Let’s Connect Wellbeing Network Senior Community Navigator
| Posting date: | 22 April 2024 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £29,828 - £36,311 per annum, pro rata (Incl. of HCAS) |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 22 May 2024 |
| Location: | Bracknell, RG12 2UT |
| Company: | Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6249095/371-MHS359 |
Summary
A Vacancy at Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
Interviews will be held on 20 May 2024.
The Let’s Connect Wellbeing Network offers and exciting and innovative role that will support the wellbeing of all citizens in the community over the age of eighteen who may feel isolated and is open to those who use, or have used, mental health services as well as people who have never used services but feel they would benefit from social contact and support.
You will work to break isolation by supporting people to meet others and support them to make connections, friendships to become aware of other community offers . You will be facilitate social network meetings and also provide one to one Wellbeing Mapping sessions.
You will be welcomed into an enthusiastic and creative team covering the whole of Berkshire but have a focus on either the East or West of the county.
You will have a good experience and understanding of the important place this work takes as a response to the Community Mental Health Framework and the NHS Long Term Plan.
Specifically:
1)To build a good working knowledge with a broad range of BHFT teams and organisations across Berkshire with a focus on your area.
2) You will be confident to work out in the community most of the time but have a strong and flexible approach to meeting and communicating with your team and managers
3) To embed a positive approach to mental health and wellbeing built on assets of individuals and their community with a focus on person centred support and recovery to relieve social isolation
4) To be able to discuss the LCWN with confidence and knowledge to relevant people and audiences
5) To authentically coproduce with the local community to play an important part of the development of a Let’s Connect Wellbeing Network that is proactive and empowering for the person and influences all stakeholders.
6) To promote an integrated model of working within the community with BHFT, VCSE and community organisations. You will support the development of integration at every opportunity so that local services and organisations put people at the heart of their own recovery plans and that movement between services become seamless.
7) You will work within a strong team-based approach with a clear vision and supportive ethos.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Experience and understanding of the Let’s Connect Wellbeing Network and the context.
2. A strong commitment to this non-clinical role and integrated care.
3. Confidence and ability to self-organise and yet be closely linked to the team.
4. Have own transport and a full driving licence and be prepared to travel widely within Berkshire.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call:: Sally Gomme on 07976 289606 or email:sally.gomme@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024
Interviews will be held on 20 May 2024.
The Let’s Connect Wellbeing Network offers and exciting and innovative role that will support the wellbeing of all citizens in the community over the age of eighteen who may feel isolated and is open to those who use, or have used, mental health services as well as people who have never used services but feel they would benefit from social contact and support.
You will work to break isolation by supporting people to meet others and support them to make connections, friendships to become aware of other community offers . You will be facilitate social network meetings and also provide one to one Wellbeing Mapping sessions.
You will be welcomed into an enthusiastic and creative team covering the whole of Berkshire but have a focus on either the East or West of the county.
You will have a good experience and understanding of the important place this work takes as a response to the Community Mental Health Framework and the NHS Long Term Plan.
Specifically:
1)To build a good working knowledge with a broad range of BHFT teams and organisations across Berkshire with a focus on your area.
2) You will be confident to work out in the community most of the time but have a strong and flexible approach to meeting and communicating with your team and managers
3) To embed a positive approach to mental health and wellbeing built on assets of individuals and their community with a focus on person centred support and recovery to relieve social isolation
4) To be able to discuss the LCWN with confidence and knowledge to relevant people and audiences
5) To authentically coproduce with the local community to play an important part of the development of a Let’s Connect Wellbeing Network that is proactive and empowering for the person and influences all stakeholders.
6) To promote an integrated model of working within the community with BHFT, VCSE and community organisations. You will support the development of integration at every opportunity so that local services and organisations put people at the heart of their own recovery plans and that movement between services become seamless.
7) You will work within a strong team-based approach with a clear vision and supportive ethos.
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire.
We value diversity and are proud to be a Stonewall Top 100 Employer.We work hard to create an inclusive environment where you’ll be supported by friendly and professional colleagues to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare:
• Caring for and about you is our top priority
• Committed to providing good quality, safe services
• Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Benefits of working for us include:
• Flexible working options to support work-life balance.
• 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
• Generous NHS pension scheme
• Excellent learning and career development opportunities
• ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme
• Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
• Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
• Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities and armed forces community to support equality
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave.
• Free parking across Trust sites
The “must haves” for this role:
1. Experience and understanding of the Let’s Connect Wellbeing Network and the context.
2. A strong commitment to this non-clinical role and integrated care.
3. Confidence and ability to self-organise and yet be closely linked to the team.
4. Have own transport and a full driving licence and be prepared to travel widely within Berkshire.
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted. For further application tips – see the help with your application document attached once you click apply.
If you’re someone who shares our passion for excellence and care, you belong at Berkshire Healthcare!
We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call:: Sally Gomme on 07976 289606 or email:sally.gomme@berkshire.nhs.uk who’ll be delighted to help.
We are committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community, regardless of any protected characteristics. Reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled applicants where required.
This advert closes on Monday 13 May 2024
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