Social Prescribing Practitioner
Please note the interview date will potentially be on the 1st October or the 2nd October 2026\.
Are you passionate about improving health, wellbeing and opportunity for people who may face significant barriers to support? This is an exciting opportunity to shape and deliver a consistent social prescribing offer across Spectrum’s prison services, helping patients access the practical, social and emotional support that can make a real difference to their health and recovery.
As Social Prescribing Practitioner, you will work with patients, healthcare teams, prison colleagues, VCSE partners and community services to understand “what matters” to individuals, co\-produce personalised wellbeing plans and connect people safely to meaningful activities, peer support and wider services. You will also play a key role in developing referral pathways, mapping local assets, supporting purposeful activity, strengthening through\-the\-gate links and using feedback and outcome information to improve the service.
Role is based at Navigation Walk working across Spectrum North East
Prisons.
We are looking for someone with experience in social prescribing, personalised care, health and wellbeing, community development, public health, health or social care. You will bring excellent communication and relationship\-building skills, a compassionate and non\-judgemental approach, and the ability to work confidently across organisational boundaries. You will be able to manage a caseload, undertake holistic strengths\-based conversations, support staff and patients to build confidence, use coaching or motivational interviewing approaches, and collect and present information clearly to demonstrate impact.
Experience of prison healthcare, criminal justice, secure environments, through\-the\-gate support, co\-production, peer support or VCSE partnership working would be helpful, but most important is your commitment to reducing health inequalities, improving access for underserved populations and working in line with Spectrum’s values of Working Together, Integrity, Respect and Recognition, Compassion and Innovation.
BE THE DIFFERENCE IN HEALTHCARE
Join our team
We’re looking for passionate individuals to join our diverse and innovative team.
Whether you are starting out in your healthcare journey or are an experienced healthcare professional looking for a new challenge we’ve got a role for you!
Access to NHS Pension
Time for you day (additional day off)
Refer a friend scheme
Training and Development opportunities
Flexible Working
Access to Employee Assistance and Health and Wellbeing programmes
Up to 33 days annual leave
We have an ambition to become a truly lived experience inclusive employer, changing how we approach staff experience and value personal stories our colleagues bring with them.
We welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who belong to LGBTQIA\+ Community and are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and Asexual, people with a disability, neurodivergent applicants and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
Spectrum Community Health CIC provides a range of award\-winning healthcare services on behalf of the NHS, Local Authority Public Health services, and other partners across substance misuse, sexual health, and health and justice settings. As a not\-for\-profit social enterprise and Community Interest Company our focus is centred on people – our patients, service users, staff and partners.
Please see the job description for further details on the role and the person specification. Or contact Dr Arasu Kuppuswamy for further details.
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