Could you be a Link Worker supporting people from within the NHS?
Watford & Three Rivers, Hertfordshire
Dacorum, Hertfordshire
Hertsmere, Hertfordshire
St Albans & Harpenden, Hetfordshire
Hertfordshire's NHS has commissioned "Link Workers" throughout the county to work closely with GP surgeries supporting patients to find non-clinical solutions to improve their wellbeing. Link Workers will work intensively with a small number of individuals, enabling them to access support within their local community.
You will be responsible for linking patients to services across the Health, Statutory and Voluntary sectors. You will work alongside patients to help them achieve their goals, undertaking assessments and building relationships to agree personalised plans to help the patient make the necessary changes to live the life they choose. You will work closely with GPs, other health and social care professionals, and also with local voluntary organsiations.
You may have worked in a similar role previously - but equally this role will be suited to someone with good local knowledge, appropriate experience and a passion for personalised care. Are you a people person? Can you earn trust and help people identify goals and access the support they need to achieve those goals? Are you fully committed to person-centred services and to helping inviduals find solutions to their needs? Can you work as part of a GP surgery team, maintaining the highest professional standards, sharing systems, communicating clearly and contributing to case management? If you are proactive, enthusiastic and person-centred, then we would love to hear from you.
We have already appointed more than a dozen Link Workers in Hertfordshire and to expand our team we are now looking for Link Workers in Hertsmere and South West Herts. HCNS's wider activities are also supported by HCC and by local CCGs. The roles are offered as permanent contracts (subject to future funding). The roles are full-time but we will accept part-time applications and will try to find job-share partners.
The roles will be based at one or more local GP surgeries covering Watford & Three Rivers, Dacorum, Hertsmere, St Albans & Harpenden and we will pay travel expenses within the geographical area covered. Applicants must be licenced drivers with access to a vehicle. An enhanced DBS check will be required.
The role
We are recruiting Link Workers to work with people who are frail or vulnerable or unwell, people who are in danger of losing their independence. Link Workers will receive referrals from GP surgeries. They must take time to understand people’s needs, and they work with professionals, volunteers, families, carers and individuals to develop appropraite solutions.
You will work to understand your local community, link people together, and help develop more effective services. When solutions are needed, you will find them.
The job
You will be employed by one of the voluntary organisations involved in the delivery of Link Worker services: Age UK Hertfordshire, British Red Cross, Carers in Herts, Dacortium, Home-Start Watford & Three Rivers, POhWER, Watford & Three Rivers Trust and Watford Community Housing. Other partners may join.
You will be assigned to work with one or more GP surgeries and play a key role within their team. You will also be part of a locality team comprising other social prescribers led by a Senior Navigator.
You will need to operate independently and as part of several different teams, each providing support and supervision. You will use case management databases and communications systems, understand safeguarding and privacy rules, and provide high quality information, input and feedback.
Please apply using the application form attached stating how you meet the requirements for this post. If you are currently based outside Hertfordshire, please explain how you will relocate or commute if appointed. Shortlisted candidates will receive full details before interview.
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Ormiston Families’ Point 1 Service
Lowestoft, South Norfolk including covering Thetford
This post is full time, 37.5 hours per week, with a salary of £37,110 per annum
First year - Based in Norwich Hub with regular travel to either Lowestoft or South Norfolk following this Team Leaders will be based in one of the areas.
This is an exciting opportunity to join Point 1 following the successful bid between Ormiston Families and Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust deliver two Mental Health Support Teams in Schools.
The Team Leader is responsible for the design, implementation and sustained delivery for the two teams across South Norfolk and Lowestoft alongside the Link Project.
As part of a wider team you will be required to work closely with the Operations Manager and Clinical Lead to ensure that the service implementation plan is managed in line with timescales as well as deliver high-quality evidence-based interventions in schools. The role is pivotal to developing key relationships across the system which will aid service design and participation to ensure accessibility and quality for mental health services.
The successful delivery of the service is essential and key to the transformation of Mental Health services for children and young people in Norfolk and Waveney and will support the evidence base for early intervention to grow the resources and facilitate future developments across our large geographical footprint.
For more information or to apply for this post, please visit our website via the apply button.
Closing date: 9am 14th August 2020.
Interviews: week commencing 24th August 2020.
Ormiston Families is committed to safeguarding. We are an equal opportunities employer; we value diversity and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
Are you looking for an exciting new challenge to work within a charity that provides support to young people?
The Benjamin Foundation, founded in 1994, helps around 2,000 people per year through difficult times by providing them with hope, opportunity, stability and independence. Our service in Ipswich is a supervised accommodation centre, staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week for vulnerable young people, aged 16-18, who require a bespoke support package to support them with the transition from a children’s or foster home towards independent living.
The Benjamin Foundation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of young people. An enhanced DBS check will be required for successful applicants.
The Benjamin Foundation embeds the Nurtured Heart Approach ® which creates strong and improved relationships by focusing on positive behaviour rather than energising negativity, providing clear rules and consequences, creating an environment in which people thrive.
The position includes lone working, weekends, evenings, sleeps ins and on call on a rota basis. Applicants must be able to drive and have access to a car.
The client requests no contact from agencies or media sales.