An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Health & Wellbeing Navigator role. The post holder will be employed by Age UK Enfield, and within the Health & Wellbeing Services/Prevention Services.
Health & Wellbeing Navigator
- Permanent
- 28 hours
- £28,000 pro rata
Purpose of the Role:
Health & Wellbeing Navigators work with people over 50 who reside within the London Borough of Enfield. They work collaboratively with health and social care services to support people with long term health conditions, diagnosis of dementia, at risk of falls, social isolation and older people who have a clinical diagnosis of moderate frailty and their family carers to enable them to navigate and access support and live a good life
This is a varied role that includes:
- Managing a caseload of people accessing the service.
- Liaising with services and attending case conferences.
- Being a participatory member of the GP multidisciplinary team (MDT)
- Undertaking assessments which include, assessing social isolation, assessment of risk of falls (FRAT tool), loneliness measures, and nutrition, well-being and benefit checks.
- Undertaking guided conversations to help people create their own support plans with identifiable goals
- Supporting people newly diagnosed with dementia to understand their condition and access information, support and advice from their identified needs
- Supporting people at risk of falls through a Falls Prevention programme that includes regular Tai Chi exercise classes
- Facilitating group sessions (in person or online) on a variety of topics
- Signposting and referring individuals to access to services from multiple organizations including assistive technology
Skills
Health & Wellbeing services requires a well-rounded individual with experience and understanding of working with people in the community and offering information, advice and support to older people specifically who have a diagnosis of dementia, risk of falls or have diagnosis of frailty.
- A self-motivated individual able to work within tight deadlines.
- Must be able to start immediately
- Confident speaking to a wide range of people
- Excellent communication skills
- Knowledge of information and advice
- Ability to use Charity Log
- Ability to write monitoring reports and case stories
- Understanding the needs of diverse groups of older people
- Experience of working within community
Download more information about the post
If you are interested in applying please request an application pack by emailing Alison Gordon, Head of Prevention Services
📱: 07813 369919 📧🏠: The Parker Centre, 6 Houndsfield Road N9 7RA
🏠: John Jackson Library, 35 Agricola Road EN1 1DW
