Parkinson's Local Adviser

1 week ago


Abbots Langley, United Kingdom Parkinson's UK Full time

People living with Parkinson's value the services and opportunities Parkinson’s UK provides, delivered by committed and skilled colleagues, volunteers and partner organisations. Following an investment of 1.5 million we have the opportunity to build on the quality and reach of our community services.

**We have four roles available covering the following areas**:
**Surrey (Elmbridge, Epsom & Ewell, Guildford, Mole Valley, Reigate & Banstead, Tandridge, Waverly)**:
32 hours per week (£30,671.50 per year)

**West Sussex (Crawley, Horsham, Chichester, Mid Sussex)**:
24 hours per week (£23,003.62 per year)

**Gloucestershire and South Gloucestershire**:
35 hours per week (£33,546.95 per year)

**Swindon and Wiltshire**:
26 hours per week (£24,920.59 per year)

**About the role**

You’ll empower your clients to take actions for themselves or will advocate on their behalf for better service, support and outcomes, so they can live their life with Parkinson's in the way they choose.

You’ll be responsible for building excellent relationships with healthcare professionals and other relevant agencies, as well as our network of volunteers and groups.

**What you'll do**:

- Provide professional person centred, in depth support to clients by a range of means, ensuring the most efficient and effective use of resources.
- Provide support on a variety of health and social care issues, including appropriate emotional, employment and welfare benefits support and advocating with and on behalf of clients.
- Work flexibly across the service responding to enquiries through a range of channels.
- Work closely with clinicians, specialist nurses and other professional colleagues to raise the profile of the service, increase depth of support and achieve improved outcomes for people with Parkinson’s.

**What you'll bring**:

- Experience of managing and delivering individual case work, including advocating for clients and supporting people to navigate the health and social care system
- Experience and understanding of safeguarding and your role in keeping clients safe and implementing organisational policies and procedure
- Ability to be calm and use emotional intelligence in challenging casework
- Demonstrable digital competence, with experience of effective use of a range of tools including online case management systems
- The ability to build effective working relationships with others including working within multi disciplinary teams internally and externally
- live in the area specified, and be able to travel freely and flexibly throughout the area and occasionally further afield without reliance on public transport
- Preferably hold a full driving licence
- provide occasional cover on Saturdays and/or Bank holidays
- provide their own broadband service with a minimum download speed of 2Mb

We aim to find a cure and improve life for everyone affected by Parkinson's - and you could help us achieve this.

We offer a variety of paid job roles and volunteer opportunities both at our UK office in London and across the UK



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