EWS Care Navigator Provide CIC

Provide Community Interest Company; Colchester; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in health and social care seeks passionate individuals to help transform lives through lifestyle change interventions. This role involves assessing clients' readiness to change and guiding them to relevant services, ensuring they receive the support they need for healthier living. As part of a community-focused organization, you'll play a vital role in improving the quality of life for individuals across various settings. Join a dedicated team that values care, innovation, and compassion, and be part of a mission-driven enterprise committed to making a difference in the community.

Benefits

NHS Pension

Equal Opportunity Employer

Support for Underrepresented Groups

Qualifications

• Experience in assessing client readiness for lifestyle changes.
• Ability to provide evidence-based health information.

Responsibilities

• Assess client readiness for lifestyle changes via telephone.
• Help clients access local and specialist services.

Skills

Telephone Assessment

Client Support

Health Information Provision

Service Navigation

Education

Relevant Health or Social Care Qualification

Job description

To assess by telephone people readiness to change and identify support needed to improve lifestyle and self-management capacity and organise access to relevant services.

1. Helping people to find and use local services they need and if necessary, signpost to specialist services for emotional support, independent living and or other relevant services.
2. To follow up client during and after completion of their lifestyle change intervention and discuss further steps.
3. Provide evidence-based information to people about a range of health issues related to lifestyle choices such as smoking, physical inactivity, unhealthy eating.
4. Undertake any other delegated work.
5. Any other function commensurate with competencies and job role.

Provide is a Community Interest Company (social enterprise). We deliver a broad range of health and social care services in the community, and are committed to making sure that they are safe, responsive and of high quality. Provide is owned by its employees and has primarily social objectives. Any profits we make are reinvested into the local community or back into delivering services.

We work from a variety of community settings, such as community hospitals, community clinics, schools, nursing homes and primary care settings, as well as within people’s homes to provide more than 40 services to children, families and adults across Essex, Dorset, East Anglia and the North of England.

A highly respected, award winning health and social care provider. We expect our staff to demonstrate and uphold our values at all times:

Vision: Transforming Lives
Values: Care, Innovation and Compassion
Mission: An ambitious, employee owned social enterprise, growing in size and influence. We transform lives by treating, caring and educating people.

Provide is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives and skills, proud to have LGBT+ and Ethnic Minority Networks.

We welcome applicants from underrepresented groups. If you have the skills and experience for the job, please apply regardless of your background.

Eligible for NHS Pension.

This advert closes on Wednesday 1 Jan 2025.

Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme.

A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.