Overview
Wellbeing Practitioner
22.5hrs per week – Jubilee House, Penrith Cumbria
Monday – Wednesday, 8.30 – 4.30
£18,953.40 per annum (£31,589 FTE)
About us
The Fire Fighters Charity supports the health and wellbeing needs of the Fire Services Community and offers a broad range of services tailored to meet individual need. The Charity is there to support the UK fire family at different times during their lives, supporting not only the workforce but also retired personnel and their dependants.
Working alongside your colleagues you will provide short-term wellbeing support to members of the Fire and Rescue Service Community through face-to-face interventions (individual and group format), telephone and web-based interactions.
We promote a healthy work life balance for all employees, and in addition to a competitive salary and benefits package, you have access to a health care cash plan, Employee Assistance Programme, and other wellbeing support tools.
About you
To be successful you will:
- have with experience of working in a mental health / wellbeing support / social prescribing environment (e.g. IAPT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner) with a knowledge of mind/body connection.
- hold a qualification in Health and Social Care, Counselling, Health Coaching or equivalent at level 3 or above.
- hold a professional registration with live membership where applicable.
- have excellent administrative, organisational, problem solving and planning skills.
- have confidence in delivering wellbeing support face to face and virtually.
- be able to effectively communicate with a wide range of people.
About the role
You can review the attached job description, and what our Wellbeing Practitioner at our Devon based centre has to say about this role.
This role is subject to an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Services Check. The Charity is an Equal Opportunities employer, and we welcome applications from all sections of the community. When recruiting our new team members, regardless of the role, we are looking for people who share our values.
Closing date :1 September 2024
Interview date: first interview – 12th September, second interview – 18th September
We reserve the right to close this role early should we receive a sufficient number of applications. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unable to contact all applicants with personalised feedback. If you do not hear from us within two weeks of the closing date, please assume that your application was not successful on this occasion.