SC/0106
Date of REC Opinion
2 Apr 2024
REC opinion
Favourable Opinion