Social Prescriber (Clarence Street)

Salary
£27,200 per annum (based on a 35\-hour week)
Contractual hours
14
Basis
Part time
Employment type
Fixed Term
Package
Part time, fixed term contract until 31st March 2027
Job category/type
Health \& Wellbeing
Date posted
08/09/2026
Job reference
EXTL000882

NON CYC VACANCY

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.

Aim of the post

• To work with a caseload of individuals to facilitate access to recommended community\-based interventions and programmes of activity that benefit health and wellbeing. To support individuals into provision within agreed timeframes.


• To monitor and record outcomes through the use of recognised assessment tools.


• To work as part of a multi\-agency team under a matrix management structure.


• To develop multi\-agency working across communities and voluntary and statutory organisations to improve health, and address health inequality.

Please go to the jobs page on York Mind website where you will find the recruitment pack and application form: https://www.yorkmind.org.uk/jobs1/

Closing date: Tuesday 22 September 2026

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