Link Worker, Ways to Wellness, Newcastle
2 days ago
We have an exciting opportunity for a supportive and committed individual to join our Ways to Wellness team as a Link Worker.
In this role, you will help people to identify and work to overcome barriers by managing their long-term conditions through their own action plan. This will include areas such as:
- Taking up and sustaining physical activity
- Healthy eating/cooking
- Increasing social interaction
- Accessing welfare rights and other advice
- Supporting positive relationships.
You will support and empower the development of lasting behaviour changes to improve mental and physical wellbeing. You will work in partnership with the community in the West and East of the City; and with relevant statutory, voluntary or community agencies to improve the quality of life for individuals identified as having high health and social needs. You will participate in record keeping to identify individual achievement and monitor the effectiveness of the service.
Ways to Wellness is a social prescribing service for people with long term health conditions in the West and East of Newcastle. Its aims are to improve peoples’ quality of life and reduce their use of mainstream health services by enabling people to lead healthier lives and better manage their conditions.
**About you**
We would love to hear from you if you have:
- Experience of working with people from disadvantaged communities
- Are passionate about helping others realise their potential
- Are able to work to deliver required performance targets
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills in formal and informal settings
- Good written and record keeping skills
- Experience of working in the third sector and in a link worker/service navigator role
**What we offer in return**
We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:
- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell day
- Enhanced pension
- Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
- Vitality Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
- Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
- Plus, many more great benefits on offer
We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.
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