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Job description

Brooke House Health & Well-Being Centre leads the Northern Ireland VALOUR Network, a region-wide partnership supporting veterans, serving personnel and Armed Forces families. This is a non-clinical role providing person-centred health and wellbeing support, assessment and navigation for veterans and the wider Armed Forces community, working as part of a roving team delivering support directly in local communities across all six counties.

Responsibilities

• Assess health and wellbeing needs and develop person-centred support plans
• Help beneficiaries navigate health, social care and mental health services
• Deliver regional "roving" clinics across the Network's six Partner Spoke locations
• Provide appropriate non-clinical support to beneficiaries experiencing emotional or psychological distress, escalating concerns in line with agreed procedures
• Maintain accurate records using the Lamplight CRM and support outcome data collection
• A full Job Description will be provided at application stage.

Skills and Qualifications

Essential Skills

• A relevant qualification, or equivalent demonstrable experience, in health and wellbeing, health promotion, social care, community development, support services or a related field
• Demonstrable experience of providing person-centred support to individuals with health, wellbeing or complex support needs
• Experience of assessing individual needs, developing support or action plans and managing a caseload with accurate records
• Good working knowledge of health and wellbeing services and referral pathways, including factors affecting physical, mental and social wellbeing
• Ability to help individuals navigate services, address barriers, promote prevention and independence, and recognise when clinical or specialist referral is required
• A full Job Description will be provided at application stage.

Desirable Skills

• A relevant professional qualification or significant experience in health, social care, counselling, health promotion, mental health, wellbeing or a related discipline
• Experience of working with veterans, serving personnel, Armed Forces families or another group facing comparable barriers to accessing services
• Experience of mental-health or emotional-wellbeing support, health-promotion, prevention or community-wellbeing programmes
• Experience of multi-agency management and/or knowledge of trauma-informed practice when supporting people with multiple or complex needs

Further Information

Location: Flexible across Northern Ireland, with travel required. Contract: This is a funded, fixed-term post to 31 March 2029. Any continuation beyond this date will be subject to future funding and organisational requirements and cannot be guaranteed. Applications for part-time working, including 0.8 FTE (30 hours per week), will also be considered. Salary will be pro rata for part-time appointments. Closing Date: Completed applications should be returned to jobs@happyraspberry.com no later than Wednesday 30th September at 3.00pm. CVs and late applications will not be accepted. This post is subject to an AccessNI check, in line with Brooke House's safer recruitment and safeguarding requirements, together with any other pre-employment checks applicable to the role. Brooke House Health & Well-Being Centre is committed to equality of opportunity and welcomes applications from all suitably qualified candidates.

Application Information

To apply, please request an application form by emailing jobs@happyraspberry.com quoting the job reference number BH/VAL/03/26. Please send your completed application form demonstrating how you meet the essential and desirable criteria to jobs@happyraspberry.com