Health And Wellbeing Navigator
Salary: £21.200
Hours: 21 hours per week
Reporting to: Head of Prevention Services
Location: Home working/Outreach sites/Age UK Enfield Offices
Contract: Permanent
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.
- Be 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
- Support people newly diagnosed with dementia to understand their condition and access information, support and advice from their identified needs
- To support 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 organisations including assistive technology
Elements of the role
- Engaging with Referring Professionals
- Engaging with People
- Engaging with local voluntary, community, public sectors
- Knowledge of the ‘local offer’ and follow-through support that extends beyond signposting
For more infomation contact Alison Gordon alison.gordon@ageukenfield.org.uk
Closing date 7th April 2022