Relief Bank - Personal Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, Bermondsey, London

Social Interest Group; London; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Personal Health and Wellbeing Practitioner to provide compassionate support and therapeutic interventions. This role involves creating an enabling environment for residents, addressing their emotional and practical needs, and promoting their health and wellbeing. The ideal candidate will be someone who is passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with complex needs, fostering positive relationships, and encouraging engagement in meaningful activities. Join a team dedicated to empowering marginalized communities and improving lives through high-quality care and support.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people of complex backgrounds and mental health issues.
• Ability to create supportive environments and care plans.

Responsibilities

• Provide practical and emotional support to residents.
• Develop care plans and conduct meaningful activities.

Skills

Experience with complex backgrounds

Effective communication

Compassion and support

IT Proficiency

Understanding of mental health issues

Ability to build rapport

Education

NVQ/Diploma Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Relief Bank - Personal Health and Wellbeing Practitioner

ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Personal Health and Wellbeing Practitioner, you will provide a person-centred practical and emotional support service with therapeutic interventions that are responsive and caring. You will create an enabling environment and service for the given residents/participants in line with their agreed care plans and risk assessments, offering practical-based care, ensuring that the service offered promotes the rights of the individual which preserves dignity, choice, privacy, independence, fulfilment, and their personal goals.

Shift Pattern: Rota will include days, nights, evenings, weekends, and bank holiday working which can vary between 07:00 - 20:30, 19:30 - 07:30. Please note we have a priority for workers who would prefer working nights although other shifts may also be available.

We will be having a recruitment day event on the 24th of July 2024 which will consist of an introduction to the service and a group interview.

ABOUT THE SERVICE

Aspinden Care Home (ACH) is a CQC registered care home based in Bermondsey, South East London. It has a national remit and cares for those with complex needs and/or those with long-term alcohol addiction. ACH offers residents the chance to gain stability in their lives and improve their physical health and mental well-being.

If you have the passion, creativity, and tenacity to make a real difference to people’s lives, challenge stigma, and make our communities safer, we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion and felt purpose to help people, challenge stigma, and make a real difference to people’s lives! We are looking for a team player, driven to provide high-quality care and support to others, an effective communicator who is able to build rapport with others from various backgrounds. You will be compassionate, supportive, and empowering to others, whilst able to form effective, positive, and motivational relationships.

• Act as the key worker for a caseload of residents and participants and contribute to the development of care plans, risk assessments, and reviews.
• Participate in, plan, and deliver meaningful activities and encourage residents and participants to participate in the running and development of the activities to promote their health, wellbeing, and positive engagement levels, including life skills training, group work, psychological, and alcohol-based interventions.
• Encourage social initiatives, training, and volunteering opportunities in service.
• Recognise signs of deteriorating mental and physical health and initiate appropriate interventions to prevent a crisis.
• Support named residents/participants with various personal needs as required.
• Support with and monitor Residents’ healthcare and nutrition throughout their residence.
• Where appropriate, enable Residents by assisting them with daily tasks such as preparing meals, doing laundry, undertaking household tasks, personal hygiene, grooming, and medication.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• Attend appointments with residents as required.
• Admin will vary.

Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed as long as it is within the capability and level of the position.

KEY CRITERIA

What we are looking for:

• Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds, ex-offenders, mental health, substance misuse, challenging behaviours or a good understanding of the sector.
• IT Proficiency, ability to learn new software programs, basic Microsoft experience.
• Understanding of the housing and social needs of people with multiple and complex needs.
• Understanding and/or practical application of key legislation regarding social care, housing, criminal justice, and mental health.
• Understanding and/or practical knowledge of the social and societal marginalisation that can be attached to people with mental health issues, addiction, exploitation, homelessness, and within the criminal justice system.

What we would like, but not essential:

• Experience creating co-produced support plans and providing appropriate interventions for service users and liaising with other professionals.
• Appropriate professional qualification: NVQ/Diploma Level 2 in Health & Social Care/Community Justice or professional equivalent.
• Experience of providing housing support and practical assistance within a residential or outreach support role.

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

WORKING FOR US

ABOUT US

The Social Interest Group (SIG) believes that good care and support make for better lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement, and resettlement.

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation, providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in a range of residential, drop-in centers, community floating support settings (including in people's own homes), probation settings, and people who are in hospital awaiting discharge. We currently do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.

Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change - YouTube

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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