Community Resilience Worker Durham, England
Job description
The Resilience Team are a multi-agency team working together to make a difference by providing local access to wellbeing and mental health support for individuals and families living or working in County Durham including those who are affected by COVID19. PCP lead the team and report to Durham, Darlington and Teesside Mental Health and Learning Disability Partnership Board.
We are looking to appoint someone skilled with:
experience and confidence in the provision of 1:1 support
experience of working with communities
the ability to actively listen and relate to people with a solution focused attitude
If you are passionate about making a difference in your community, want to help local people build their emotional resilience, including those who have been isolated, experienced COVID19, been bereaved and many more, and are looking for a role where you can learn and develop, we’d love to hear from you.
Key Role
1. Work in local communities to promote the service;
2. Support Mental Health Hubs to deliver on the mental health transformation programme
3. Offer support for people who have been adversely impacted by the Covid 19 pandemic with mental health and emotional wellbeing support
4. Provide a ‘no wrong door’ approach and effectively signpost people to relevant local services;
5. Support people to develop action plans to enable safe and appropriate connections, exercise, diversionary activities;
6. Support general rehabilitation, work with people suffering with ‘long COVID-19’;
7. Enable and facilitate the development of appropriate support groups;
8. Develop volunteer opportunities within and external to the project
9. Support the overall service evaluation processes
Job Description
1. To undertake a comprehensive personal training programme to ensure delivery is evidence based, appropriate and well delivered.
2. To work in communities to promote the service and recruit appropriate clients.
3. To apply asset-based community development techniques and undertake research to support access to appropriate services.
4. To manage a caseload of individuals and provide 1:1 support including, but not limited to:
a. Working in a solutions-focus manner to assist clients to overcome a range of barriers;
b. Preparation and co-production of appropriate action plans to enable clients to improve their mental health;
c. Maintaining regular supportive contact with each person to assist them to achieve their goals;
d. Providing practical health and wellbeing support and interventions;
e. Sourcing a holistic package of support to assist the development of each individual; and
f. Signposting and referring individuals to a range of activities, interventions, across a range of settings (primary care services and voluntary and community support);
5. To develop and deliver appropriate group interventions with a mental wellbeing and resilience emphasis.
6. To be responsible for data processing including inputting information onto databases and creating reports.
7. To ensure services are promoted through a variety of communications, marketing and media sources and platforms within the locality covered.
8. To assist with overall service marketing and promotion activities, including supporting mental wellbeing and health events and publicity campaigns as appropriate.
9. To recruit, support, train and motivate a small team of volunteers to support overall delivery.
10. To establish and maintain strong relationships within the service and with VCSE delivery partners.
11. To develop and maintain excellent working links/partnerships with external agencies to support delivery and assist people to reach their goals.
12. To contribute to the development of systems and procedures, and the whole team approach in meeting quality and performance targets.
13. To work flexibly as part of the County-wide multi-agency team and to provide cover for colleagues as required to help maintain appropriate support for people in the community.
14. To conduct personal, venue and activity risk assessments as required.
15. To ensure Health and Safety and Safeguarding procedures are always adhered to.
General
1. To be an ambassador for the VCSE and represent the service at a number of different meetings, forums and events, as appropriate.
2. To uphold PCP’s Core Values at all times.
3. To comply with all relevant organisational policies, procedures and guidelines in relation to safe practice and maintain an up-to-date knowledge of public health interventions and theoretical knowledge of health topics.
4. To apply appropriate monitoring, evaluation and quality tools.
5. To operate within the policies and procedures of PCP, including confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance and data protection.
6. To carry out all responsibilities in line with the organisation’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
7. To support the organisational approach to Quality and continual improvement through becoming an internal auditor, environmental champion or health advocate.
8. To contribute to knowledge sharing and learning and assist with continuous improvement.
9. To understand own limitations and boundaries.
10. To demonstrate a commitment to continued personal development, maintaining an up-to-date knowledge of developments across the field, legislation and practice relevant to the service.
11. To work flexibly from varying operational sites as required and agreed.
12. To assist marketing and engagement work and use creative techniques to gather views from the communities we support.
13. To actively take responsibility for your own health and safety and ensuring procedures are adhered to.
14. To undertake any training and development deemed appropriate.
To undertake any such duties required by the relevant Senior Manager or PCP Chief Executive.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 10 months
Part-time hours: 20-37 per week
Salary: £23,635.00 per year
Benefits:
- Additional leave
- Casual dress
- On-site parking
- Sick pay
- Store discount
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person
Application deadline: 18/06/2023
