What will the role look like?

To be part of a small team delivering a healthy living focused social prescribing service. Working with families with a child or young person aged 5-16 living in targeted areas of the city (current target area is West Leeds LS12 and LS13). 
The service aims to explore and evaluate the usefulness of social prescription for young people, its impact on health inequalities and it’s building of key relationships. The social prescribers will be largely based at Barca offices although it is expected that some work will be located within partner agency spaces and there is flexibility to meet young people in a range of community, education and home settings.

What we are looking for? 
You will have relevant experience, be an effective communicator with a passion for excellence in your professional field. It’s essential that you love what you do. We want you to enjoy coming to work every day and to care about your job, your colleagues and our service users.

To download a full job description/person specification, click here. If you require this document in an alternative format, please email recruitment@barca-leeds.org

A copy of our competency framework can be found here.

All our roles are subject to funding.  For further information and guidance when applying, please have a look at our information for applicants guide.

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The use of artificial intelligence (AI) generated answers is discouraged. The use of AI may affect the depth and understanding that is required, to demonstrate successful answers to experience and knowledge based questions, in our shortlisting process.  Barca-Leeds uses Humans to shortlist for interview.

Barca-Leeds is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. It is the organisation’s policy to require the successful applicant to undertake a Disclosure and Barring Check at a level appropriate to the role, before appointment is confirmed. The disclosure of a criminal conviction will not necessarily exclude candidates from appointment.

Please note that although we are a registered sponsor organisation, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this job role.