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About the Role

You will work alongside adults of all ages with disabilities, long term illnesses, mental health illness, sensory impairments, and older people, and their families. The aim is to improve individual and community health and wellbeing, reduce demand on adult social care, and prevent crises. You will develop partnerships with individuals, families, local organizations, and the community to foster inclusivity and promote contribution. Your role involves establishing key working relationships across various sectors and communities, promoting shared responsibility for health and wellbeing initiatives between individuals, families, community partners, and voluntary and statutory bodies.

Responsibilities

Work alongside adults of all ages with disabilities, long term illnesses, mental health illness, sensory impairments, older people and their families
Improve the health and wellbeing of individuals and their communities
Reduce demand on adult social care
Prevent people from reaching crisis and their needs from escalating
Develop partnerships with individuals, families, local organisations and the broader community
Promote more opportunities for contribution and build a more inclusive community
Establish and develop key working relationships and engagement across a range of sectors and communities
Promote the principle of shared responsibility in the development and delivery of initiatives that improve health and wellbeing of Barnet residents

Requirements

Experience of working with vulnerable adults, supporting them to be as independent as possible
Insight into difficulties faced by people with escalating or established needs and their families
Confident in working in different community locations, including lone working and visiting residents at home
Able to work all over Barnet and travel
Able to manage a variety of tasks and competing priorities
Able to manage time and work independently
Experience of safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults
Willingness to undergo stringent safer recruitment procedures including DBS checks

Skills

Excellent communication skills
Influencing skills
Negotiation skills
Ability to build and nurture relationships and partnerships

Location

Barnet

Work Type

Permanent
Fixed term for 12 months
Flexible Working
Part-time
Compressed hours
Hybrid working

Benefits

31 days annual leave, plus public and bank holidays
Access to the Local Government Pension Scheme
Comprehensive Flexible Working Policy
Vast range of lifestyle discounts
Broad range of payroll benefits including cycle to work, eye care vouchers, travel and gym membership
Excellent training and development opportunities
Employee well-being training programs including confidential employee assistance

About the Company

Barnet is a borough with excellent schools, vibrant town centres, vast green spaces and diverse communities.
The council wants to build on these strengths and is growing and developing as an organisation to meet challenges.
The organisation's staff are committed to Our Values: Learning to Improve, Caring, Inclusive, Collaborative.
Barnet Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people, and vulnerable adults.
Barnet Council is committed to equality of opportunity in the provision of services.
Barnet Council embraces all forms of flexible working and is committed to offering employees a healthy work-life balance.
Barnet Council is a Disability Confident Committed Employer.

Equal Opportunity

To deliver Barnet Council’s commitment to equality of opportunity in the provision of services, all staff are expected to promote equality in the workplace and in the services the Council delivers.
We value diversity and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
We welcome and encourage job applications of all abilities.
If you require any reasonable adjustments in the application or interview, please contact the lead contact on this advert.
We will make reasonable adjustments to make sure our disabled applicants and those with health conditions are supported throughout our recruitment process.
We support the access to work scheme.