Wellbeing Worker

**Location**: Northumberland
**Type**:Full-time 37 hours
**Salary**:£21,204 per annum
**Contract**: Permanent
**Closing date**: Flexible-Once the position has been filled
**Interview date**:TBC

We are seeking a Wellbeing Worker to join our Northumberland Sensory Services to provide high quality support to our service users who are Deaf, Hard of Hearing, Deafblind or have Dual Sensory Loss. The role is based in the community and occasionally office based (Morpeth).

**As part of the Wellbeing Worker role, you will**:

- Offering information, advice, and guidance on a range of topics using appropriate communication methods
- Provide information on specialist equipment’s and their use
- Dealing with referrals
- Promoting independent living by advising and signposting to services
- Undertaking assessments, support plans and Risk Assessments
- Working with third party agencies

**To be successful in the role you will have**:

- Experience in Working with people with a sensory disabilities (Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deafblind)
- British Sign Language Level 3 (or working towards) or native signer.
- Experience in undertaking needs-led assessments
- Experience in providing Information, Advice and Guidance
- Strong IT skills

**Benefits and Training**:
We strive to create an inclusive and diverse workplace and we are committed to _wellbeing, promoting hybrid working, offering generous annual leave entitlements, an Employee Assistance Program, Health Cash Plan, Occupational Sick Pay scheme, and flexible TOIL scheme._ We invest generously in training and development programmes, providing sponsorship to pursue formal professional qualifications and the opportunity to learn and develop sign language skills.

**Salary**: £21,204.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Sick pay

Day range:

- Monday to Friday

Shift:

- Day shift

**Experience**:

- working with Sensory Disabilities: 1 year (required)
- Need led assessments: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 08/05/2023