GP Health & Wellbeing Worker

Local Solutions; Town of Kensington; On-site; CAD 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking a GP Health & Wellbeing Worker to engage with unpaid carers throughout the city. The role involves identifying carers through GP practices, providing essential emotional and practical support, and working collaboratively to ensure their needs are met. Candidates must have experience in health or social care and strong skills in managing referrals and using Microsoft Office. A car is essential for citywide outreach, with a commitment to equality and professional development expected.

Qualifications

• Experience of working in health or social care.
• Strong communication skills for engaging with unpaid carers and professionals.
• Ability to manage own workload and diary effectively.

Responsibilities

• Identify and support unpaid carers through GP practices and health care settings.
• Promote referral pathways for carers from GP surgeries.
• Develop relationships with carers and provide support based on their needs.
• Participate in health and wellbeing team events and activities.

Skills

Health or social care experience

Support for unpaid carers

Team collaboration

Microsoft Office proficiency

Relationship building

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Outlook

Job description

Position

GP Health & Wellbeing Worker Role

Location

Liverpool

Hours / Salary

40 hours per week
Salary: £26,208.00

Summary Description

As a member of Liverpool Carers Centre, to identify unpaid carers and support them to access practical and emotional support. You will aid in empowering carers to take control of their own health and wellbeing. You will give time and focus on the what matters to me philosophy and take a holistic approach to connect carers to community groups and statutory services.

Scope of Role

• You will be an energetic and solution focused worker who will support carers to access the most appropriate services to support them in their caring role.
• Working throughout the City you will develop relationships that help and support unpaid carers while being a main enabler for holistic solutions. Car owner / driver is essential.

Accountable for

• Developing and sustaining Health & Wellbeing Support
• Supporting collaborative working
• Providing advice, guidance, and practical support in the implementation of support packages
• Being one of the key contacts on the Health & Wellbeing project for Local Solutions, particularly around GP Surgeries and Health Care.

Responsibilities

• To work with GP practices and Health Care settings to raise awareness and identify unpaid carers and carers known to them.
• To promote the pathway of receiving referrals from GP surgeries for carers.
• To support carers to access relevant support dependant on their need.
• To give presentations, attend meetings, and provide information to GP practice staff and other organisations.
• To be part of the health and wellbeing team within the carers centre and take part in events and activities that will offer support to carers.
• To complete administrative tasks using Excel and other software systems.
• To use a variety of social media platforms to help raise awareness.
• To provide monthly KPIs and reports as required.
• To take on other roles that will support this piece of work.

Accountabilities

• To work and support GPs and Health Care to raise awareness, recognition of unpaid carers, and put in place support to meet carers' needs.
• To achieve targets on the number of referrals received as a result of the support provided.
• Ensuring new referral information is added accurately to databases and systems.
• Adhering to data protection legislation and data sharing agreements, ensuring all carers supported by the service are accurately recorded using agreed templates, following up to ensure they have received good support; completing monitoring as required to demonstrate outcomes of the service.

Additional Duties

• To perform any other duties appropriate to this post, as necessary or as requested.
• Participate in professional development, using appropriate learning opportunities, to improve relevant knowledge and skills.
• Ensure that all activities of the project provide equality of opportunity.

General Skills and Experience

• Experience of working in health or social care.
• Experience of supporting unpaid carers or collaborating with people.
• Experience of working as part of a team while prioritising own workload, managing own diary, building relationships with both carers and professionals, using databases, taking referrals from and inputting information.
• Attendance at occasional evening or weekend events.
• Technical expertise including ability to use Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook.
• The successful candidate will require an enhanced Disclosure & Barring Check and undertake mandatory safeguarding training as appropriate for the role.
• Travel is required; a car owner/driver is essential as this is a city‑wide post.