About the role

We are looking for a Living Well Mentor (1 post) to join our Specialist Living team. This role is office based at The May Logan Centre, Bootle.

The role includes providing practical support which enables and empowers local clients to make sustainable changes that improve their lifestyle. Deliver basic health information through 1:1 behaviour change support to enable clients to develop and maintain personal health plans that achieve lifestyle goals and signpost/refer onto relevant agencies to improve health and wellbeing. Develop and deliver initiatives and groups that contribute to the key themes of mental wellbeing, obesity and community resourcefulness and provide tailored support to meet the needs of local families.

You will actively participate in centre meetings, team meetings and monthly performance conversations in order to maintain high standards and improve services. Keeping up to date with local information that may be of use to the clients, e.g. activities, services, initiatives in the local area etc.

What are we looking for?

The successful applicant must have experience of providing ongoing support, motivation and information in a community setting, with an understanding of key health promotional messages around diet, activity, smoking and knowledge of behavioural change methods.

What you can expect from us

We offer a competitive salary (of £23,590 per annum – pro rata), a generous annual leave entitlement of 31 days plus bank holidays and a pension scheme with employer matched contributions of up to 10%. Your wellbeing matters to us, and we offer a health cash plan where you can claim back money for health care, access to a GP service and an employee assistance programme, along with access to discounts for you and your family to enjoy outside of work.

We are passionate about our people, enabling their development, with learning opportunities to progress both personally and professionally. This includes access to volunteer in our local communities or learn a new skill outside of work.

We have created a flexible working environment, with Onward WorkSpace, which is our approach that focuses on work being the thing that we do that makes a difference to our customers, not the place we go. You will be provided with all the ICT working equipment to enable you to undertake your role.

About Onward

Onward Homes is one of the largest registered providers of social housing in the North West, with 35,000 properties across the region.

We believe that everyone deserves a place to call their own, which is why we’re committed to building 500 new homes each year. We do more than just provide a roof over our customers’ heads, we’re here to make a real difference.

In addition to creating positive spaces for our customers we continuously strive to create a positive and progressive workspace to enable our colleagues to achieve their full potential.

We embrace diversity and strive for diverse teams to create an inclusive culture which enables Onward to thrive and be representative of the communities that we serve. We want to ensure that everybody has an opportunity to be part of our recruitment processes and will therefore make reasonable adjustments to accommodate our candidates. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to assist you with our recruitment process via the email address below.

If candidates have any concerns / questions in relation to Covid-19 and the role at any stage of the recruitment and selection process they can contact the HR team on [email protected] and a member of the HR Team will be in touch.

Please note that we reserve the right to close the vacancy early prior to the closing date.