Social Care Support Worker – Wakefield
Salary: £30,559 - £32,654 per annum pro rata (Actual £12,223.60 - £13,061.60)Hours: 14Position based: WakefieldBHA for Equality is a leading health and social care charity that works to challenge health inequalities and delivers a range of services to support individuals, families & communities to improve their health & well-being.Our Leeds Skyline and Wakefield projects provide emotional and practical support for people living with HIV through one-to-one and group support, information and advice, counselling and a range of activities and events. Our Wakefield service also offers HIV prevention outreach services.We are looking for an experienced Social Care Support Worker to provide high-quality support for people living with or affected by HIV in Wakefield.The post holder will be responsible for providing information and advice on a range of issues, emotional support and planning and delivering group activities and events to support self-management skills and improve health and well-being.You will need:
* Experience of support work.
* Experience of working with Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and multiple minority communities.
* Be solution focused and proactive, with excellent interpersonal skills and an ability to develop and maintain strong relationships with service users, volunteers and other professionals.
The role will involve:
* Working co-productively with people living with or affected by HIV in Leeds and the Wakefield district.
* Focusing on outcomes, building resilience and giving people the skills and tools, they need to self-manage.
* Ensuring that all services delivered are easy to access, understandable and easy to navigate.
* Delivering high quality support using insight to continuously improve how we work.
* Advocacy and liaison with other providers across Leeds.
* Driver desirable.
Benefits of working with BHA:
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays pro rata
* Employee Assistant programme (includes income protection)
* Enhanced maternity and paternity pay
* Cycle to work scheme
* Enhanced occupational sick pay
* Flexible working
* Birthday leave
If you would like more information about the post, please contact Pesha Thornton to arrange an informal telephone discussion pesha@thebha.org.uk .You can apply by completing the Application Form on our website and sending it to recruitment@thebha.org.uk. Your application MUST DETAIL how you meet the points asked for in the person specification.The closing date for receipt of applications is Monday 14 July 2025Interviews to be held on 22nd July 2025Due to the nature of this post, a Disclosure & Barring Service search will be conducted on the successful applicant.Job Description-Social Care Support Worker June 2025 14 hours #J-18808-Ljbffr