Apprentice Community Health and Wellbeing Worker

As part of this apprenticeship, you will:

• Understand the wider determinants of health and their impact on individuals and communities


• Develop skills in building trusted relationships and effective communication


• Learn how to support behaviour change and deliver person-centred interventions


• Gain experience in social prescribing and connecting people to appropriate services


• Work collaboratively to address health inequalities and improve access to care

Key Responsibilities

Social Prescribing and Health Improvement

• Learn about the building blocks of health and wellbeing


• Observe and support Health Connectors and social pre-scribers in practice


• Contribute to initiatives that promote healthier lifestyles and reduce inequalities

Supporting Young People

• Work with the Frome Medical Practice Health Connec-tions team and Frome Town Council to improve access and engagement for young people. This will include de-livering community connector training to young people and supporting research into post-16 opportunities and access in the town


• Encourage promotion and engagement of young person clinics and Youth Patient Participation Group sessions


• Support the promotion and communication of services for young people

Community Development and Feedback

• Engage with patients, particularly younger people, to understand their needs and work with young people fo-cused organisations and education teams to engage those harder to reach


• Identify gaps in service and community provision and share feedback with the Medical Practice and Frome Town Council


• Contribute ideas and solutions to improve engagement


• Support patients to access NHS apps and online health resources


• Work with the digital team to improve accessibility to digital services


• Help reduce social isolation by encouraging digital engagement


• Supporting online engagement campaigns


• Helping promote services via social media / digital comms


• Working with digital team on accessibility and inclusion

Practical Interventions and Behaviour Change

• Participate in health coach training (where appropriate)


• Learn and apply person-centred approaches to support individuals


• Observe and begin to apply implement behaviour change techniques in practice under supervision