Live Well Navigator

Job summary

We are looking for a motivated and well-established Live Well Navigator to work on a pilot project in partnership with Health, Adult Social Care and other agencies to provide support for people in Swindon who are at risk from escalating crisis. Your excellent knowledge of behaviour change and motivational interviewing make you the perfect candidate for this role.

Within this pilot, you will build rapport and through conversation, develop a detailed understanding of the persons perspective and ensure that relevant agencies are invited to participate in a Team Around the Person meeting. At this meeting you will support or advocate for the resident and ensure that an action plan is developed to reduce the impact of crisis. You will then ensure that the action plan is delivered and reviewed whilst providing the individual with the opportunity to overcome barriers, better self-manage their health and create new positive networks that improve resilience and self-efficacy. You will have strong partnership building skills to nurture relationships with colleagues across the voluntary and community sector to ensure that Swindons rich and vibrant community life is accessible to all.

Main duties of the job

You will be delivering a 1:1 intervention and advocating for the people you work with at multi-disciplinary team meetings called TAP (Team Around the Person) meetings. You will work closely with the Project and Team Lead, Programme Manager along with colleagues in the wider team and partners across the health and social care system and will focus on ensuring that the Live Well offer is evidence based, person centred, well planned, safe and effective.

You will find ways to reach out to those facing greatest inequality and are creative and collaborative in your approach, inspiring and motivating lasting change.

About us

At Swindon Borough Council, we want our town to be the best it can be. Our ambitious vision is supported by realistic transformation programmes, with the people of Swindon at their heart. Because thats who were doing it for the communities and businesses that make our town great. As part of the Council, youll support a friendly local authority making decisions with real impact. Its all for better public services. Better processes. And a better quality of life, for everyone. Join us, and Swindon will be better with you.

Candidates must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act for the effective performance of a customer-facing role).

Please note Swindon Borough Council terms and conditions apply to this role.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. Its why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, youll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. Well look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, well achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And youll be proud to say it was made better with you.