Service Wellbeing Worker

3 weeks ago


Huddersfield, United Kingdom Fresh Futures Full time

Fresh Futures is based in Kirklees delivering services across West and South Yorkshire. Our vision is a where children, young people, families and older people achieve their full potential in life. Our work is delivered through 4 themes of activity - Education and Training; Early Intervention and Prevention; Specialist Family Services and Social Enterprise activities.

We aim to ‘Improve lives and Inspire change’ and, through our four strands of work, drive equality of opportunity and social justice forward - empowering individuals to make positive life choices and be the best they can be.

**Vacancy**: Wellbeing Worker (Maternity Cover) within Community Connections

**Hours of Work**:21 hours - weekdays

**Salary**:£13.16 per hour (FTE: £23,951.20)

**Contracted post**: Fixed term contract until 31st January 2025

**Base**:Brian Jackson House, Huddersfield however this role will involve significant work within the community and travel within the Kirklees area.

**CLOSING DATE**: Wednesday 10th July 2024 at 23:59
**INTERVIEWS**:Wednesday 24th July 2024
**Interview venue**: Brian Jackson House, Huddersfield, HD1 5JP
- **Purpose of the role - why the role exists and overall responsibility**_

The primary role of our Service Wellbeing Worker is to support the Service Manager and team with the development and implementation of Fresh Futures’ Community Connections Services. These services aim to reduce loneliness and social isolation for vulnerable adults across Kirklees, to improve the wellbeing of adults accessing these services, and to ensure the needs of target communities are met.
- **Job Description - Main Activitie**_**s**
- To complete service assessments for adults that have been referred to Community Connections as part of the Befriending Service
- To provide effective and supportive communication with service users and volunteers
- To match appropriate volunteers with appropriate service users
- To provide ongoing support to volunteers
- To work closely with service staff, partners and relevant agencies and any other agreed parties to help to improve the wellbeing of service users and volunteers
- Contribute to the monitoring and evaluation of the service to capture outcomes
- Record activity and outcomes for volunteers and clients in line with contractual / grant requirements
- Facilitate meetings in line with service requirements
- To attend and work with colleagues to support, organise and promote networking or other associated events (internal and external)
- Provide regular and ad-hoc reports to the service manager as requested
- Adhere to all relevant Fresh Futures policies and procedures
- Maintain and pursue personal development of skills and knowledge necessary for the effective performance of the role i.e. knowledge around Safeguarding
- **Knowledge, training, and experience required**:_
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- A relevant professional qualification or experience in: youth work, teaching, counselling, or another appropriate field
- Knowledge and understanding of issues affecting vulnerable and older adults at risk in relation to both health and social care
- Prior experience in working with clients with challenging behaviour, or clients that are seeking access to support services or requiring information and guidance would be desirable
- Experience and knowledge around Safeguarding practices relating to vulnerable adults would be desirable
- Experience of developing and maintaining relationships with a wide range of partners would be desirable
- Good geographical knowledge of Kirklees and access to a vehicle
- GCSE/Level 2 English and Maths or evidence of a good standard of numeracy and literacy
- Experience of using computer packages including word processing, databases and spreadsheets
- **Key Personal Characteristics**_
- A passion for working to support individuals and the wider community, in particular, those who are most vulnerable
- Effective communicator, who can engage and respond to the needs of a wide range of people, e.g., service users, colleagues and professional associates
- Ability to work independently, can take responsibility in identifying or following up requests and enquiries and feeding back accurate information
- Ability to prioritise own workload, and work flexibly to achieve individual and team goals
- Ability to reflect on practice and identify or implement changes to support and improve individual or team efficiency and effectiveness
- The ability to employ good listening skills and is tactful and considering of the needs of other when communicating.
- Takes pride in working to high standards and working within a team supportively to achieve collective targets

**Job Types**: Part-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 7 months

Pay: £13.16 per hour

Expected hours: 21 per week

**Benefits**:

- Bereavement leave
- Company events
- Cycle to work scheme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- H


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