Job Description
Title: Physical health liaison worker
Hours:
2 x 35 hours full time
1 x 21 hours part time
Salary: £28,000
Contract: 12 month fixed term
Location: TBC – Across North West Surrey and Guildford and Waverley
About the role
People living with severe mental illness (SMI) face one of the greatest health inequality gaps in England, dying approximately 20 years earlier than the general population in most part due to preventable physical health diseases.
This new initiative aims to reduce this inequality by supporting the uptake of physical health checks that people with a diagnosed severe mental health illness are entitled to but do not always access.
As a Physical Health Liaison Worker you will work holistically, directly with individuals with a SMI to increase the uptake of physical health checks and create positive lifestyle changes, in partnership with other key health and social care professionals in the Surrey Heartlands area.
About Us
Catalyst is a non-profit organisation working with people who are dealing with issues associated with their mental health wellbeing, and/or drugs and alcohol use. For the past 30 years, we have been focused on believing in people’s ability to change and we are proud of our non-judgemental ethos. Our goal is to focus on “how” we offer our service and not on what service we offer. Because of this we need and recruit people who:
- Have an understanding of empathy and the importance of applying empathy in relating with our clients
- Understand that integrity is not just our value it is our way of life at Catalyst
- Will share our value of genuine care for people
- Will understand that being friendly, thinking in a holistic, professional, and non-judgemental-way is not a requirement but a necessity to achieve our mandate to our clients
- Will be committed and dedicated to our cause
What we will offer you
- An opportunity to join an amazing multidisciplinary team of diverse people
- An opportunity to impact people and make a difference
- Blended working & Flexible working
- Sick pay (after successful completion of probation)
- Your birthday off (after successful completion of probation)
- Bereavement leave
- Compassionate leave
- Study leave
- Access to Simply Health after 1st month of employment
- Pension scheme
- Employee discount programme
- Investment in your personal development
- Multiple social team bonding activities and events
If this sounds exciting to you please contact us with any questions or to request an informal discussion about the role.
Please copy and paste the following link: https://www.catalystsupport.org.uk/work-for-us/ into your web browser to view the detailed job description and to find out more about us.
Catalyst prides itself as an equal opportunities employer.
All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references and an Enhanced DBS Disclosure.
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Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 35 per week
Salary: £28,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Flexitime
- Private dental insurance
- Private medical insurance
- Referral programme
- Wellness programme
- Work from home
Schedule:
- Day shift
- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: One location