IMPACTAgewell® Project Officer

Job location: Mid & East Antrim

Salary: To be confirmed SCP12-16

Hours: 35

Worktime: Mon - Fri 9am-5pm

Closing date: 21/01/2022

Employer: Mid and East Antrim Agewell P'ship

Business: Community Development

Address: 18 Queen Street

Ballymena

Postcode: BT42 2BD

Telephone: 028 25658604

Email: hrofficer@viablecs.org.

Website: www.meaap.co.uk

Job Duties: To manage a case load of service users from associated GP surgeries.To visit the service user in their own home and support them in developing a personalised health and wellbeing plan based on the Social Determinants of Health.The ability to hold difficult and emotional conversations with older people experiencing life changes.To connect service users to relevant support networks and community partnerships.To liaise with all the multi-disciplinary members of the IMPACTAgewell® locality Hub to generate referrals, manager service users cases and to work closely with all members to establish effective working relationships.To chair the IMPACTAgewell® locality bi-monthly hub meetings with partners attending.To construct and keep case files and databases up to date and be able to provide monitoring information as requested by the Team Leader.Full list of duties and responsibilities available at www.meaap.co.uk/recruitment

Qualifications / Experience: A recognised 3rd level qualification in health promotion, allied health profession or community development work, with 1 year's experience of working in the field of health and / or community development;Or 3 years full time experience of working in the field of health and / or community development.Proven experience of working with a client centred context.Previous experience of working in an environment with multiple partners.The post holder will be subject to an enhanced Access NI check.Full criteria available from www.meaap.co.uk/recruitment

Application Method: Please apply via: www.meaap.co.uk/recruitment (please copy and paste this link into your browser) Employer Ref: IAWPO012022

Other Information: We are looking for an individual to join our team to enable us to continue to support older people across Mid and East Antrim.