Family Project Worker

1 month ago

Walsall, United Kingdom Midland Mencap Full time

Job Description and Person Specification

the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful applicant will be responsible for the cost of the Enhanced Disclosure.

**JOB TITLE**: Walsall Carers Hub - Project Worker

**EMPLOYMENT STATUS**: Permanent

**RESPONSIBLE TO**:Walsall Carers Hub Coordinator

**SALARY**:£14,265

**HOURS**:24 hours per week

**WHERE**:Walsall Carers Hub and outreach across Walsall

**Knowledge/**
**Experience and**
**Skills**

**Desirable**:

- Previous experience of working in a social care setting

or similar e.g. health or education settings.
**Essential**
- Must have basic administrative skills and be able to:
- Follow administrative procedures._
- Demonstrate good written skills and be able to complete _
- coherent reports. _
- Must be able to demonstrate understanding of working
- with diverse communities.- Must have organising skills and be able to:
- Plan and prioritise work._
- Attend and contribute at meetings and groups._
- Facilitate discussion at meetings and groups._
- Must be able to demonstrate capacity to deal with a

range of people in local communities and across levels
of public services, and to work with discretion, integrity
and with complete confidentiality.
- Must be able to work in dynamic and changing

circumstances.
- Must be able to get on with people, and to work

independently as well as in a team.
- Be able to demonstrate knowledge and understanding

of the issues faced by disabled people and their family
carers.

**People &**
**Contacts**

**Essential**:

- Ability to act diplomatically and to use a range of

communication skills to work sensitively with citizens,
their families and staff from other agencies.
- Ability to work reliably and responsibly as a member of a

team with internal and external colleagues to achieve
service outcomes.

**Job Impact **- Determination to seek to improve quality of
performance.
- Ability to deliver support to individuals from diverse

communities.

Job Description and Person Specification

the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful applicant will be responsible for the cost of the Enhanced Disclosure.
- Ability to demonstrate personal values in line with

organisational Mission Statement inc. Vison, Mission &
Three Core Offers.
**Creativity &**
**Innovation**

**Essential**
- Ability to provide consistent information to support

management.
- Ability to plan, organise and manage activities in a logical

and consistent manner, using appropriate information
systems and tools e.g. work schedules and charts.

**Independence**
**& Judgement**

**Essential**:

- Ability to work independently and use initiative.- Ability to recognise boundaries.
- Ability to accept responsibility for meeting service users’

needs, demonstrating flexibility and pride in delivering
work of the highest quality, working to deadlines and
under pressure.***

**Other**
**Requirements**:
**All staff employed by Midland Mencap will**:

- Recognise their duty of care to all work related citizens
- and the wider general public.- Agree with the organisation’s values and ensure that
- they are complied with at all times.- Demonstrate understanding and belief in Midland
- Mencap’s values.- To uphold the principals of safeguarding at all times.
- Have enhanced level clearance from DBS
- Be available for occasional evenings and weekend work
- Full current driving licence with access to own transport

**Who** We Look for?
Are you a **warm**, **personable**, and highly **motivated** individual who can
empower the people you support?

Do you have **passion** for what you do, are a strong **communicator** and have
good **problem-solving** skills?

The Project Worker will work alongside an experienced and established team
in Walsall.

We place a high value upon **integrity**, **ethical standards,** and a commitment
to **excellence**.

If you have experience working with unpaid carers and families with children,
young people, or adults with illness or disabilities, that’s a bonus. But don’t be
put off if not. We value transferable **skills** from other sectors and provide
comprehensive training to all our staff.

Job Description and Person Specification

the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS). The successful applicant will be responsible for the cost of the Enhanced Disclosure.

**What** does a Project Worker do?
Midland Mencap is looking to appoint a Project Worker who will work alongside colleagues to turn the
Walsall Carers Hub vision and mission into a reality.

Identifying and supporting families, or people who provide unpaid care, to people with disabilities and
illnesses, they will need to work with a wide range of partners and stakeholders, both internally and
externally, to support a wide range of engaging wellbeing activities and the provision of information,
advice and guidance.

They will be experienced with engaging with our towns cultural diversity and identifying individual and
community asset-based strengths.

Our

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