Community Connector Facilitator

Job summary

We have a fixed term vacancy for a Facilitator to work with the Community Connector in Boston.

This new and vibrant partnership with Lincolnshire Partnership Foundation Trust, Integrated Care Board, Centenary Church (Home of Boston Wellbeing Hub) and St Barnabas Hospice is dedicated to providing a community response for anyone struggling with their mental health and wellbeing in the Boston Area

The hub provides information, advice, guidance, and support for adults experiencing mental health or well-being issues and works with individuals to find and access the most appropriate support for them. This role will support the delivery of groups that champion local support networks, creating places where people can feel safe, healthy, connected and able to help themselves and each other.

Hours:

30

Starting Salary:

£25,294 per annum, pro rata

Employee Perks:

Please see the separate document attached to this vacancy for details of our employee perks.

Interview Date:

06 November 2023

For assistance with your application contact:

recruitment@stbarnabashospice.co.uk

Main duties of the job

Working alongside the lead community connector you will:

• Offer focused support to individuals and groups with the aim of building knowledge, skills, confidence, and resilience in people, as well as encouraging people to access local activities and services.
• Enable people to explore the situation affecting their mental health and wellbeing and support them to access appropriate resources including talking therapies, benefits advice, or local community activities.
• Work alongside people experiencing emotional or mental health issues to develop the skills to help restore and maintain their emotional wellbeing, support the involvement of people with lived experience of mental health and challenge stigma.
• Develop and increase the Hub's current wellbeing offer to ensure there are groups and activities being offered that meet the needs of our local community.

Qualifications and Experience:

Ideally you will have a relevant qualification or experience in community work, education, health, social care, and a good understanding of the impact of mental health on individuals, families and communities.

You will be confident in the use of social media with excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the ability to engage and work with all age groups.

You will be confident in working with partner agencies and have a good understanding of non-NHS providers.

As part of a small team, the ability to work with colleagues from across the community as well as independently is important.

About us

• St Barnabas Hospice is an Equal Opportunities Employer, we believe in treating everyone with dignity and respect and welcome applications from all sectors of the community.
• We reserve the right to extend, withdraw or close vacancies where necessary.
• Please Note - If you are selected for interview, you will be contacted via the email account used to register. Please check your spam folder.

We are St Barnabas Hospice!

Lincolnshire's Leading provider of palliative, end-of-life nursing care to adults living with a life-limiting or terminal illness. Ranking in the top 100 best companies to work for in the UK.

What's Our Vision?

A world where dying with dignity, compassion and having choices is a fundamental part of life.

We're on a Mission!

To ensure all individuals facing the end of their life in Lincolnshire receive dignified, compassionate care when they require it and where they ask for it.

Benefits available to qualifying new employees:

• Option to Buy / Sell up to 1 weeks annual leave per year.
• Flexible working, including Hybrid working where suitable.
• Clinical Professional Fees paid for by us for contracted employees. (NMC, AHP, GMC)
• Competitive options on our lease car scheme.

Pension Options:

• Option 1 Continuation of NHS pension (if applicable)
• Option 2 Sign up to our generous contributory Pension Scheme, 7% of your monthly salary paid, together with a 3.5% personal contribution by you. (With the option to increase your contributions to be double matched by the Trust (up to 9%)

Employer details

Employer name

St Barnabas Hospice

Address

Centenary Methodist Church

Red Lion Street

Boston

Lincolnshire

PE21 6NY

Employer's website

https://stbarnabashospice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

St Barnabas Hospice

Address

Centenary Methodist Church

Red Lion Street

Boston

Lincolnshire

PE21 6NY

Employer's website

https://stbarnabashospice.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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