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Come and join Thornford Park as a Part-Time Wellbeing and Welfare Champion, where you will be a friendly face to staff as you instil and maintain a positive working culture that has a strong emphasis on improving employee’s wellbeing.
You will work 22.5 hours a week at Thornford Park in Thatcham where you'll be responsible for identifying the evolving needs of staff, which will see you provide resources, plan events and be a point of contact for those who may need further wellbeing assistance.
Liaising with the Regional Wellbeing Lead, you will deliver communications, initiatives and regular and themed wellbeing events, which you will have an allocated budget and stock, which you will need to manage.
As a Wellbeing and Welfare Champion, you will be responsible for liaising with internal and external stakeholders and supporting staff with communications.
A range of training opportunities are available that can see your career grow and you achieve your career aspirations.
As a Wellbeing and Welfare Champion, you will be:
Printing and putting up publicity posters in your workplace
Being the point of contact in your team for any colleague who wants to know how to find out more about any of the Health & Wellbeing activities
Putting health and wellbeing on your team meeting agenda and updating colleagues about what’s happening
Keeping a resource of health and wellbeing information for colleagues to look at
Promoting particular health campaigns through poster displays, giving out leaflets (e.g. Stoptober, World Mental Health Day)
Encouraging colleagues to sign up to one of the health & wellbeing challenges such as our regular pedometer challenges
Signposting colleagues to relevant services/people
Raising/escalating any concerns in the right manner
Supporting and checking in with new starters from a wellbeing point of view
To be successful in this role, you will have:
An interest in health and wellbeing
Excellent communication skills
An understanding of healthy lifestyles and willingness to undertake any relevant training
Ability to keep and maintenance records.
Previous experience within a similar role and/or environment.
Good IT/computer skills
Where you will be working:
Location: Thornford Park, Crookham Hill, Thatcham, Berkshire, RG19 8ET
You will work at Thornford Park which is a combination of medium secure and low secure units and rehabilitation flats. The service provides a seamless internal care pathway supporting and empowering patients in their recovery and rehabilitation.
You will work alongside the multidisciplinary to provide personalised assessment and treatment programmes for males with mental illness/ complex care needs as well as those with personality disorder. Service users may have histories of offending and/or may have failed in previous placements.
What you will get:
Annual Salary of £25,000 Pro Rata
The equivalent of 33 days annual leave (inc Bank Holidays) Pro Rata – plus your birthday off!
Free meals
Free parking
Wellbeing support and activities to help you maintain a great work-life balance.
Career development and training to help you achieve your career goals.
Pension contribution to secure your future.
Life Assurance for added peace of mind.
Enhanced Maternity Package so you can truly enjoy this special time.
About your next employer:
You will be working for an established, stable and agile company with a unique approach to the delivery of care. With a network of over 80 services across England and Wales, providing four services including: Mental Health, Neurological, Learning Disabilities & Autism, Children & Education, there is an opportunity for you to grow and move with Elysium.
Elysium Healthcare is part of Ramsay Health Care with a global network that extends across 10 countries and employs over 86,000 people globally.
Elysium Healthcare follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person’s individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure