Well-being Coordinator

Well-being Coordinator (Job Description)

We are looking for an enthusiastic, pro-active person to help co-ordinate our support our Well-being drop ins which run each week from as soon as possible to end February 2025. 

Well-being sessions provide a welcoming, and safe, space for all with the aim of promoting positive mental health which includes many aspects such as connecting with others, perhaps being silent and sitting with a book & a cup of tea, engaging in co-creating art, craft activities, playing board games and so on. It’s a space of mutual support and hospitality with people from all walks of life coming together and finding common ground. The Well-being session also offers signposting to specialist help and partner organisations and often welcoming agencies such as the Samaritans who support the project. The joy of the Well-being project is that everyone mutually benefits from positive interaction.

The role of the Well-Being coordinator is:

·      To oversee the space on a weekly basis (session runs from 10.30-2.30pm) – Mondays

·      To proactively engage with people from all walks of life, to show hospitality and welcome

·      To coordinate the weekly crafts & activities

·      To liaise with our local partners (such as the Samaritans and Open Mental Health)

·      To liaise with the volunteers and where possible, along with the vicar & Parochial Church Council recruit new volunteers with a view to developing the team.

·      To uphold, promote and adhere to good safeguarding practise, as set out in our safeguarding policy, for the flourishing of all.

·      To promote Well-being sessions locally via social media (fb, X etc.) and other means (GP surgeries etc)

·      To liaise with the Vicar and PCC (as the project sits within the wider vision of the church to help the community thrive.)

Qualities needed for this role

·      Compassion for others

·      Confidence

·      Good organisational skills

·      Ability to listen well holding confidentiality (in line with our safeguarding policy)

·      A team player

·      Ability to think creatively

·      Ability to engage with people from all walks of life.

·      Previous experience of this type of work is an advantage

Appropriate training courses such as mental health first / dementia training etc. can be undertaken.

The role requires 5 hours on a Monday (including set-up/pack down and the session itself). The hourly rate is £15.

For an application form or for more information please contact Lesley Griffin