Wellbeing Advisor

Tameside Adult Services is looking to appoint two Wellbeing Advisors who are energetic, highly motivated people. They will join a team of advisors who are key to delivering the early intervention, prevention and wellbeing elements of Care Act 2014 responsibilities.

The role is to support Adults and Carers through Carers assessment or Wellbeing assessments for those who do not meet the National Eligibility thresholds for Adult Services.

The role involves providing information and advice or signposting to a range of community and voluntary sector organisations and services for Adults and Carers. The role will also involve the planning and development of effective interventions around prevention and wellbeing across the local area.

In addition the successful candidates will develop responses to meet Carers needs and evaluate service provision for Carers in line with the National Strategy for Carers the Council's local policies, highlighting Carers issues and needs in relation to the impact of care-giving on their health and social care needs.

This posts will require flexible working, including some evenings and weekends. You will also be expected to travel to various venues within Tameside to develop your local area. If you have a genuine commitment to prevention and wellbeing across the local neighbourhood I look forward to hearing from you.

At Tameside, we are committed to ensuring all our Citizens lead long, fulfilling and healthy lives. We are committed to supporting economic growth, providing high quality health and care services, protecting our most vulnerable and creating strong and supportive, self-sufficient communities.

We recognise that our people drive our success and enable the organisation to deliver on its vision, purpose and priorities, and that our people are our most important resource and asset. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours, and are at the heart of everything that we do; and we understand that how we do things is just as important as what we do. We pride ourselves on living by our STRIVE values of Support, Trust, Respect, Integrity, Value Diversity and Engage. Our values underpin our practice and behaviours and are at the heart of everything that we do. How we do things are just as important as what we do.

Our employees' skills, experience and knowledge are essential to our success along with their happiness, wellbeing, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation to be the best they can be.

We are committed to developing a culture which respects individuals, appreciates difference and allows everyone regardless of background to reach their full potential.

We are proud to be an accredited disability confident employer. Reasonable Adjustments will be considered in accordance with the Equality Act 2010 in relation to the Job Role Criteria.

This position is subject to Enhanced with Barred List Disclosure Procedures.