Community Navigator
Job Description
Job title: Community Navigator
Company: Home Group
Job description: Community Navigator
Durham area
Temporary for 12 months, full time (37.5 hpw), 9 am to 5 pm, Mon to Fri
Salary £22,500 per annum with great benefits including Health Cash Plan
Home, a place where you belong
We have a great opportunity for you to join our Alliance team as our Community Navigator working in and around the Durham area, supporting our customers living with mental health conditions to access and engage with services and organisations, whilst promoting positive mental health and wellbeing. Our team is responsible for representing all the alliance members which include 7 providers, a commissioner and 7 subcontractors.
Typical day as a job title
- Follow up on referrals and connecting customers to relevant services.
- Person-centred planning for each customer.
- Be the link that keeps everyone connected.
- Help change our customer’s lives through engagement with their carer’s, and professionals involved in their support network.
If going home each day knowing you have helped change our customers lives for the better, you’ll do that here, working for one of the top 10 Great Place to Work in the UK.
You bring
- Great organisational skills, with a calm approach to tasks.
- Be a good communicator using the ‘make every contact count’ approach (Mecc).
- You’ve worked in a care environment – maybe you’ve cared for a child/parent etc.
- It’s important that you have a little experience with technology, but we’ll support you with this.
- To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage.
Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular review.
Our team
You’ll work alongside our fabulous team who are super passionate about delivering for our customers & communities. To us we’re not just a team we’re a ‘work family.’ There are 5 of us in the team our manager Julie has worked for Home Group for over 20 years and most recently as the alliance manager “so is perfectly placed to support you as you join us”. Julie has a real soft spot for her gorgeous cockapoo Daisy and loves nothing more than going for long walks with her when she’s not at work.
Job details
- Working Monday to Friday 9 am to 5 pm.
- Our main base being in Waddington Street Centre in Durham.
- Our service works with customers for 4-6 sessions making sure they are connected to the relevant services they need.
- The alliance covers the whole of County Durham, the community navigator will have a dedicated patch/area to cover within the County.
- You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
A place where you belong
Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers, and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. Together we make Home Group a great place to work!
What’s in it for you?
- 25 days annual leave (increasing to 30), the option to buy 5 more, a me day (to take off for whatever you fancy) and time off for volunteering too!
- Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies, and lots more.
- Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays, and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike, or car? Save money with us.
- We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
- Colleagues really matter to us, that’s why we’re the 10^th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
- Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Find out more
Click APPLY NOW to see our Community Navigator Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out.
Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process at recruitment@homegroup.org.uk
Expected salary: £22500 per year
Location: County Durham
