Social Prescriber

The salary for a social prescriber can vary between £20,000 and £27,000 per year, depending on experience and scope of work.

There are a range of skills and values that are needed to work as a social prescriber. These include:

• Excellent communication, observational and listening skills
• Good verbal, digital, written and numeracy skills
• Empathy and communicate confidently approach difficult conversations
• Great organisation skills to develop support plans
• Support behaviour change through mentoring and coaching

There are several routes in via a range of learned experience, skills and knowledge gained from various frontline client- facing volunteering, previous experience or qualification in a relevant subject (such as Health & Social Care) will help.

• Care Assistant
• Enabler

You will receive a thorough induction and initial training when you start and Continuing Professional Development throughout your career. You could do a vocational qualification such as a Level 2 or 3 Diploma in Health and Social Care or a wellbeing specific qualification or short courses.

• Social Care Assessor
• Social Worker