Introduction

This role offers a fantastic opportunity to develop the knowledge, skills, and behaviours required to support individuals and communities to improve their health and wellbeing and reduce health inequalities. The role will have a strong focus on young people.

About the Employer

Frome Medical Practice is a large, single-site NHS GP surgery in Somerset caring for nearly 30,000 patients. Located on Enos Way, the centre brings together a team of 130 health professionals, including GPs, nurses, community care teams and health connectors

What You'll Do

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

Training Outcome

Potential permanent job role or progression to a higher level apprenticeship

Skills Required

Communication skills
Attention to detail
Organisation skills
Customer care skills
Problem solving skills
Logical
Team working
Creative
Initiative
Non judgemental
Patience

Course Information

Course: Community health and wellbeing worker (level 3)

Level: 3

Route: Health and science

Apprenticeship Level: Advanced

Working Arrangements

Working Week: 37.5 hours a week, Monday to Friday. Start and finish times are flexible depending on groups being run.

Expected Duration: 1 Year

Training Provider: SOMERSET SKILLS & LEARNING CIC

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