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Description:<\/strong><\/span><\/span>\u00a0A care navigator<\/strong> is usually a receptionist or admin staff member who has undergone specialist training. The care navigator<\/strong> role is predominantly associated with active signposting<\/a> to an alternative health provision, such as a nurse or a physiotherapist, who may be better suited than a GP to deal with an individual\u2019s particular concerns. However, care navigators<\/strong> may also perform more of a social prescribing practitioner<\/a>-type role which may include spending time with individuals, co-producing<\/a> an individual action plan<\/a> with them and identifying suitable groups, interventions or services<\/strong> for them to engage with. Care navigators<\/strong> might also support the individual to attend initial sessions or refer the individual to a community-based social prescribing practitioner<\/a> who might be better able to connect them to appropriate community assets<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Care navigation<\/strong> is a term that is often used interchangeably with social prescribing<\/a> to describe active signposting<\/a> by a care navigator<\/strong>. Care navigation<\/strong> also exists in other sectors as a role that supports the navigation of care services.<\/p>\n

Connected Terms<\/strong>:<\/span> Action planning<\/a>,\u00a0buddy system<\/a>, building the practice<\/a>, community assets<\/a>, Sefydliadau\u2019r Sector Cymunedol a Gwirfoddol<\/a>, co-production<\/a>, health facilitator<\/a>, practice-managed scheme<\/a>, referral<\/a>, signposting & active signposting<\/a>, social prescribing<\/a>, social prescribing outcome principles<\/a>, social prescribing practitioner<\/a>, statutory services<\/a>.<\/p>\n