November 8, 2024

Together for Mental Wellbeing

London

OTHER

Senior Wellbeing Worker

Description

The Southwark Neighbourhood Mental Health Support Project will help manage the high volume of patients with low to medium level mental health needs who could be supported by a non-clinical member of staff. Senior Wellbeing Workers will be working in the community across the North and South Southwark neighbourhoods.

The Southwark Neighbourhood Mental Health Support Project compliments the newly developed community roles of Link Workers and Social Prescribers. Our Senior Wellbeing Workers will meet with residents in community locations, including coffee shops, libraries in Southwark. Support provided will take a one-to-one person-centred non-clinical approach offering a goal oriented practical and emotional form of intervention to allow the client to build self-confidence and self-agency.

Our staff will provide support to access services in the community multiple times to allow for increased social engagement and building self-confidence providing up to 12 weeks of in-person, telephone, or online.

This is a fixed term contract ending 31 March 2025.

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Benefits of Working for Together

At Together we value and encourage diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We are committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self, welcoming applications from people from diverse communities and backgrounds who share our values. As an employer, we are committed to making any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.

Successful candidates will require an enhanced DBS check. To find out more, visit https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/disclosure-and-barring-service. Together is committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices. Charity No. 211091

Duties and Responsibilities

You’ll provide tailored time-limited support to individuals, their families and carers to take control of their health and wellbeing, live independently and improve their health.
You’ll have a caseload of clients, supporting them to achieve their health and wellbeing goals, for example get fit classes, joining a choir or taking up a hobby, and tackle issues like debt and housing problems that affect people’s health and wellbeing.
You’ll establish trusting relationships through a person-centred non clinical approach with clients to increase their hopes, motivation and ambition, and help them to set and achieve their goals for improved wellbeing.
You’ll value the lived experience of your clients and enable them to use it to support themselves
You’ll reach out to people in the community who are most in need of support and at risk of being excluded or isolated, to tackle the health inequalities that affect them. (Examples include people from Black Asian and Minority Ethnic communities, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people who may be struggling to manage their mental wellbeing and finding it difficult to access support for themselves).
You’ll work actively with local services to understand what is available to support people’s mental health and wellbeing and use this information to support Southwark residents.
You’ll help patients to understand how local mental health and care services work and help them to access these services. Your own experience and knowledge of services could come in handy when supporting them.
You’ll make referrals to our local services, centres and groups, building strong relationships with everyone who might help improve the lives of the people you serve.
You’ll actively support people as they begin to engage with the services you refer them to, so they don’t fall out of support.
You’ll maintain professional boundaries at all times when working with clients in your caseload.
You’ll maintain the confidentiality of service users you work with at all times
You’ll work within the principles of safeguarding the people you support and others in the community, including escalating matters as appropriate to your managers

About Together for Mental Wellbeing

Together for Mental Wellbeing is a national charity that supports people with mental health issues to lead fulfilling and independent lives.

We value people as experts in what works best for them, and each individual we work with influences and shapes the support they and others receive from us.

Founded in 1879, today we work with approximately 4,500 people every month - at around 70 locations across England.

Our services include support in the community, accommodation-based support, advocacy, and criminal justice services.