Wellbeing Worker: Primary Care (Oxford City) Oxfordshire
Job description
WELLBEING WORKER: PRIMARY CARE (OXFORD CITY)
Hours: 37 Hours Per Week (Full Time) This role may involve some evening work.
Salary: £25,000-£26,906 Salary dependent on skills, experience and knowledge.
Contract: Permanent
Base: GP practices across East Oxford
Who we are, and what we do
- We’re Oxfordshire Mind, the mental health charity, operating across Oxfordshire and Berkshire West
- Our passionate employees and dedicated volunteers are helping people with mental health issues find somewhere to turn for advice, information, and support
- We won’t give up until everyone experiencing a mental health issue gets both support and respect
- Find out more about our vision, mission and values here: https://www.oxfordshiremind.org.uk/about-2/what-we-do/
- Find out more about our services here: https://www.oxfordshiremind.org.uk/support-for-you/our-services/
Why work for us?
- We offer a friendly working environment and are committed to staff wellbeing
- We are devoted to equity, diversity, inclusion, and equality, with staff working groups and support groups
- We are an Oxford Living Wage employer
Here is a taste of what we offer:
- Generous holiday allowance, 28 days plus 8 bank holidays, increasing after 5 years
- Contribute to pension scheme
- Flexible working including; hybrid working, part time, compressed hours
- Ensuring growth and development of our staff along their career journey
- Free support package from Health Assured for you and your family
- Great discounts and cash back card schemes
To find out more click here: https://www.oxfordshiremind.org.uk/jobs-2/benefits/
What will you do?
The Primary Care Team work with service users registered at GP practices across the county, supporting them to achieve their goals and to find the right support for their needs and desires. We are a fun, caring and dynamic team which places a high value on mutual support, sharing our wide-ranging knowledge and expertise and maintaining close working relationships, despite working in different areas of the county. There are lots of opportunities for staff to develop areas of interest when it comes to working with people; on an individual and team basis. We are truly committed to the wellbeing of our staff, and this remains a high priority alongside providing excellent support for our service users.
We are looking for someone who is motivated, pro-active and supportive, with a strong commitment to person-centred work and service user involvement and is interested in being a part of a fast growing team of Wellbeing Workers from all walks of life, providing a mixed model of face to face and telephone work, integrated within the GP practice team.
Key responsibilities
- Support service users to improve or maintain their mental health and wellbeing
- Collect and accurately record service user data onto a secure database in a timely manner
- Liaising with colleagues, partner organisations and professional agencies to support service user needs
- Keep up to date with the various services offered by NHS and third sector providers to enable appropriate information and signposting
- Conduct regular dynamic risk assessment and take appropriate and timely actions to manage the risks in relation to staff, service users and buildings
- Receiving and responding to referrals from a variety of sources (e.g. GPs, community organisations, self-referrals) and ensuring people receive an excellent person-centred service via an initial assessment and follow-up sessions as required
- Working collaboratively with primary care staff and external agencies, promoting the service to ensure it is well-understood and easily accessible and contributing to efforts to benefit local mental health and wellbeing
- Tailored signposting and use of support tools and techniques to work productively with service users towards their own hopes and goals
- Writing tailored follow-up letters and emails outlining support options for service users
Who you are
Open - Are you open to help people realise their potential?
Together, partnership - Are you a team player?
Responsive - Are you a good listener?
Independent - Do you have the confidence to speak out fearlessly?
Unstoppable – Do you have a positive, never give up attitude?
If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you!
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Top tip: Keep your main focus on the ‘entry’ list when applying. We consider things in the ‘skilled’ list ‘nice-to-haves’ and will be providing training and support in these areas, so don’t let the ‘skilled’ list stop you from applying! The shortlisting panel make their decisions based on this information and no assumptions about your skills or experience will be made.
For an informal chat about the role please contact Beth on [email protected]
Closing date: Midnight on 31st August 2023
Shortlisting date: 1st September 2023
Interview date: 8th September 2023
Interview location: Osney Mead, Oxford, OX2 0DP
We welcome applications from people from all sections of the community, irrespective of race, ethnicity, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
Oxfordshire Mind is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults and expects all employees and volunteers to share this commitment. We therefore require a Disclosure and Barring Service check, for all our roles. The level of which will vary depending on the nature of the role.
