Group Worker
Job Description
Job summary
The role involves delivering community based activities and interventions, including skills-based groups and wellbeing activities, which are complementary to and reduce the need for services offered by the statutory sector. The groups and activities will aim to help clients to become more confident, enhance their wellbeing, and to develop their self-esteem and coping strategies.
Example of group activities are arts and crafts, gardening, social groups, music, financial wellbeing, parent wellbeing, depression and anxiety support and more.....
Main duties of the job
- To deliver physical, social and wellbeing activities, using both online digital platforms and face-to-face settings
- To empower, motivate and actively support clients to participate in the group activities
- To work collaboratively with Link Workers on the progress of clients
- To foster a safe and non-judgemental environment for the groups
- To maintain Health and Safety in the groups
- To create and communicate timetables for groups and activities
- To liaise with statutory and voluntary sector partners to set up new groups and co-facilitate groups and activities with partners as and when required
- To encourage and support client feedback and use this feedback to support the continuous improvement of the service
- To ensure records are maintained both electronically and on paper where appropriate, in line with Catalyst policies
- To signpost or refer clients to other services as appropriate
- To maintain confidentiality and respect the individual needs of the clients
- To provide one-to-one support to clients as needed
- To work collaboratively with the Volunteer Coordinator to support the recruitment, retention and development of volunteers
- To carry out risk assessments as appropriate
- To act as an ambassador for the client group and for Catalyst
About us
Its not just about what we offer, but how we offer it.
Catalyst is a non-profit organisation working with people to support their health and wellbeing.
Established in Guildford for over 30 years, we provide services alongside a variety of statutory and Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) colleagues in Surrey and its borders.
We believe change is achievable when offered by a flexible, respectful, inclusive and a non-judgemental approach.
Our values are Kindness, Integrity and Commitment.
Job responsibilities
Community Connections is a partnership contract funded by Clinical Commissioning Groups and Surrey County Council. The Catalyst Community Connections team works with a range of other partners to collectively offer a wide range of mental health support and wellbeing activities.
The Catalyst service is open to adults within North West Surrey, Guildford and Waverley and Surrey Heath and Farnham Clinical Commissioning Group areas, who want to maintain or increase their sense of wellbeing. As such any person wanting support to improve their mental health and wellbeing and/or prevent an existing mental health problem worsening can refer to the service.
Purpose of the role:
To support and enable clients to manage their own health and wellbeing; promoting healthier lifestyles and raising the awareness of the concept of wellbeing and good mental health within an integrated care pathway.
The role involves delivering community based activities and interventions, including skills-based groups and wellbeing activities, which are complementary to and reduce the need for services offered by the statutory sector. The groups and activities will aim to help clients to become more confident, enhance their wellbeing, and to develop their self-esteem and coping strategies.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Ideally you will have experience delivering activities or groups, digitally and or face to face
- Community based mental health support experience
- An understanding of safe guarding
- Ability to be non judgemental, empathetic, compassionate and patient
- Full driving license
- Availability to work across some evenings and weekends when required
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details
Employer name
Catalyst Support
Address
Moorcroft Centre for the Community
Woking
Surrey
GU22 9PB
