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Your role is all about helping others to maintain and improve their personal wellbeing by maintaining social interactions, reducing isolation and loneliness, trying new activities, learning new skills, and supporting them to access further appropriate help through sign-posting. Being a sessional wellbeing support worker is a key role to provide our participants with the first steps towards skills, qualifications and confidence to develop in their personal and career goals.

As a Sessional Wellbeing support Worker a typical day might include:

Facilitating specific Wellbeing Activities and groups for participants across our provision You will be supported in your role and provided supervision by a nominated Community Connector. Contributing to the development of wellbeing provision and specific activities through the application of your own special interests or hobbies, such as Crafts or Gardening. Preparing for an activity in advance of people arriving and clearing up at the end of the session. Making refreshments available to group participants. Ensuring that participants are made to feel welcome and are integrated into the specified activity. Reporting to the Community Connector or Wellbeing Hub Co-Ordinator any concerns about participants or issues raised by them, so that they can receive further support. Supporting a participant to try a new activity or group. Ensuring that participant documentation and registers are completed in a timely manner and updated as necessary.

The must haves:

A real passion for working with people, to help them achieve their goals. Adaptable and flexible in your approach, willing to try new ways of working. Experience of supporting people with poor mental health or wellbeing. An understanding of the factors that lead to poor mental health and wellbeing and how to address them. An interest in their local community and what else is out there to support participant wellbeing. Effective oral and written communication, numeracy, computer and interpersonal skills to communicate effectively with staff and participants alike. A commitment and ability to comply with all Acis policies and procedures including Equality & Diversity, Health & Safety policies, etc. A commitment to undertaking and maintaining mandatory training and keeping up to date with e-learning and other in-service training as required. Resilience. Working with us is a challenging but rewarding career. You'll be helping to bring real change to our participants lives.

The desirables:

Although your work schedule will normally be planned with you well in advance, you will have some flexibility with regard to when you can work, and will be able to cover groups at short notice, in an exceptional circumstance. Mental Health First Aid training or a willingness to undertake this training. You'll be able to support activities beyond your primary area of expertise or interest. Experience of teaching/training or working with groups of adults in appropriate field. Ambition to develop your skills and experience, with a view to progression within the team.

What you'll get as part of the team:

25 days annual leave plus BH's

Enhanced pension -

matched contributions up to 4 %

The opportunity to undertake

p

rofessional training which will be funded by us

, as will any relevant professional membership subscriptions Staff benefits with Paycare - A f

antastic health and benefits scheme

Benefits with Acis Perkz -

a discount scheme offering hundreds of savings

from food shopping to holidays

Employee recognition scheme.

We ensure we recognise and thank our team with various rewards Enhanced

maternity and paternity

scheme Cycle to work scheme Enhanced sick pay scheme

Employee Assistance Programme

to give you confidential advice and support Death in service

benefit amounting to 3 times annual salary

As soon as a suitable candidate is found for this role we reserve the right to close the job advert ahead of the closing date, so please do not delay in submitting your applicat

ion.

Acis are committed to equality and diversity, are a proud member of disability confident and welcome applications from any applicant who feel they hold the essential skills to fulfil the role. We recognise that people need flexibility in their role and we're happy to discuss flexible working options with the successful candidate in addition to any aid with interviewing that you might need