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Apprentice Community Health and Wellbeing Worker

Frome Medical Practice · Frome · posted 15 July 2026

Wage
£15,642.90 a year
Hours
37.5 hours a week
Duration
1 Year
Level
Advanced (Level 3)
Standard
Community health and wellbeing worker (level 3)
Starts
5 October 2026
Closing date
21 August 2026
Positions
1

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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

Where it leads

Potential permanent job role or progression to a higher level apprenticeship

About Frome Medical Practice

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

Things to consider

Please check you are able to get to this location on a day to day basis

Skills they're looking for

Communication skillsAttention to detailOrganisation skillsCustomer care skillsProblem solving skillsLogicalTeam workingCreativeInitiativeNon judgementalPatience

Where you'll work

  • Frome Medical Practice, Enos Way, Frome, BA11 2FH

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