Community Health and Wellbeing Workers are a rapidly expanding workforce supporting the increasing emphasis across government departments on improving the health of local people and communities by preventing poor health and tackling inequalities. Their work is informed by the wider social determinants of health, such as the social, cultural, political, economic, commercial and environmental factors that shape the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.
The broad purpose of the occupation is to work in partnership with individuals and their communities to identify and address health and wellbeing needs, improve health, prevent ill-health and reduce inequalities.
Job titles include: Social prescriber, link worker, health and wellbeing coach etc
Duration: 16 months
Working a minimum of 30 hours a week.
Suitable supervisor
For more information visit: Community health and wellbeing worker / Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education
Entry requirements:
You will need to have 4 or 5 GCSEs at grades 9 to 4 (A* to C), or equivalent by the time you finish, you can complete these on the apprenticeship.
You will be employed as one of the job titles below :
Job titles include: Social prescriber, link worker, health and wellbeing coach etc