Lead Worker

BID Services, Closing Date is Flexible (Not specified)

We are recruiting for a Lead Worker to join our team and to deliver a city-wide support service to empower deaf citizens to live healthy, happy lives. This is a 12 month maternity cover position.

You will be working under the supervision of the Team Manager to deliver frontline services, maintaining high level of knowledge and be able to offer support with a range of needs such as:

Improving Health and wellbeing
Obtaining and maintaining accommodation
Engaging and participating in the community/social groups
Economic wellbeing – benefit/grant applications
To provide high quality advice and guidance
Unblocking barriers and supporting with access into external services such as health, wellbeing, employment preparation, social, and housing/debt advice to people with sensory loss.

To be successful for this post:

You will have experience in working with individuals who have a hearing loss.
You will have experience in undertaking client assessments and risk assessments.
You will have experience providing advice and signposting clients to external agencies (e.g. Adult Social Care, Birmingham City Council).
You will hold a BSL level 3 qualification or be a native Deaf BSL user.

To apply for this role, you can email your CV to us with a supporting statement, or fill in the application form and email to: [email protected], once completed.

To see further details on the role for the job description and the application form, please click below:

Apply Here

(You can also use the above link to apply directly online, if preferred)

If you are Deaf, we welcome applications in BSL. Please see our website for more information www.bid.org.uk

To view the YouTube video that discusses to the role, please visit the below link:

YouTube: Lead Worker in Birmingham - Job Vacancy - BID Services

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