Social Prescribing Link Worker

The Active Wellbeing Society • Full-time • Birmingham, ENG, GB • £0 - £27.23k / year • 3m ago

The Active Wellbeing Society (TAWS) is a community benefit society and cooperative working to develop healthy, happy communities living active and connected lives.

Our vision is for a society where people have the autonomy, capacity, resources and skills to become the architects of their own destiny; where our individual wellbeing is recognised as being bound up in our collective responsibility to and dependency on each other; and where all of us feel empowered as agents of social change to make a difference – whether at an individual level or more widely.

We offer our team members a comprehensive staff benefits offering to include:

Annual Leave – 25 days FTE (increasing to 29 days with service) plus 5 wellbeing days.
Nest Pension – 8% employer contribution - 3% employee contribution.
Heath Cash Plan – giving you discounts on everyday healthcare such as dental, optical, physio, prescriptions & more.
Employee Assistance Programme (counselling and DRs on call 24hrs a day).
Life Assurance – x4 your salary paid to beneficiary.
Flexible working.
Fantastic volunteering opportunities within The Active Wellbeing Society every month.

What you'll bring with you:

A community, health, social care, counselling or other relevant experience or professional or academic qualification.
A good understanding of a holistic approach to supporting patients in behaviour change.
Skills and experience in providing empowering support to communities/adults in a planned and structured way to improve their health, recovery and wellbeing outcomes.
Proven skills in collating information and data on community resources and organising these in up-to-date and accessible formats for a variety of people from multiple communities.
A proven understanding of safeguarding for children and vulnerable adults and the ability to implement relevant policies and procedures.
Transferable IT skills for training on the EMIS clinical supervision

Due to the high numbers of applications we received for our job vacancies, we may close application windows early, so we would encourage you to submit your application ASAP

We will provide all applicants with an outcome on your application, this will usually be within 1 week of the application window closing.

Successful applicants will be required to be DBS checked prior to starting.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we, in recruiting for our team we welcome the unique contributions that you can bring. The Active Wellbeing Society is committed to being an equal opportunity employer, we recruit based upon capability and all applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership status, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation. At The Active Wellbeing Society we are searching for people who share the passion for what we do with different backgrounds, perspectives and experiences, collectively making a difference.

If there is anything we can do to assist you in your application or preparations to be interviewed for one of our job vacancies please let us know and we can ensure you have a positive and comfortable experience.

Thank you for your interest in working for The Active Wellbeing Society, we look forward to receiving your application.

If you have any questions once you have read the Job Description or would like an informal chat about us, and/or, the role, please contact: jobs@theaws.org and we will be happy to help.

Job Types: Full-time, Fixed term contract

Pay: Up to £27,231.00 per year

Benefits: