HCRG Care Group

Sexual Health Support Worker

The closing date is 31 August 2025

Job summary

The purpose of this role is to work as a support worker as part of the Meeting Your Needs Oldham outreach service. In collaboration with specialist organisations Early Break and The Proud Trust, we provide an integrated substance misuse and sexual health service in Oldham, known as MYNO. Our services are available to young people aged 13-19, adults with special educational needs, and looked after children up to the age of 25.

As part of our work, we support the distribution of condoms in community settings across ORBISH (Oldham, Rochdale, and Bury Integrated Sexual Health), with a primary focus on Oldham. We aim to provide non-clinical support to young people in various settings, such as schools, colleges, and youth centres. Our goal is to promote and provide accessible services for young people in Oldham who require sexual health support.

The Support worker will provide support at the Integrated Contraception and Sexual Health Service Hub Oldham, and some travel to community locations may be required, therefor having a driving licence and a car is essential for this role.The service runs Monday to Saturday, operating 9-5pm with a late night across each hub. This is a part-time (24 hours per week).

Main duties of the job

You will be responsible for;

Create an empowering, non-judgmental, positive and welcoming atmosphere for young people, emphasising self-determination and assisting young people to make plans and decisions and to accept responsibility.
Empower and encourage all young people to access both young peoples support programmes and sexual health services as a whole, with particular emphasis on at risk groups as defined by the organisation.
Assist in the development, delivery and evaluation of training programmes and support other professionals involved with young people to help develop their skills, knowledge and confidence in the effective delivery of Sex and Relationships Education
Undertake initial consultations with clients including a social and lifestyle history, using the Fraser guidelines and our programme templates: record all interventions in a timely and accurate manner
Undertake brief interventions during client consultations, promoting a holistic approach that sees the individuals health and wellbeing, emotional, physical, sexual, mental and social needs are met in accordance with the IMB Framework
Work within ORBISH internal pathways to refer clients to the appropriate professional team member or external service
Where appropriate, work within Multi Agency Teams to assist social workers and the Police to fulfil their statutory obligations to children in need of help or protection

Please see job description attached for full list.

About us

About the Company

We change lives by transforming health and care.

Established in 2006, we are one of the UKs leading independent providers of community health and care services, working with health and care commissioners and communities to transform services with a focus on experience, efficiency and improved outcomes. We deliver and transform adult and children community health services, primary care services including urgent care, sexual health, dermatology and MSK services as well as adult social care and wellbeing services.Across England, we support communities of many millions and directly help more than half a million people each year - guided by our simple values: we care, we think, we do.

Were committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from a broad, diverse range of people who want to join our team. Were a Disability Confident Committed company, so we work to provide facilities, work environment adjustments and technical solutions to be as inclusive of everyone.

While it doesnt happen often, sometimes a role is very popular, and well need to close it earlier than the date weve shown here. If youre keen to join our team, wed love to hear from you so please apply as soon as you can.

To find out more about HCRG Care Group, please visit https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/about-us-2

Date posted

20 August 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£24,486 to £24,486 a year

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

HCRGCG/TP/1580/16702

Job locations

HCRG Care Group

Oldham

Lancashire

OL1 1NL

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have;

Educated to GCSE level (minimum 5 passes) or equivalent
Commitment to personal development and further training

Demonstrable experience of working with groups of vulnerable young people
Experience of the issues affecting young people, particularly vulnerable or excluded groups
Ability to communicate effectively with young people, demonstrating an awareness and understanding of the diverse range of issues affecting them
Excellent communication skills, especially with young people and excluded groups
Ability to network and build sustainable working partnerships with other agencies and key stakeholders
Ability to organise own workload and work without direct supervision
Handling sensitive information and listening to the needs of clients and responding appropriately

Other requirements;

Committed to working in an anti-oppressive way and striving to create equal opportunities for young people
Maintains strict confidentiality concerning all HCRG Care Group matters
Ability to be flexible in terms of working hours, including occasional evening and weekend working
Holds a current driving licence and has use of own vehicle(work related mileage willbe paid if authorised)
Package Description
You will feel valued as a Sexual Health Support Worker working within our Meeting Your Needs Oldham outreach service at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £24,486.00 salary with group pension
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Job description

Job responsibilities

The ideal candidate will have;

Educated to GCSE level (minimum 5 passes) or equivalent
Commitment to personal development and further training

Demonstrable experience of working with groups of vulnerable young people
Experience of the issues affecting young people, particularly vulnerable or excluded groups
Ability to communicate effectively with young people, demonstrating an awareness and understanding of the diverse range of issues affecting them
Excellent communication skills, especially with young people and excluded groups
Ability to network and build sustainable working partnerships with other agencies and key stakeholders
Ability to organise own workload and work without direct supervision
Handling sensitive information and listening to the needs of clients and responding appropriately

Other requirements;

Committed to working in an anti-oppressive way and striving to create equal opportunities for young people
Maintains strict confidentiality concerning all HCRG Care Group matters
Ability to be flexible in terms of working hours, including occasional evening and weekend working
Holds a current driving licence and has use of own vehicle(work related mileage willbe paid if authorised)
Package Description
You will feel valued as a Sexual Health Support Worker working within our Meeting Your Needs Oldham outreach service at HCRG Care Group, receiving access to exclusive rewards and benefits including:
- £24,486.00 salary with group pension
- Free tea and coffee at your base location
- Membership of My Reward Hub, giving you access to discounts on every day purchases like grocery shopping as well as cashback and voucher offers for treats for you and those special to you
- Access to your wages as you earn them to help cover lifes emergencies and avoid overdraft fees or high interest rates
- Online and face to face help with your mental and physical wellbeing from healthy recipes and activity challenges through to post trauma support, legal, debt and life management help, as well career coaching and counselling
- Access to eLearning, bespoke career pathways and opportunities for continuing professional development through our Outstanding learning and development team, The Learning Enterprise
- An open, just culture where youre encouraged to have and implement ideas which can help us deliver our purpose: changing lives through transforming health and care backed up by at least £100,000 of ringfenced innovation funding each year
- The pride of working for an organisation committed to the highest clinical and quality standards: with a majority of our rated services holding good or outstanding ratings from the Care Quality Commission

Person Specification

General Requirements

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Desirable

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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

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Oldham

Lancashire

OL1 1NL

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

HCRG Care Group

Address

HCRG Care Group

Oldham

Lancashire

OL1 1NL

Employer's website

https://www.hcrgcaregroup.com/ (Opens in a new tab)