As part of the Yor Community Wellbeing Hubs, Social Prescribers are integrated into a wider partnership of delivery, including voluntary sector, local authority and health providers. The post holder will support individuals to build independence and personal resilience, enabling self–management of their health and wellbeing. This will be achieved through the creation of Co-produced Action Plans which will be tailored to individual need.
Key to the role will be the ability to build trusting relationships quickly whilst motivating individuals to make sustained changes, working sensitively, and overcoming barriers to access. It is important to understand that you will be working with people who may have serious mental illness.
Social Prescribers will build and develop relationships with a wide range of services and activities in order to address social and health care needs, signposting and offering support to individuals to participate and benefit from community-based activity.
Main deliverables:
• Work with a caseload of individuals to facilitate access to recommended community-based interventions and programmes of activity that benefit health and wellbeing and support individuals into provision within agreed timeframes.
• Monitor and record outcomes through the use of recognised assessment tools.
• Work as part of a multi-agency team under a matrix management structure.
• Develop multi-agency working across communities and voluntary and statutory organisations to improve health, and address health inequality.
Location: Yor Community Wellbeing Hub – 30 Clarence Street York | Organisation: York Mind
Salary: £27,200 pro rata per annum (based on a 35-hour week) | Job type: Part time | Hours: 28 hours per week to include to include one evening every other week and one weekend per month.
Benefits:
Hybrid working, Flexible working arrangements, Staff support, 25 days annual leave (excl. bank holidays), Generous pension contribution, A contribution to Professional Body membership fees (when essential to the role), working in a values based organisation.
Closing date: 29-04-2026
How to apply:
To apply, please visit the jobs page on our website (https://www.yorkmind.org.uk/jobs1/), where you will find the recruitment pack and application form to download.
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Social Prescribing