Social Prescriber / Research Assistant

About us

The Research Department of Behavioural Science and Health is dedicated to research on how human behaviour impacts health and health outcomes. Our research and teaching reflect our interdisciplinary approach to health and wellbeing, focusing on a broad range of public health issues, such as alcohol and tobacco use, heart disease, cancer, and obesity.

About the role

The position will be within the Social Biobehavioural Research Group led by Professor Daisy Fancourt, which focuses on the effect of social factors on health. This includes social deficits (e.g. loneliness, isolation and COVID-19 lockdowns) and social assets (e.g. social connections, cultural and community engagement, nature engagement and social prescribing).

We are seeking an enthusiastic individual with social prescribing or youth work experience to contribute to the INACT (school social prescribing for lonely young people) and CASPA (social prescribing as young people finish CAMHS) social prescribing projects.

The post-holder will assist with the INACT and CASPA projects by a) working remotely and in person with young people at sites to help them access social prescribing activities and b) contributing to research activities

Application Details:

• This is a fixed term contract with external funding until 30th September 2026 in the first instanc
• This role does not meet the eligibility requirements for a Skilled Worker Visa certificate of sponsorship under UK Visas and Immigration legislation. Therefore UCL will not be able to sponsor individuals who require right to work in the UK to carry out this role.
• This appointment is subject to UCL Terms and Conditions of Service for Research and Professional Services Staff. Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/human-resources/conditions-service-research-teaching-and-professional-services-staff for more information.
• An acceptable DBS check is required to carry out this role.

Application Process:

• A full job description and person specification can be accessed at the bottom of this page.
• Please use the personal statement section to explain how you meet each of the essential and desirable criteria outlined in the person specification.

Contract Details:

• If you have any queries regarding the vacancy or the application process, please contact Dr Daniel Hayes (Email: ).
• If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact Maria Kristensen (Email: )

About you

The successful candidate will have previous experience working in youth social prescribing, community referrals/navigating or connecting, or Youth Work, candidates will need excellent interpersonal, communication, teamwork, organisational skills, evaluation skills and knowledge of the social determinants of health.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents we also offer some great benefits, please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/reward-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London�s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world�s talent.

Our department holds an Athena SWAN Silver Award, in recognition of our commitment to advancing gender equality.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here : https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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