Army - Unit Welfare Officer
| Dyddiad hysbysebu: | 28 Mai 2025 |
|---|---|
| Cyflog: | £36,530 bob blwyddyn, pro rata |
| Oriau: | Llawn Amser |
| Dyddiad cau: | 27 Mehefin 2025 |
| Lleoliad: | SP11 9LQ |
| Gweithio o bell: | Ar y safle yn unig |
| Cwmni: | Ministry of Defence |
| Math o swydd: | Parhaol |
| Cyfeirnod swydd: | 403507 |
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The successful Unit Welfare Officer be responsible for the support, assistance and welfare advice given to the Service Personnel and their dependencies. Your role is to ensure that the Commanding Officer is kept fully aware of all welfare matters affecting members of the Regiment and their families, within the confidentiality code.
You will lead in building close working relationships with relevant welfare agencies and social services and represent the unit on a variety of welfare forums when necessary, ensuring that appropriate and timely referrals are made to relevant agencies when specialist intervention is required.
You are the focal point for service personnel and their families, explaining and clarifying all forms of social and welfare support to service personnel and their families. This involves managing crisis welfare situations and routine welfare matters on a day to day basis.
The purpose of the Unit Welfare Officer is to assist in unit operational effectiveness and to ensure that the soldiers and their dependants are not disadvantaged by service life.
Key responsibilities of a Unit Welfare Officer:
Providing primary welfare support and advice to all the units officers, soldiers, and their dependants.
When required brief the Commanding Officer (CO) and the Unit Chain of Command (CoC) on specific welfare cases, liaise with military and civilian welfare agencies on behalf of the CO and represent the Regiment at Garrison / Brigade / Divisional welfare meetings.
Manage all welfare matters, bringing all welfare cases to a workable solution.
Remain current in welfare policies and procedure and manage concise case files adhering to extant data protection policies.
Assist in drafting and co-ordination of the CO’s welfare policy.
Conduct all work within the ‘Code of Confidentiality’.
Provide advice to the CO on preventative measures relating to incidents of self-harm and suicide in conjunction with external and internal welfare agencies.
Advise the CoC in its dealings with individual and or general welfare issues in accordance with current policy.
Represent the welfare team at Unit Health Committee (UHC) meetings and CO’s Orders Group and undertake mandatory and skill gap training when required.
Act as the CO’s representative for welfare support, providing a focal point for all ranks, as well as the interface for dependants.
Act as a conduit on welfare matters and concerns between families and CoC in accordance with the code of confidentiality.
Establish and maintain links with external welfare support agencies and social services, child services and other agencies on behalf of the Regiment.
Carry out of hours duty cover from home via a mobile, most likely one week on and one week off, but timings can be worked out.This duty will be paid in line with current CS expenses.
You will lead in building close working relationships with relevant welfare agencies and social services and represent the unit on a variety of welfare forums when necessary, ensuring that appropriate and timely referrals are made to relevant agencies when specialist intervention is required.
You are the focal point for service personnel and their families, explaining and clarifying all forms of social and welfare support to service personnel and their families. This involves managing crisis welfare situations and routine welfare matters on a day to day basis.
The purpose of the Unit Welfare Officer is to assist in unit operational effectiveness and to ensure that the soldiers and their dependants are not disadvantaged by service life.
Key responsibilities of a Unit Welfare Officer:
Providing primary welfare support and advice to all the units officers, soldiers, and their dependants.
When required brief the Commanding Officer (CO) and the Unit Chain of Command (CoC) on specific welfare cases, liaise with military and civilian welfare agencies on behalf of the CO and represent the Regiment at Garrison / Brigade / Divisional welfare meetings.
Manage all welfare matters, bringing all welfare cases to a workable solution.
Remain current in welfare policies and procedure and manage concise case files adhering to extant data protection policies.
Assist in drafting and co-ordination of the CO’s welfare policy.
Conduct all work within the ‘Code of Confidentiality’.
Provide advice to the CO on preventative measures relating to incidents of self-harm and suicide in conjunction with external and internal welfare agencies.
Advise the CoC in its dealings with individual and or general welfare issues in accordance with current policy.
Represent the welfare team at Unit Health Committee (UHC) meetings and CO’s Orders Group and undertake mandatory and skill gap training when required.
Act as the CO’s representative for welfare support, providing a focal point for all ranks, as well as the interface for dependants.
Act as a conduit on welfare matters and concerns between families and CoC in accordance with the code of confidentiality.
Establish and maintain links with external welfare support agencies and social services, child services and other agencies on behalf of the Regiment.
Carry out of hours duty cover from home via a mobile, most likely one week on and one week off, but timings can be worked out.This duty will be paid in line with current CS expenses.