Wellbeing Coordinator
Location – St Marys House, Lutterworth
Hours – 35 hours per week
Salary – £24,050 - £26,722 per annum (RFJ 4)
The role
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Specialist Housing team to help provide a social inclusion and support service for our extra care customers.
As part of this role, you will carry out regular wellbeing visits to identify suitable opportunities for service users to engage with their local community, whilst liaising with support staff to provide advice and support on suitable activities that will improve independence of our service users.
You will be responsible for providing advice and support to our customers in helping signpost them to other external agencies in relation to welfare benefits, debt management and other areas of concern.
The ideal candidate
The successful applicant will have experience of understanding of the support needs of older people from diverse backgrounds whilst listen actively, questioning and showing empathy. You will be well organised and able to prioritise, and juggle competing priorities and deliver work to agreed deadlines and standards. You will possess excellent communication skills to be able to provide advice and support for our customers whilst showing empathy, but also having the ability to deal with difficult and demanding situations.
Part of this role includes regular travel to other extra-care schemes in Leicester/Leicestershire, so you will need to have the ability to travel to the other schemes.
About us
emh is one of the largest providers of affordable homes and support services in the East Midlands. We pride ourselves in providing high quality homes and services that contribute to sustainable communities.
Our vision is to be the best social housing and care business in the country, leading the market as service provider and employer.
Our values
Our values are important to us and we're looking for people who can help live our values of Integrity, Diversity, Openness, Accountability, Clarity and Excellence.
Company Benefits
Our generous package includes:
* Competitive salary
* Contributory pension scheme
* Health cash plan – BHSF
* 34 days' annual leave (including statutory days), increasing with length of service (pro-rata for part time)
* Flexible working
* A wide range of training and development opportunities (we are an Investors in People accredited organisation)
Qualifications
Educated to A level or equivalent experience is essential.
For further information about the role, please see attached Job Description and Person Specification.
How to apply
Please send an up- to-date CV with a cover letter of no more than 3 pages of A4 in total, detailing how you meet the requirements of the person specification. (Please note your cover letter and CV will need to be on the same document).
Please note: We reserve the right to close these vacancies prior to the application deadline once a sufficient number of applications have been received, so recommend early application.
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