Life Connector Better Together Norfolk - Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom - Voluntary Norfolk

Voluntary Norfolk
Voluntary Norfolk
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Great Yarmouth, United Kingdom

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As part of a multi-disciplinary team, Life Connectors provide flexible, proactive, and responsive one-to-one person-centred support to individuals at risk of, or experiencing, loneliness and social isolation.

Life Connectors deliver interventions, which are in line with the needs of clients, meeting what matters to them, and promoting social inclusion and positive wellbeing.

Post is offered until 31st March 2024


Salary:
£26,080 per annum


Base:
To be confirmed. A hybrid working policy is in place.


Closing date:
Wednesday 26th July 2023


Interview date:
Monday 31st July 2023


At Better Together Norfolk you will be responsible for helping clients that suffer from social Isolation and Loneliness by working to re-integrate them with the community and tackling the causes of isolation and loneliness.


Issues around social isolation and loneliness have a tremendous negative impact on people's lives and have been shown to not only impact on wellbeing but also physical and mental health.

At Better Together Norfolk we work to reconnect people with the community and local services to build their capacity, allowing them to socialise and network to build greater resilience to be able to handle the issues that everyday life presents.


You will be walking alongside people who may be experiencing tough times, listening, identifying system barriers and working to overcome them.

Working closely with clients you will understand their needs, build a support plan and with hand holding support work with your clients to reintegrate them into the community.


Main Duties

  • Undertake personcentred support at the client's home or at a community venue and reviews, utilising a range of tools, assessment and outcome frameworks, including loneliness and wellbeing scales
  • Manage a caseload of clients, providing flexible and responsive support, based on the needs of the individual which promotes social inclusion and reduces loneliness
  • Offer timeaware interventions, which combat loneliness and reduce social isolation and support individuals to become better connected to communities
  • Work within Early Help Hubs to ensure a regular flow of referrals and proactive multiagency working.
  • Keeping accurate records of all interventions, within a timely manner, escalating any concerns as per the relevant policies
  • Build effective working relationships with a wide range of partners and stakeholders to strengthen both the organisational and project awareness
  • Liaise with local Development Workers, to help shape and develop opportunities for client involvement in projects
  • Identify and support suitable clients to become Peer Mentors and Volunteers to assist others
  • Establish and maintain close working relationships with social prescribers and specialist information, advice and advocacy organisations, providing introductions to clients where other services are best placed to provide support
  • Contribute to awareness raising and communication activities and events to promote the service
  • Ensure that information, including personal sensitive, is collected, processed, and stored lawfully to comply with the requirements of GDPR
  • Work within the code of conduct, observing the service confidentiality policy in practice and maintaining professional boundaries when working with clients, professionals, and others
  • Work within, and regularly input to, the policies and processes in place for the service, including assessment, support planning and review processes, data input and management, quality assurance processes, safeguarding, risk assessments and lone working procedures
  • Participate in service monitoring, and personal development planning, supervision, and appraisal, in line with the performance and quality management framework
  • Contribute to the ongoing monitoring, evaluation and review of the service

Salary:
£26,080.00 per year


Day range:

  • Monday to Friday

Shift:

  • Day shift

Work Location:
In person

Application deadline: 26/07/2023
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