- 27 days holiday, plus bank holidays - rising to 30 days with length of service
- Vivup membership which includes access to discounts and cashback with hundreds of retailers
- Competitive sick pay scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Competitive company referral scheme
- Eye test vouchers
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced Maternity Leave
- Ongoing training and development
Community Wellbeing Practitioner - Farnborough, United Kingdom - Andover Mind
Description
Fixed Term Contract until 5 June 2024
£12.48 per hour
30 hours per week, We can be flexible with your working pattern but you must be available to work 5 days a week.
Location: North East Hampshire and occasional Hampshire wide visits includes home working & community visits
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of our successful Well-being team at Andover Mind who make a difference to individuals with mental health problems.
We are proud to be working in partnership with VIVID housing to provide wellbeing support to their customers.
VIVID housing is a leading provider of affordable homes and extensive support services in the south of England. VIVID ensures everyone has the right to a safe and secure place to call home. Their customers have access to a wide range of tailored support to sustain their tenancies and look after their wellbeing.
We are therefore looking to recruit a Community Wellbeing Practitioner to support us in this new venture.
The overall purpose of this role will be to actively promote support for individuals with mental health problems and deliver the wide range of services Andover Mind provides on an outreach basis to residents across Andover, Basingstoke and Aldershot. This will involve home working as well as working outdoors, in peoples homes or at statutory or community venues. You will also meet with service users in the communities of Andover, Basingstoke and Aldershot. The services we provide are personalised, and individuals are supported to develop their own interests in the Andover, Basingstoke and Aldershot community.
You will also support your service users in their recovery through low and high-intensity support structures in conjunction with a Dialog+ and care plans, by providing 1 to 1 support, via phone and virtually as well as in person.
Our benefits include:
If applicable: We take Safeguarding seriously, therefore you will be required to undergo a DBS (Disclosure and Barring Service) check at the enhanced level before working with us. Further information can be obtained from
We welcome applications from all of the communities in which we work. We also positively encourage applications from people with mental health problems, those who are physically disabled and neurodivergent to apply for a role within Andover Mind.
Appointments are made on merit.
In accordance with the Equality Act 2010, we do not discriminate, and in line with our equality policy, we are dedicated to building an accurate picture of the make-up of our workforce to ensure we are developing policies and practices that meet the needs of all employees, regardless of their background or personal circumstances.
We'd love your help and cooperation to make this happen so would ask if you can fill in our equality, diversity and inclusion monitoring form, but it's completely voluntary. Don't worry, it is completely confidential and the info you share will be kept and only used for monitoring purposes
Job Description