We are looking for an experienced Young Persons and Adult Link Worker to join our Health& Wellbeing Team at Enable.
About Us:
Enable is a charity dedicated to improving people's wellbeing and strengthening local communities. We work with councils, charities and other local organisations to deliver health, leisure, community services and events that enrich people’s lives and strengthen our local community.
At Enable, we value our employees and our culture, focusing on embracing diversity and fostering an inclusive, flexible and fun environment for employees to perform at their best. On top of a competitive salary and flexible working environment, employees will also receive:
Benefits:
* 30 days of annual leave (plus 8 bank holidays), 3 additional free days off at Christmas
* Life Insurance
* Reward Schemes (RewardHub Membership, wellbeing budgets and cycle to work)
* A variety of social and wellbeing activities each month
* Mental Health & Wellbeing Perks (Monthly talks, Wellbeing Hour, etc)
* Free Gym Membership
* Free breakfasts/snacks
Reports to: Senior Link Worker
Based: Morden
Salary: £33,536 pro rated
Contract: Permanent, Part Time
Work Arrangement: 16 hours per week, Hybrid/Office
DBS: Enhanced
Role Overview:
As a Young Persons and Adult Link Worker, you will be providing social prescribing support to young people, and/or their families, and a cohort of adults. You will supporting patients in Morden and be part of the wider Enable Personalised Care Team. The aim of the role is to help clients improve their health and wellbeing by connecting them to community support. This could include helping people with a range of issues such as coping with social pressures, emotional wellbeing, physical inactivity, financial difficulties, crime, loneliness, bullying, relationship issues, housing issues and family problems. The role involves working with professionals in Primary Care, education, social services and other community and voluntary sector services to develop the service. The successful candidate will be an excellent communicator, passionate about supporting people and dedicated to reducing inequalities in the local area.
The Health and Wellbeing Team are a passionate group of health professionals who empower people to make lasting changes to their health and wellbeing and improve their quality of life. We put the person at the centre of everything we do, building innovative initiatives that tackle barriers to improving health. We are experts at reducing health inequalities, real or perceived, and creating lasting changes.
Main Duties/Responsibilities:
Person-centred care and support
* Deliver effective social prescribing appointments using a holistic and person-centred approach that helps people focus on what matters to them.
* Empower clients to take control of their own wellbeing by building their confidence, motivating them to set goals and creating personalised action plans.
* Signpost and refer people to local voluntary, community and statutory services that help meet their needs.
* Support people to overcome personal barriers to access VCSE organisations and follow up to ensure they are satisfied, able to engage, and receiving good support.
* Treat everyone with dignity, and respect different cultures, religions, ways of life and other personal characteristics at all times.
Communication and Collaboration
* Work with the Primary Care partners and the Enable Health & Wellbeing Team to develop a social prescribing service that supports young people and families.
* Maintain regular contact with primary care teams, providing updates and sharing knowledge of local VCSE organisations.
* Develop supportive relationships and work in partnership with local VCSE organisations, community groups, and statutory services to make safe and effective onward referrals.
* Work with the Enable Health and Wellbeing Team and local partners to identify unmet needs within the community and gaps in service provision.
* Act as a champion of social prescribing, increasing awareness and promoting its benefits amongst to a wide range of audiences.
Service Quality and Development
* Collect and record outcome and monitoring data using required systems, contributing to the evaluation of the programme.
* Keep accurate records of client interactions and record all onward referrals to VCSE services.
* Manage own case load to ensure clients receive appropriate levels of support and expectations are met.
* Gather client feedback to evaluate the quality of the service and to inform service changes and developments.
* Identify how the service could be developed and improved, drawing upon knowledge of service delivery and making suggestions about how social prescribing could be embedded to a greater extent across Merton.
* Keep up to date with key changes in the health and social care sector in order to shape and develop the service, including those relating to good practice and policy.
* Lead by example by demonstrating excellent customer service, delivery skills, organisation and professionalism.
* Complete Quality Assurance Assessments for VCSE organisations accepting social prescribing referrals to ensure they are safe, effective, and have the support they need to be part of social prescribing.
* Work with your line manager to identify your own support needs and undertake continual personal and professional development.
* Create and maintain a safe, supportive and welcoming environment where all people are treated with dignity and their identity and culture are valued and respected. Report any instances of inappropriate behaviour or discrimination.
* Ensure referral data is kept securely in line with data protection law and Enable’s procedures.
This is an exciting opportunity to be a part of a company that positively impacts the community around them! If you are someone that is motivated by a desire to enrich the lives of others and make a genuine difference, then please Apply Now and follow the prompts.
If this role not quite right, however you are still interested in working at Enable then we encourage you to get in touch today on hr@enablelc.org
Enable is strongly committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an equal opportunities employer. We value diversity and encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. To find out more on our approach to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit our website.