Sexual Health Outreach Worker

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen, for a suitably qualified individual, within the highly specialised Sexual Health Outreach Team within the Directorate of Sexual and Reproductive Health at the Aneurin Bevan University Health Board. The post is a 30 hour post, the applicant must meet the essential criteria for interview and be flexible to meet the needs of the service and young people of Gwent. The successful candidate will also form part of the multidisciplinary team within the directorate.

The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.

Main duties of the job

• 1-2-1 work with young people
• Multi agency working for the safety of YP
• Prevention work
• Education work
• Signposting and referring to partner agencies
• Attendance at core groups
• Safeguarding Young People
• Working alongside health professionals in the termination service
• Promoting positive sexual health and wellbeing
• Safeguarding YP and the community
• Liaise with services
• Attend regular team meetings, 1-2-1s and supervision
• Appropriate record keeping needed
• Liase with sexual health clinics to arrange appts for contraception
• Sexual Health testing/ preg testing

About us

Aneurin Bevan University Health Board is a multi-award winning NHS organisation with a passion for caring. The Health Board provides an exceptional workplace where you can feel trusted and valued. Whatever your specialty or stage in your career, we have opportunities for everyone to start, grow and build your career. The health board provides integrated acute, primary and community care serving a population of 650,000 and employing over 16,000 staff.

We offer a fantastic benefits package and extensive training and development opportunities with paid mandatory training, excellent in-house programmes, opportunities to complete recognised qualifications and professional career pathways including a range of management development programmes. We offer flexible working and promote a healthy work life balance, provide occupational health support and an ambitious plan for a Wellbeing Centre of Excellence to support you at work.

Our Clinical Futures strategy continues to enhance and promote care closer to home as well as high quality hospital care when needed. This includes the Grange University Hospital which provides specialist and critical care and is the newest addition to the clinical futures strategy opening in November 2020. Join us on our journey to pioneer new ways of working and deliver a world-class healthcare service fit for the future.