Job Description
Come and work for Halifax Opportunities Trust
Staying Well Worker
Based at Hanson Lane Enterprise Centre
22 hours per week
Salary £26,008.46 per annum (actual pro rata £15,258.30)
Fixed term until March 2024
Halifax Opportunities Trust is seeking to appoint a Staying Well Worker to join the ‘Central Halifax Staying Well project. The successful candidate will help to effectively engage adults experiencing social isolation and/or loneliness in the Central Halifax Staying Well Hub area.
Key responsibilities:
· To help adults’ access activities within their community which meet their agreed health and wellbeing needs.
· To support the Care Closer to home model of care by supporting people to maintain independence, self-care and avoid unnecessary hospital admissions
· Effectively generate and manage caseloads of referrals from a variety of sources
You should apply for this role if you have
· Experience of working with adults from a wide range of backgrounds
· Excellent communication skills
· A genuine interest in working with vulnerable and isolated people
· Level 2 Literacy
· Experience of working within a community setting and/or with people from disadvantaged groups
· A full UK driving licence and use of car for work.
What Halifax Opportunities Trust has to offer
· Accredited Living Wage Foundation Employer
· 30 days Annual leave plus Bank Holidays per year
· Full time contract only 37.5 hrs per week, Monday – Friday
· In house training and support with professional qualifications
· Mindful employer, a national initiative supporting employees to take a positive approach towards mental health at work
· Full sick pay after a qualifying period
Halifax Opportunities Trust is committed to safer recruitment policies and practices. This post is subject to an appropriate DBS (disclosure & barring) check and two satisfactory references from the last 3 years of employment.
Closing date for applications is Friday 9th June 2023 @ 5pm
For an informal discussion regarding the above post please contact Farrakh Hafiz on 01422 347392
To apply, please visit our website on www.regen.org.uk_ to view the job description and personal specification and click apply now_
Please note that we do not accept CVs as a form of application.
Halifax Opportunities Trust is an accredited organisation of the Living Wage Foundation
Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months
Part-time hours: 22 per week
Salary: £26,008.46 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Free parking
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
Day range:
Shift:
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 09/06/2023