Senior Wellbeing Transitions Worker - GIPSIL LTD

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Salary £26,182 per annum Hours 37 per week Contract Type Permanent Closes Monday 7 November 2022 12:00 PM Job Ref req16870

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Job Title: Senior Wellbeing Transitions Worker (Wakefield based)Team: Community, Health and PreventionResponsible to: Therapeutic Services ManagerResponsible for: Wakefield Wellbeing Transitions WorkerHours: 37 hoursSalary: SP 18 £26,182Benefits: Company Techscheme, Health Scheme, Cycle to Work Scheme, Flexible WorkingLeave: 29 days’ annual leave per annum + Bank Holidays

GIPSIL is committed to all aspects of safeguarding. We believe that all children and adults, who are at risk of harm, have the right to be protected from abuse. GIPSIL aims to ensure that all staff and voluntary workers who seek work at GIPSIL and who have access to children and adults are safe to do so.GIPSIL is a community based organisation providing housing, counselling, advice and support to young and vulnerable people at risk in Leeds.

As an organisation we are committed to the following principles in recruitment to ensure we can effectively achieve our aim of providing equal opportunities and safer recruitment;

• We recruit for potential, not perfection.
• We are a values based recruiter.
• We value lived experience as a demonstration of capability for a role.
• We only utilise truly “essential” criteria in recruitment.
• We are committed to safer recruitment practice.
  

When we refer to Values we are talking about our organisational Values, found here.

We are a disability confident employer.

This is an exciting role to coordinate and develop our Transitions Wellbeing work across the Wakefield district.

The transitions work in Wakefield encompasses two strands. Firstly, supporting young people that have previously engaged in child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and are now over 16 years old and need further support in order to help them live an independent, healthier life. This support is based on the young person’s needs and whilst typically focuses around mental health, emotional and wellbeing support, can also extend to variety of areas such as housing, financial, career and social support.

Secondly, providing an enhanced community-based outreach support service to young people aged 12-19 who are identified as SEND and facing mental health difficulties impacting their ability to engage with educational provision. This group may include young people with a mental health diagnosis, those on waiting lists with lower level support needs, those living in difficult family situations, which all impacts their ability to engage or attend educational provision or positive activity.

This offers a unique opportunity to work with a young person for a minimum of 5 months to identify their needs, work with them to develop an appropriate support package and help them in their journey to recovery. This holistic approach means the work can be extremely varied and lead to engaging with the individual across a number of settings and with a number of different agencies and organisations to best support that young person.

Wherever possible for sustainability and support, we are keen to make community links and partnerships, the successful applicant will have the exciting role of building exciting new relationships in Wakefield and have the opportunity to map and build our knowledge of community provision and support as well as developing our signposting, community engagement and onward referral links.

This unique role will have a case load of young people as well as time to supervise a small team and build a new transitions team across Wakefield. We currently have expertise in Transitions work delivering across Leeds, therefore this role will be supported and expected to work alongside our Senior Transitions Worker in Leeds. As this is such a varied role, there will be ongoing opportunities for learning, training and personal development to ensure the successful applicant feels confident and competent to support the clients and the team across a variety of areas.

If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

For an application form please visit Current Vacancies – GIPSIL.

To arrange an informal conversation about this role please contact Chelcey Huxley via email; chelcey.huxley@gipsil.org.uk

Applications should be emailed to hr@gipsil.org.uk before the closing deadline.Please note that GIPSIL will not accept CVs. No agencies.

Closing Date: Monday 7th November 12pm Shortlisting Date: Monday 7th November & Tuesday 8th November Interview Dates:Monday 14th November & Tuesday 15th November

You will be informed within 5 working days of the Shortlisting Date if you have been successful.

The above post is not a Leeds City Council vacancy and has been advertised on behalf of the relevant organisation. To apply please follow their application instructions.

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This role is based in the UK. Employment is conditional on confirmation of the right to work in the UK - either as a UK or Irish citizen, under the EU Settlement scheme or having secured any other relevant work visa. If you do not have the right to work in the UK and the role does not meet eligibility for sponsorship, please consider carefully whether you meet the eligibility to apply.