Our Level 3 Community Health & Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship
At TPC Health, we are dedicated to enhancing community health by equipping individuals with the skills necessary to address health disparities and promote wellbeing.
Community Health and Wellbeing workers are a rapidly expanding work force supporting the increasing emphasis across government departments on improving the health of local people and communities.
The Level 3 Community Health and Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship develops a confident, skilled, and community-focused workforce ready to tackle health inequalities and promote local wellbeing. The programme equips learners to engage, support, and empower individuals and communities — especially those facing disadvantage. Apprentices gain the tools to build trust, foster resilience, and support positive change through personalised, strengths-based approaches. They also learn how to connect people with services, encourage behaviour change, and understand the social factors that influence health.
Benefits:
- Gain a recognised Level 3 qualification
- Develop skills to engage and support communities.
- Enhance understanding of health inequalities.
- Receive mentorship from experienced professionals.
- Improve career prospects in health and social care
The programme includes a 4-day PCI Accredited and EMCC EQA Foundation Health Coaching Skills course, building core coaching competence in support of personalised care.
Our funded Level 3 Community Health and Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship prepares you to work collaboratively with individuals and communities, identifying and addressing health needs to improve overall wellbeing.
Roles
Some of the roles that are benefiting from this apprenticeship include:
- Social Prescribing Link Workers – Connect people to non-clinical services and community-based support.
- Health and Wellbeing Coaches – Help individuals set and work towards personal health and lifestyle goals to support self management.
- Community Health Workers – Support individuals and communities with health advice, education, and access to care.
- Family Support Workers – Assist families facing challenges like housing, poverty, or substance misuse.
- Care or Service Navigators – Guide individuals through health, care, or voluntary services.
- Community Connectors – Link people to local services and activities to reduce isolation.
- Youth Workers – Support young people’s development through mentoring and engagement.
- Community Development Workers – Work with communities to build capacity and drive local change.
- Guidance Workers – Support individuals to access services and navigate life transitions.
Please contact us if you would like to discuss whether this might be relevant to your role.
Undertaking this Apprenticeship will give you:
Knowledge: Foundations for Person-Centred Community Work
Participants gain essential understanding of:
- The social determinants of health, health inequalities, and factors influencing physical, mental and emotional wellbeing
- Local systems, community resources, and cross-sector collaboration
- Behaviour change and coaching theory, including asset-based, strengths-focused, and person-centred approaches
- Barriers to engagement and the impact of culture, inclusion and diversity
- Safeguarding, data protection, evaluation, and ethical practice
- The role of health coaching in supporting self-management and behaviour change
Skills: Practical and Relationship-Focused
Participants build real-world capability to:
- Build rapport, actively listen, and support people to define their own wellbeing goals
- Apply evidence-based behaviour change and coaching tools
- Navigate services, map local assets, and provide effective signposting
- Deliver accessible health messaging, facilitate group work, and promote inclusion
- Record, refer and escalate safely, using appropriate data and service protocols
Behaviours: Respectful, Inclusive, Community-Driven
Participants learn to embody and demonstrate:
- Integrity, empathy, and non-judgement
- Cultural sensitivity and commitment to equity
- Accountability and professionalism
- Collaboration across systems and communities
- A supportive, empowering coaching mindset
Developmental Outcomes: Growth, Confidence, and Impact
Participants develop:
- A clear, confident community practitioner identity
- Skills to work autonomously and ethically
- Confidence in supporting sensitive conversations and diverse needs
- Readiness to embed coaching in everyday roles
- The capability to contribute to prevention, personalised care, and system goals
Learners engage more confidently with individuals and communities, using coaching-informed conversations to support behaviour change and self-management. They navigate local systems, build trust across diverse groups, and connect people to meaningful support. With greater insight and autonomy, they contribute directly to reducing inequalities and improving personalised care in real-world settings.
Take the next step
Join us in making a meaningful impact on community health with TPC Health’s Level 3 Community Health and Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship.
Contact us today to learn more!
