Care Navigator / Health and Wellbeing Support Worker - AWD online : Job Details

Care Navigator / Health and Wellbeing Support Workerwith experience in supporting vulnerable adults and excellent verbal and written communication skills, is required to join a well-established Charity.

You will be working with people in prison, and people on probation in the community.

SALARY: £22,004 per annum + Excellent Benefits (see below)

LOCATION: Durham, North East England - covering the North East Prisons

JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent

WORKING HOURS: 35 hours per week

KEY REQUIREMENT:Applicants must be 18+ due to prison based working and hold a Full UK Driving Licence with access to own transport.

The post will be subject to a DBS Enhanced with Adults barred check and Home Office Prison Clearance.

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Care Navigator / Health and Wellbeing Support Worker with experience in supporting vulnerable adults and excellent verbal and written communication skills.

As the Care Navigator / Health and Wellbeing Support Worker you will work with other health professionals, care navigators and apprentice health and wellbeing coaches to ensure holistic and meaningful support is provided to those with health vulnerabilities on their release from prison, ensuring continuity of care and fruition of release plans.

Working as the Care Navigator / Health and Wellbeing Support Worker you will use a coaching framework to manage wellbeing in the pre and post release period, to prevent a return to ill health as well as a reduction in reoffending.

By preventing this decline in health, through robust reconnection with health services in the community, will reduce health inequalities for those leaving the criminal justice system and provide support to allow a seamless, and effective transition to independent community living.

DUTIES

Your duties as the Care Navigator / Health and Wellbeing Support Worker will include:

• Provide Specialist Health Care Navigation Services to individuals being released from the North East Prisons, supporting people both pre and post release in line with service guidelines, working alongside other agencies to improve health outcomes and reduce reoffending

• Provide support to those being released from court, and provide assistance with these processes

• Complete an initial screening and care mapping assessment with each service user and use service documents to plan their care and release

• Develop tailored models of support for patients through a variety of modalities, mediums and with varying intensity to promote independent self-management and engagement with statutory and non-statutory services

• Support health promotion, planning and delivering health promotion events in collaboration with colleagues

• Complete, detailed, accurate, professional and timely notes for each patient

• Provide a coaching framework to empower individuals with independent management of their release and associated healthcare needs

CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent with qualifications or training relevant to the role, e.g. Health and Social Care/Mental Health

• Relevant experience of supporting vulnerable individuals to identify, set and meet their own goals using 1:1 and/or group interventions

• Working knowledge of some of the following: health, debts, social care, housing, court systems, mental health, criminal justice and substance misuse

• Experience of working to support individuals using structed, time limited support

• Passionate and motivated to support individuals leaving the criminal justice system through provision of a high quality, professional level of care

• Patient, calm and respectful

• Hold a full UK driving license and have access to own transport for work purposes

Don’t meet all the requirements?

If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t exactly match every single requirement, the organisation will still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for this position!

BENEFITS

• Rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform: Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc.

• Wellbeing support: A hub that gives physical, and mental health support. The company also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments

• Flexible Working - you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. Generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off

• Contributory pension scheme

• Structured Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way

• Receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member

Please note: we reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.

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JOB REF: AWDO-P13049

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