Vacancy: Community Health and Wellbeing Worker
Community Health and Wellbeing Worker/Health and Wellbeing Coach in Wood Farm
* Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to shape a new part time job role?
* Do you enjoy working with a wide range of people within your community?
* Could you support members of your local community to improve their health and wellbeing?
We are looking for 2 people to take on Community Health and Wellbeing Worker (CHWW)/Health and Wellbeing Coach roles. These are new roles within Wood Farm and offers flexible, part-time hours, the ability to organise your own workload, with some evening and weekend hours required. You will be based at Hedena Health, a GP practice in Headington, but will work across our OX3+ Primary Care Network.
As a CHWW, you will be in a patient-facing role engaging with members of the Wood Farm community to identify ways to improve the health and wellbeing of the young, old and their families, connecting them to access appropriate support and community resources. This role bridges health and social services and the Wood Farm community. CHWW are passionate role models who will provide advice and signposting to everyone within their communities, enabling them to make positive choices around health and well-being. You’ll meet people face to face, helping them to find local health services, offering to help them make appointments or signpost them to local services to support their needs.
Alongside participating in evaluation activities within a project team, you will play a significant role in increasing health promotion and wellbeing, through a range of activities including:
* Outreach assessments
* Signposting
* Education
* Group/Community events
Are you that person that is ready to make a difference? If this sounds like the challenge for you, we would love to hear from you.
Don’t worry about having previous NHS experience, full training will be provided, as you help us to deliver support to the local communities in Barton.
* Hours: Up to 24 hours per week
* Contract Type: Fixed term contract until March 2025
Please apply as soon as possible as we may close the vacancy early if we receive a certain number of applicants.
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