Live Well Response Workers

The Health Improvement Services have an exciting opportunity for highly motivated and skilled individuals to join our successful team as a Live Well Response Worker. You will be working alongside a committed team of community based professionals, all with the passion and expertise to deliver a client focused service; helping to improve lives and promote independence.

Your next role

Your role will be about providing practical and emotional support to adults living in Swindon, who have been identified as needing additional support. You will assist them to regain and maintain skills in order to maximise their resilience and independence, allowing them to enjoy the best quality of life.

As a Live Well Response Worker, you will be responsible for managing a caseload and will work closely with colleagues to ensure the most suitable support is in place and reviewed accordingly. An element of the role may require manual handling to support facilitation of hospital discharges which you will receive the suitable training for. You will receive ongoing supervision and training as well as peer support from team members.

You will have excellent communication skills and be confident working on a one to one basis with vulnerable individuals with a qualification least level 2 in Health and Social Care or equivalent.

This role has been created as part of a new and exciting collaboration between Adult Social Care, the Great Western Hospital and Public Health. The role is permanent and part of an ongoing partnership to ensure people are receiving the right level of support at the right time. 

You will have a good track of working in this field. Your empathetic and solution focused approach will give you a real opportunity to impact positively on the lives of local people.

You must be fluent in the English language (as a requirement of Part 7 of the Immigration Act “for the effective performance of a customer-facing role”).

Your next package

Please see our Rewards and Benefits offer for more details.

As an employee, you will receive a diverse and exciting environment in which to work, encouraging creativity and innovation whilst recognising the need to support ongoing personal development and a flexible work life balance.

For Swindon to thrive in the future, we need to lay the foundations now. It’s why our regeneration and transformation programmes are already underway. So, you’ll be joining us at an exciting time on our journey. We’ll look to you to share your knowledge, influence decisions and drive real, positive change. With your contributions, we’ll achieve our vision of a prosperous, re-vitalised Swindon together. And you’ll be proud to say it was made better with you.

Please see our Vision and Values page for more details.

Please see our new Swindon Plan

Your next steps

Read the role profile and select the Apply button where you will be redirected to the Swindon Borough Council website to complete our online application process. Clicking the ‘Apply’ button on this job website is not an application, you must register on the Swindon Borough Council website in order to be considered for the role.

Potential applicants are sometimes put off if they don’t meet 100% of the requirements. We think individual experience, skills and passion make all the difference, so if you meet the majority of the criteria, we’d love to hear from you.

For further information about the role, please contact Kati Wood, email  kwood@swindon.gov.uk

As an inclusive employer, we welcome applications from a diverse range of communities, and in particular disabled people and people from ethnic minorities. Read our statement of commitment to equality & inclusion

If you are experiencing technical issues submitting your application please email resourcing@swindon.gov.uk