Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator
Job title: Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator
Salary: £22,681 - £25,869 per annum (SCP18-23)
Location: Glasgow
Contract: Permanent/Fixed Term
Hours: 37 hours per week
Do you want to make a positive difference to people’s lives? Come and join Wheatley Care as a Health and Wellbeing Co-ordinator.
About the role
The Fordneuk service is an accommodation and support service in the East end of Glasgow. Our service is part of the Glasgow homeless alliance to reduce and end homelessness in the city of Glasgow.
We support up to 42 individuals who are assessed as high risk and hard to engage and have complex needs such as addictions and mental health.
The coordinator role is a challenging one which involves coordinating our shifts with additional key working responsibilities. The successful candidate will also be required to liaise with external agencies, facilitate our health and safety procedures and mentor new staff members.
Who are we looking for?
The ideal candidate will have experience and knowledge of working with homelessness and complex needs services, experience of outcome-based support planning and an understanding and knowledge around harm reduction.
We are looking for someone who is an effective communicator and is able to build therapeutic relationships with the people we support.
They will also be required to work as part of a large team, while also taking their own initiative. We need someone who is flexible and has experience of shift work (including night shift).
The benefits we offer
As part of Wheatley Group, we offer a sector-leading benefits package.
The successful candidate will receive:
- a rewarding career with a competitive salary;
- access to a contributory pension scheme;
- excellent leave entitlements;
- enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave;
- contributions towards dental, optical, driving lessons and more;
- access to staff inclusion networks promoting an inclusive workplace; and
- 24/7 access to our employee assistance programme.
Committed to inclusion
At Wheatley, are always looking to improve diversity within our teams. We want to create an inclusive environment where everyone can contribute their best work and achieve their full potential.
We actively celebrate our individual differences and recognise the collective strength this brings our organisation. It’s important our teams represent the communities we serve, and we welcome applications from any under-represented groups.
Closing date: 5pm on 19 September 2023
For a chat about the role, please contact Health and Wellbeing Manager, Billy Kelly on 0141 274 7038 or billy.kelly@wheatley-care.com
We want all our candidates to shine. If you need any reasonable adjustments to help you feel more comfortable during the recruitment process, please contact Rachel Young on 07867291367 or rachel.young@wheatley-group.com.