The service brings together 7 key community hubs within Wincanton - including The Balsam Centre - to provide support for paid and unpaid carers and those experiencing digital poverty, advice on emotional health and wellbeing, and more.
The successful candidate will be able to empathise with, and understand the needs of, vulnerable people in the community and work in a person-centred way. They will have an understanding of the personal and financial implications of rural isolation, age, illness, disability and end of life care, and be able to interpret the legislation in relation to benefits.
Wincanton Cares was founded in 2022 by a small, passionate group of people who want to help those in the area to live their lives as fully as possible.