Staying Well Worker

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:

• Monday to Friday

Shift:

• 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 09/06/2023