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Covid Resilience Worker

Pioneering Care Partnership (PCP) are recruiting for a Covid Resilience Worker.

Key Role:

  1. Work in local communities to promote the service
  2. Offer support for people who have either: had COVID-19; been bereaved by COVID-19; or those who work as a key worker and have been adversely affected as a result of COVID-19 (excluding NHS & Social Care workers who will be referred to existing provision)
  3. Provide a ‘no wrong door’ approach and effectively signpost people to relevant local services
  4. Support people to develop action plans to enable safe and appropriate connections, exercise, diversionary activities
  5. Support general rehabilitation, work with people suffering with ‘long COVID-19’
  6. Enable and facilitate the development of appropriate support groups
  7. Develop volunteer opportunities, each member of staff will recruit, train and support 2-3 volunteers
  8. Support the overall service evaluation processes

Job Description

  1. To undertake a comprehensive personal training programme to ensure delivery is evidence based, appropriate and well delivered. 
  2. To work in communities to promote the service and recruit appropriate clients. 
  3. To apply asset-based community development techniques and undertake research to support access to appropriate services.
  4. To manage a caseload of individuals and provide 1:1 support including, but not limited to:
  • Working in a solutions-focus manner to assist clients to overcome a range of barriers
  • Preparation and co-production of appropriate action plans to enable clients to improve their mental health
  • Maintaining regular supportive contact with each person to assist them to achieve their goals
  • Providing practical health and wellbeing support and interventions
  • Sourcing a holistic package of support to assist the development of each individual
  • Signposting and referring individuals to a range of activities, interventions, across a range of settings (primary care services and voluntary and community support) 
  1. To develop and deliver appropriate group interventions with a mental wellbeing and resilience emphasis. 
  2. To be responsible for data processing including inputting information onto databases and creating reports.
  3. To ensure services are promoted through a variety of communications, marketing and media sources and platforms within the locality covered. 
  4. To assist with overall service marketing and promotion activities, including supporting mental wellbeing and health events and publicity campaigns as appropriate. 
  5. To recruit, support, train and motivate a small team of volunteers to support overall delivery. 
  6. To establish and maintain strong relationships within the service and with VCSE delivery partners.
  7. To develop and maintain excellent working links/partnerships with external agencies to support delivery and assist people to reach their goals. 
  8. To contribute to the development of systems and procedures, and the whole team approach in meeting quality and performance targets.
  9. To work flexibly as part of the County-wide multi-agency team and to provide cover for colleagues as required to help maintain appropriate support for people in the community.
  10. To conduct personal, venue and activity risk assessments as required. 
  11. To ensure Health and Safety and Safeguarding procedures are always adhered to.

General

  1. To uphold PCP’s Core Values at all times.
  2. To operate within the policies and procedures of PCP, including confidentiality, safeguarding, information governance and data protection.
  3. To assist marketing and engagement work and use creative techniques to gather views from the communities we support.
  4. To actively take responsibility for your own health and safety and ensuring procedures are adhered to.
  5. To collate appropriate monitoring and evaluation information to support the achievement of agreed targets and outcomes within the project or service.
  6. To carry out all responsibilities in line with the organisation’s Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy.
  7. To recruit, support, train and motivate volunteers as required.
  8. To undertake any training and development deemed appropriate.
  9. To undertake any such duties required by the relevant Senior Manager or PCP Chief Executive.

To find out more and to apply for this role, please visit: https://www.pcp.uk.net/vacancies

Contact

Debbie Bugg
01325 313133
HR@pcp.uk.net

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The closing date for this job is 31 October 2022 - 12:00pm.