Apprentice Staff Health and Wellbeing Worker

Job summary

Are you looking for a career in the NHS but unsure where to start? Are you a confident individual with an interest in health, wellbeing, psychology, counselling, wellness and self-care? Do you want to expand your understanding and experience in this area? Are you creative and have good understanding of IT packages and social media?

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join the Staff Support and Wellbeing Service as an apprentice Staff Health and Wellbeing Worker.

Weare a talking therapies service available to all staff employed by BCHFT and provide confidential short term therapy. You will support the team in managing referrals to ensure staff get access to the right support at the right time.

We oversee the wellbeing support at BCHFT. Including drop-in sessions, Mindfulness, training, inductions and team events as well as overseeing the wider wellbeing pathways. We work with services across the organisation and externally to ensure the best support is offered to our staff.

We are a small and friendly team who work from Penn Hospital and remotely from home. You will be provided with IT equipment to be able to work remotely. Our service covers all BCHFT sites and there will be an expectation for you to travel across these sites frequently. Your expenses will be paid for you to do this.

You will have opportunities to work with the workforce to promote health and wellbeing in groups and 1:1.

Main duties of the job

Your role will be to:

To conduct yourself in accordance with the Trust's Values.

To attend college to complete the Level 3 Health and Wellbeing Worker Apprenticeship qualification with further opportunities in the field of psychological therapies.

To support the staff support and wellbeing service in all aspects of administration, referral pathway management, promotion and engagement.

To support the strategic wellbeing priorities of the organisation to ensure that the workforce are supported with their wellbeing needs.

To offer informed advice and support to help people find practical solutions for better health and wellbeing in the workplace.

To address the causes of poor health and wellbeing in the broadest sense (causes of the causes) and do this by taking a holistic 'whole person' approach regarding physical, mental, emotional and social health and wellbeing and resilience.

To provide assistance for maintaining an efficient and safe wellbeing service and to support the day to day running and delivery of the service. Which includes first point of contact for the service, appointment booking, diary management, audit, support.

To understand the importance of confidentiality when working with sensitive staff data.

We are looking for a confident and motivated individual who can help us to support our workforce with their wellbeing

About us

Black Country Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist mental health, learning disability, and community healthcare services for the population of the Black Country.

Across the whole of the region we provide:

• Adult and older adult mental health services
• Specialist learning disability services
• Mental health services for children and young people
• Community healthcare services for children, young people and families in Dudley

We currently employ over 4,000 people and just like the population we serve, we are made up of diverse cultures and backgrounds. Whatever your role, working BCHFT is a demanding but rewarding experience. Knowing that every day you can help to make a positive difference to someone's life is a very powerful feeling. Our Trust runs on the desire to help and support people. Our vision is to improve health and wellbeing for everyone, especially our colleagues to achieve the best possible work/life balance.

Don't meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and ethnic minority candidates are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Black Country Healthcare we recognise and value all forms of knowledge and expertise, so if you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification or criteria in the job description/person specification, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.