Loneliness and Social Isolation Specialist

3 weeks ago

Wednesbury, United Kingdom Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust Full time

**Job overview**

To contribute to reducing loneliness and isolation across the Black Country with a particular focus on those accessing services at BCHFT. To support a caseload of people with mental health and other health conditions to access the Lets talk service activities and provide one to one support.

The post holder will play a key role in identifying and supporting people across the Black Country and will support with service information, developing support groups for, signposting to additional support such as health & well-being and to help integrate into Community services.

**Main duties of the job**
- Supporting communities to build social networks
- Supporting volunteers to co-ordinate a range of activities
- Developing face to face support groups
- Provide one to one support to help those socially isolated
- Developing networks with key partners to build capacity in social networks to reduce loneliness
- Promote the service to the public, partners and clinical teams to highlight the project and source referrals

**Working for our organisation**

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

- Adult and older adult mental health services
- Specialist learning disability services
- CAMHS

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2020, after NHS England and NHS Improvement approved the merger of Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust and Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust.

Combining resources, strategies and talented workforce enables us to deliver a wider variety of outstanding services that are based on best practice and are continually improving.

We currently employ over 4,000 members of staff and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
**Post Title: Loneliness & Social Isolation Vocational Specialist**Department: Employment & Recovery ServiceBand: 5Hours: 37.5Contract Type: Fixed term contractResponsible to: Employment Service Project Manager

**Person specification**

**Essential criteria**
Degree or equivalent experience
IAG qualification or relevant experience

**Desirable criteria**
Counselling qualification

**Knowledge**
**Essential criteria**
Understanding of Loneliness and social isolation and socio-economic factors related to this
Awareness of services that can support loneliness and provide activities
Aware of internal and external services to support with Mental Health and well being
**Desirable criteria**
Working knowledge of services within the Black Country
Supporting people into vocational goals

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 18 months

**Salary**: £28,407.00-£34,581.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Additional leave
- Bereavement leave
- Canteen
- Childcare
- Company car
- Company events
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discounted or free food
- Employee discount
- Employee mentoring programme
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Flexitime
- Free flu jabs
- Free or subsidised travel
- Health & wellbeing programme
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Sick pay
- Store discount
- Transport links

Schedule:

- Flexitime
- Monday to Friday

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Wednesbury, West Midlands: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Degree or equivalent experience (preferred)
- Level 4 IAG or relevant experience (preferred)
- counselling experience and qualified to level 3 (desirable) (preferred)
- Understanding of Loneliness and social isolation (preferred)

Work authorisation:

- United Kingdom (required)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: 285-6516-CORP

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