Job Introduction
Are you passionate about enhancing the lives of older individuals in Newham? Do you possess the motivation to inspire and uplift? We are excited to offer multiple positions for dedicated individuals to join our newly-formed team, stationed at sheltered housing schemes for older people across Newham.
At our core, we believe in the power of the Five Ways to Well-being: be Active, Connect, Give, Keep learning, and Take notice. As a Health and Well-being Assistant, your role will be pivotal in collaborating with older residents to elevate both their physical and mental health. Your mission will encompass reducing isolation, fostering social inclusion, encouraging physical activity, and championing good mental health awareness.
Main Responsibility
As a Health and Well-being Assistant, you will play an integral part in ensuring the health and well-being of our NHG (Newham Housing Group) residents. Your key duties will include:
- Crafting individualized well-being plans for residents, outlining personalized objectives for their physical and mental betterment.
- Tracking progress and preparing comprehensive reports for stakeholders, providing valuable insights into the impact of the program.
- Implementing a diverse range of activities tailored to older residents, fostering engagement and connection.
- Recruiting and nurturing a team of volunteers to assist in program delivery, fostering a supportive community spirit.
- Collaborating in the preparation of quarterly monitoring meetings, contributing valuable data and insights.
- Managing a small caseload of at-risk vulnerable residents, and promptly raising safeguard alerts when necessary.
The Ideal Candidate
Our ideal Health and Well-being Assistant for the older residents of Newham is a dedicated and compassionate individual who understands the significance of fostering well-being in this community. This role requires a unique set of qualities that contribute to creating a nurturing and engaging environment within our sheltered housing schemes.
Benefits
In return we offer:
- Excellent annual leave allowance and flexible working opportunities (qualifying period may apply)
- Generous pension scheme
- Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay - we offer enhanced maternity and adoption pay in addition to statutory entitlements (qualifying period may apply)
- Employee assistance - free confidential advice and counseling services provided by independent specialist organisations
- Health cash plan
- Staff discounts - we give our staff access to discounts at hundreds of major retailers, gyms, restaurants, entertainment, days out, insurance and much more
- Interest free loans: season ticket loan, tenancy deposit loan and training loan
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance x 4 annual salary
How to apply
- Applications close at 23:59 on 7 September 2023
Please apply for this role with us online. If you are not able to apply online, please contact our HR team via jobs@nhg.org.uk to discuss your requirements.
This post is exempted under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 and as such appointment to this post will be conditional upon the receipt of a satisfactory response to a Enhanced check via Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
About the Company
Notting Hill Genesis is now one of the largest housing associations in London and the south east. We own and manage more than 67,000 homes and employ around 1,500 staff. We provide homes across a range of tenures and are committed to continuing to deliver housing that is affordable to all. Our roots reach back to the 1960s when our legacy organisations were established by local people who shared a similar vision – to house west London’s working poor, providing them a home from which to build themselves and their families a secure future. For more information on what we do and what makes us different please visit: https://www.nhg.org.uk/about-us/
Our people
We value our people and both respect and celebrate their differences. We’re proud to say that our colleagues come from different backgrounds, with varied outlooks and are from all over the world. We encourage and are committed to diversity. We know that when people with varied experiences and unique points of view come together, it makes us a stronger organisation and more able to help the wide range of residents that we serve. We want all our colleagues to bring their full selves to work in a culture and environment based on respect and fairness, regardless of role, background or ability.
Our pledges
We are proud signatories of the G15 group’s diversity pledge to encourage more diversity in the boardroom and at senior level. The pledge on ethnic diversity commits NHG to reflect the ethnic diversity of the communities we work in at all levels and particularly at senior managerial, leadership and board levels.
We have under-representation of ethnically diverse colleagues at this level and are keen to fill this gap. We welcome applications from everyone. For this role, we especially encourage ethnically diverse candidates to join us and be part of an inclusive culture that celebrates diversity, equality of opportunity and provides a place for you to grow your career.
We are also a Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Disability Confident employer and have signed up to Harry’s Pledge. We actively monitor the diversity of our workforce and strive to show equal representation throughout all levels of the organisation
To find out more about Diversity and inclusion at NHG, please visit our website.
