As part of Pathways to Recovery and the Community Mental Health Hubs, Social prescribers are integrated into a wider partnership of delivery, including voluntary sector, local authority and health providers. The post holder will support individuals to build independence and personal resilience, enabling self -management of their health and wellbeing. This will be achieved through the creation of Co-produced Action Plans which will be tailored to individual need. Key to the role will be the ability to build trusting relationships quickly whilst motivating individuals to make sustained changes, working sensitively, and overcoming barriers to access. It is important to understand that you will will be working with people who may have serious mental illness.

Social Prescribers will build and develop relationships with a wide range of services and activities in order to address social and health care needs, signposting and offering support to individuals to participate and benefit from community-based activity.

We're a friendly bunch, who are passionate about improving mental health for everyone. So you'll be joining a bunch of likeminded people working together for a common cause. Whether it's tea and cake in our big meeting room, or a quick catch up on Teams you can be assured of joining a welcoming organisation with wellbeing in mind. We offer a range of benefits: Hybrid working - Most of our roles offer hybrid working arrangements, with the exception of a few fully office based roles. There is a usual expectation of some office based work in our hybrid roles but this is usually between 1-2 days week. Please check your role requirements at interview. If you prefer to be fully office based, you also have this option Flexible Working Arrangements When home working staff have the opportunity to flex their hours between 6am and 9pm to balance their work, life and wellbeing. We also try to accommodate flexible working hours on office days, where possible. Staff Support -
We offer an employee assistance programme to support staff, as well as monthly peer support sessions. We also have a staff support group who are involved in improving staff wellbeing Annual leave 25 days annual leave (excl. bank holidays). On completing 2 years continuous service at York Mind, full time employees are entitled to an additional 1 day annual leave per year up to a maximum of 30 days. All leave is pro-rated for part time employees. We also offer additional compassionate and special leave. Generous pension contribution - York Mind pay 6% employer pension contribution Professional Body membership fees- Where this is an essential part of your role, you can claim these back Working in an values based organisation - We are constantly trying to evolve and find ways to live our values. This means sometimes we will all get it wrong, and we will all learn together