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Community Links Caseworker at Headway Gloucestershire

Gloucester

We are looking to recruit someone who is passionate about helping people to achieve their potential and who has experience of providing housing, benefits and other advice to vulnerable adults.

Job Title:  Community Links Caseworker
Location:  Headway Gloucestershire

What will you do?

You will work with a highly motivated staff and volunteer team to deliver a quality outreach advice and support service for individuals with an acquired brain injury in Gloucestershire.

We value transferrable skills and are particularly interested to receive applications from candidates who have experience of managing a client caseload and of working to empower and support vulnerable adults.

Under the direction of the CEO at Headway Gloucestershire, you will work alongside clients with complex needs to support their recovery, wellbeing, independence and autonomy, working towards agreed goals and recording key outputs and outcomes.

This might include:-

1. Providing brain injury recovery information and advice, working with compensation situations and making referrals to clinicians and health providers.
2. Maintaining tenancies by assisting with paperwork, organising payment plans, negotiating with landlords or mortgage providers.
3. Form filling for welfare benefits, housing applications, blue badges and bus passes etc.
4. Supporting people to access resources in their local community including leisure, education, volunteering and employment opportunities.
5. Supporting people to attend appointments and meetings when relevant.
6. Working with other informal and formal support providers.

About us

Headway Gloucestershire was established in 1988 and since then has been working to make a positive difference to the lives of people with an acquired brain injury. We provide specialist recovery support and respite through our centre-based Enablement Service and outreach support through our Community Links service.

Headway Gloucestershire is a busy, growing charity providing services to people with an acquired brain injury and their families and carers. Every year we are challenged to raise funds to help deliver our services.

Our centre-based Enablement Service is the heart of Headway Gloucestershire. Open every weekday, we offer activities that focus on the five elements of rehabilitation: emotional functioning; cognitive functioning; learning; social interaction and behaviour. Our Community Links Service offers outreach advice and support for people with an acquired brain injury in Gloucestershire and is often the first point of contact.

Ready to apply?

You can find the full job description and person specification on our website.

Please return a copy of your completed application form to Julie Reader-Sullivan via the address in the contact details or the email address to the right of this advert.

Candidates that are successfully shortlisted and invited to interview will be notified by telephone call, email or letter.

To complete an online application please click on Apply Now.

Salary: £24,781 - £28,500pa

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