Community Health and Wellbeing Worker
Empower communities, strengthen public health.
If you are a public health team, local council, NHS organisation, university, charity or voluntary organisation with a remit to improve health outcomes in the communities you serve, the Community Health and Wellbeing Worker (CHWW) apprenticeship equips your workforce to deliver on it.
Who should enrol
This apprenticeship is ideal for organisations looking to recruit or upskill:
- Community health professionals
- Public health outreach teams
- Social care staff engaged in health and wellbeing initiatives
- Community Champions, link workers and social prescribers moving into paid roles
Programme features
- Tailored curriculum — community engagement, health promotion and the social determinants of health.
- Blended learning — face-to-face sessions combined with on-the-job training.
- Dedicated functional skills support — personalised maths and English support where needed.
- Sector-specific insight — training aligned with public health priorities and the Integrated Neighbourhood Teams agenda.
What this programme does for your organisation
Address health inequalities
Community Champions, Care Navigators, Health Coaches and Social Prescribers use the skills developed in the CHWW apprenticeship to transform lives.
1 in 5 people in England live in areas with significantly poorer health outcomes.
Improve workforce capabilities
Give staff in community roles structured, accredited training.
Organisations with robust workforce development programmes see a 23% improvement in staff retention.
Fill vacancies cost-effectively
Use government funding for role-specific, tailored training.
Apprenticeships save employers up to £2,000 in recruitment and onboarding costs compared with traditional hiring.
Deliver NHS transformation
The NHS 10-Year Plan focuses on early intervention, community-based care and addressing health inequalities. CHWW apprentices sit at the heart of delivering it.
Every £1 spent on preventative care saves £4 in treatment costs (NHS research).
Getting started
Identify candidates
Select existing employees ready to enhance their skills, or tell us about the vacancy you want to fill.
Recruit, if you need to
Advertise a role that combines training and work. We can help you find and shortlist candidates.
Sort the funding
Use your own levy, or let us arrange a levy transfer so there is no cost to you or your apprentice.
Start the programme
We agree a training plan, set up the Apprenticeship Service records and get going, with a named tutor throughout.
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Tell us how many people you have in mind and whether you pay the levy, and we'll confirm the funding position and next steps within two working days.