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Welfare Officer - Parent Carers
| Posting date: | 25 September 2024 |
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| Salary: | £27,172 to £28,188 per year |
| Additional salary information: | 25 days annual leave per year plus bank holidays rising to 30 days per year plus bank holidays |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 09 October 2024 |
| Location: | WA10 2RS |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | St Helens Carers Centre |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | PCSep24 |
Summary
This is an exciting time for St Helens Carers Centre as we continue to be a Centre of Excellence for Adult, Young Adult & Young Carers. The successful postholder will provide dedicated support to Parent Carers who look after a child who has Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND). The support they offer will help them in their caring role.
We are extremely well respected by our local partner agencies; we have built up a reputation based on providing a friendly and efficient service, our approach is simply to go above and beyond. St Helens Carers Centre is an independent charity, established since 2001.
Our organisation is also a network member of the National Carers Trust.
Our aim is to put preventative measures into place so that Adult, Young Adult & Young Carers are better able to cope with their caring responsibilities.
The post holder will be office-based, we pride ourselves on offering Carers with full accessibility to our services, providing face to face, online and telephone support. We are inviting applications from candidates who are caring, passionate, self-motivated, committed and want to work in an environment that is both rewarding and challenging due to the difficulties faced by many Carers.
This job involves working with newly referred Adult Parent Carers, offering support which will help to reduce the impact of their caring role. They will create a package of support, tailored to the needs of the Adult Parent Carer. The Adult Carers Wellbeing team aim to help Carers so that they get the support they need, preventing their caring role from having a negative impact on their social, mental, and physical wellbeing.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with experience of working directly with an adult client group. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, demonstrating a strong ability to working sensitively with adults over the age of 18 years of age who are Carers of a person under 25 years of age who has additional needs due SEND
We are extremely well respected by our local partner agencies; we have built up a reputation based on providing a friendly and efficient service, our approach is simply to go above and beyond. St Helens Carers Centre is an independent charity, established since 2001.
Our organisation is also a network member of the National Carers Trust.
Our aim is to put preventative measures into place so that Adult, Young Adult & Young Carers are better able to cope with their caring responsibilities.
The post holder will be office-based, we pride ourselves on offering Carers with full accessibility to our services, providing face to face, online and telephone support. We are inviting applications from candidates who are caring, passionate, self-motivated, committed and want to work in an environment that is both rewarding and challenging due to the difficulties faced by many Carers.
This job involves working with newly referred Adult Parent Carers, offering support which will help to reduce the impact of their caring role. They will create a package of support, tailored to the needs of the Adult Parent Carer. The Adult Carers Wellbeing team aim to help Carers so that they get the support they need, preventing their caring role from having a negative impact on their social, mental, and physical wellbeing.
We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with experience of working directly with an adult client group. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, demonstrating a strong ability to working sensitively with adults over the age of 18 years of age who are Carers of a person under 25 years of age who has additional needs due SEND