Community health and wellbeing worker: employer demand scoping

Consultation outcome COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELLBEING WORKER: EMPLOYER DEMAND SCOPING Get emails about this page This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

APPLIES TO ENGLAND This consultation has concluded DETAIL OF OUTCOME The feedback received will inform the implementation of the Community Health and Wellbeing Worker level 3 apprenticeship

standard across England and the contents of the implementation toolkit for employers, training providers and apprentices. High-level results of this survey, alongside other resources

supporting the implementation of this apprenticeship, will be shared on the following page: Community Health andWellbeing Worker Apprenticeship. For queries about this apprenticeship,

contact [email protected] DETAIL OF FEEDBACK RECEIVED We received a total of 92 responses from a range of organisations across England, including: * local authorities * NHS

Trusts * general practice and Primary Care Networks * voluntary organisations ------------------------- ORIGINAL CONSULTATION SUMMARY To support the uptake of the Community Health and

Wellbeing Worker apprenticeship, Health Education England (HEE) are scoping the workforce demand with employers. THIS CONSULTATION WAS HELD ON ANOTHER WEBSITE. This consultation ran from 3PM

ON 14 JUNE 2021 TO MIDDAY ON 19 JULY 2021 CONSULTATION DESCRIPTION OCCUPATION SUMMARY Community Health and Wellbeing Workers are a rapidly expanding workforce supporting the increasing

emphasis across government departments on improving the health of local people and communities by preventing poor health and tackling inequalities. Their work is informed by the wider social

determinants of health, such as the social, cultural, political, economic, commercial and environmental factors that shape the conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age.

The broad purpose of the occupation is to work in partnership with individuals and their communities to identify and address health and wellbeing needs, improve health, prevent ill health

and reduce inequalities. To do this, Community Health and Wellbeing Workers need to: * address the causes of poor health and wellbeing in the broadest sense (causes of the causes) – they do

this by taking a holistic ‘whole person’ approach regarding physical, mental, emotional and social health and wellbeing and resilience * work with individuals, groups and communities to

identify what matters to them, building on their strengths to improve health and wellbeing * understand the local and accessible services and resources available to which people in the

community can be signposted to support their health and wellbeing needs * identify gaps in available services and resources preventing individuals and communities from achieving optimal

health and wellbeing * build relationships with local organisations and groups This occupation is found in different organisations and is commissioned by a range of agencies, including local

government, the NHS, and other funders such as voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Typical job titles include: * Health Trainer * Care or Service Navigator *

Social Prescribing Link Worker * Community Connector * Live Well Coach * Community Health Champion EMPLOYER DEMAND SCOPING To support the national uptake of the Community Health and

Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship, HEE intend to run a national procurement to source both national and regional providers. To enable this, we are asking employers to indicate their future

workforce demand. Please note: all returns are treated as provisional estimations and are only used as an indication of potential demand for the apprenticeship and to ensure viability of

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