Knowle West Health Park Company is a community based organisation that is passionate about building resourceful and resilient communities.  As an organisation, we think everyone in our community should be able to enjoy positive health outcomes. We provide services and activities that aim to improve individual and community health and wellbeing. We seek to empower local people to improve their health and wellbeing, taking a locally-driven and holistic approach to individual and community health that is responsive, accessible, supportive, sustainable and built on respect.

In this role you will work as part of a small team of Social Prescribers providing 1 to 1 personalised support to people referred from the SWIFT Primary Care Network (PCN) area (in South Bristol).     We have a long experience of delivering social prescribing services in South Bristol, but this is a new and exciting partnership with local general practices.

This post empowers people to take control of their health and wellbeing by giving time to focus on ‘what matters to me’. You will build trusting relationships with people, create a shared personalised care and support plan and connect people to community groups and other voluntary and social enterprise organisations and services.    You will also work with partners to provide support to community groups and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise organisations (VCSE) involved in social prescribing.

This role helps people to work on their health and wellbeing, specifically wider determinants of their health, such as debt, poor housing and physical inactivity, as well as other lifestyle issues and low-level mental health concerns, by increasing people’s active involvement with their local communities. This approach particularly helps with long term conditions (including support for mental health), people who are lonely or isolated, or who have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing.

About you:

You must be a good listener, have time for people and be committed to supporting local communities to care for each other.   You will have experience of working positively with people facing complex social and emotional challenges.   You will have great interpersonal skills in supporting people, community groups and local organisations.

If you are dedicated to improving the wellbeing of people and their communities, we would love to hear from you.

About our Team:

We are a small very friendly and supportive team, with a breadth of community knowledge.    As an organisation promoting good health and wellbeing we take care to support each other and offer regular supervision in work roles.        We are based at the Knowle West Healthy Living Centre on Knowle West Health Park.    

Annual Leave:      25 days  (plus bank holidays) pro rata

This post is funded by SWIFT PCN through Additional Roles Reimbursment Funding, NHS England.   We are awaiting NHS Englands annoucements on what funding will be available post March 2024.