Wellbeing Mentor

Job description

Job responsibilities

Wellbeing Mentor

1. Develop trusting relationships with service users, giving them time to focus on what matters to them and providing them and providing them with personalised help to take control of their health and wellbeing, live independently and better understand the impacts of their lifestyle choices.

2. Undertake client needs assessments in the practice, community or via occasional home visits, using a Wellbeing questionnaire pre- and post- interventions to assess the impact on the clients wellbeing, for which full training will be provided.

3. Working as part of the practice team, support a caseload of clients for whom social prescribing might offer improved outcomes. With the team, proactively identify people who would benefit from this type of help and manage and regularly review your caseload to accommodate urgent referrals for support as required, referring out to community support services as soon as possible.

4. Refer clients on to the voluntary sector or local community support services where appropriate. Make recommendations on where a non-clinical approach might support the patient better or complement existing clinical interventions and improve outcomes.

5. Develop and facilitate the delivery of groups, activities and events.

Other Duties

6. To be pro-active in maintaining personal and professional learning and development and identify own training needs as they arise

7. To attend team meetings, away days and other similar events

8. To participate fully in regular one-to-one supervision sessions and in an annual performance appraisal

9. Work as part of the team to seek feedback, continually improve the service and contribute to business planning.

10. Undertake any tasks consistent with the level of the post and the scope of the role, ensuring that work is delivered in a timely and effective manner.

11. Ensure compliance with all relevant policies and procedures in relation to health and safety, equal opportunities, safeguarding, lone working, customer service, data protection and confidentiality.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• GCSE grade A-C or equivalent in English & Maths Educated to A-level standard or equivalent.

Desirable

• Qualifications in health, social care or other related subject.

Additional Requirements

Essential

• A commitment to an enabling solution focussed approach to promote independence in service users. A commitment to working cooperatively and in partnership with a range of colleagues and partner organisations. A demonstrable commitment to personal professional development. A commitment to equality of opportunity for all and promoting anti-discriminatory practices.

Experience

Essential

• Demonstrable experience of working with people with multiple health and social needs within a health care setting, or community based work with socially excluded groups. Experience referring to local support agencies. Experience of assessing need to promote and support change. A sound knowledge of local support agencies and a commitment to the continual updating of personal knowledge in this area. Excellent communication skills, both verbally and in writing. IT literate, with a sound working knowledge of Microsoft packages and data management/case recording systems.

Desirable

• Experience of working with asylum seekers, refugees and /or the homeless population. Experience of working alongside interpreters. The ability to speak an Eastern European, African or Middle Eastern language.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Bevan Community Benefit Society

Address

14-16 Piccadilly

Bradford

BD1 3LS

Employer's website

https://wearebevan.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)