Career roadmap
How to become a Social Prescribing Link Worker
What you would actually do
The tasks this work is built on. O*NET measures the closest official occupation, Community Health Workers — so read these as the shape of the job, not a job description written for the title.
- Maintain client records.
- Provide basic health care services.
- Assess individual or community needs for educational or social services.
- Visit individuals in their homes to provide support or information.
- Transport clients to appointments.
- Advise clients or community groups on health issues.
- Monitor clients to evaluate treatment progress.
- Confer with clients to discuss treatment plans or progress.
The skills that actually carry the job
Scored on how much the work depends on each one — not a wishlist, a measurement.
- Active Listening4.1/5
- Speaking4.1/5
- Social Perceptiveness4.1/5
- Writing4.0/5
- Reading Comprehension3.9/5
- Service Orientation3.9/5
- Critical Thinking3.8/5
- Active Learning3.6/5
- Coordination3.6/5
- Persuasion3.5/5
Would this suit you?
Every occupation leans on a particular mix of interests. Here is the mix Social Prescribing Link Workers are measured on — and our free 2-minute Career Match scores you on the same six.
- Social6.6/7
Helping, teaching, caring for and working directly with people
- Enterprising3.5/7
Persuading, leading, selling, taking commercial risk
- Investigative3.5/7
Investigating, diagnosing, reasoning through problems with evidence
- Conventional3.4/7
Ordering, checking, following a precise procedure accurately
- Artistic2.2/7
Creating, expressing, working without a fixed procedure
- Realistic1.9/7
Hands-on, practical, working with tools, machines or the body
Interest profiles from the O*NET 29.0 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration. Used under CC BY 4.0.
