Social Prescriber

A Social Prescriber is able to link and connect people with services and support within their community that can help improve their health and wellbeing. You will support them by building relationships and work with them to create personalised support plans.

The salary for a social prescriber can vary between £20,000 and £27,000 per year, depending on experience and scope of work.

There are a range of skills and values that are needed to work as a social prescriber. These include:

• Excellent communication, observational and listening skills
• Good verbal, digital, written and numeracy skills
• Empathy and communicate confidently approach difficult conversations
• Great organisation skills to develop support plans
• Support behaviour change through mentoring and coaching

There are several routes in via a range of learned experience, skills and knowledge gained from various frontline client- facing volunteering, previous experience or qualification in a relevant subject (such as Health & Social Care) will help.

• Care Assistant
• Enabler
• Opportunities to develop

You will receive a thorough induction and initial training when you start and Continuing Professional Development throughout your career. You could do a vocational qualification such as a Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or a wellbeing specific qualification or short courses.

• Social Care Assessor
• Social Worker