Wellbeing Officer - Parents of SEND

St Helens Carers Centre as we continue to be a Centre of Excellence for Adult, Young Adult & Young Carers. The successful postholder will provide dedicated support to Parent Carers who look after a child who has Special Educational Needs & Disabilities (SEND) aged 0-25 years. The support they offer will help them in their caring role.

The post holder will be office-based, they will join a small team of Wellbeing Officers who complete Carers Assessments with Adult Carers. We pride ourselves on offering Carers full accessibility to our services, providing face-to-face and telephone support. We are inviting applications from candidates who are caring, passionate, self-motivated, committed and want to work in an environment that is both rewarding and challenging due to the difficulties faced by many of our Parent Carers.

Who are we looking for…?

We are looking for a highly motivated individual, with experience of working directly with an adult client group. The successful candidate will have excellent communication and organisational skills, demonstrating a strong ability to working sensitively with adults over the age of 18 years of age who are Carers of a person under 25 years of age who has additional needs due SEND.

What will the successful applicant be doing…?

They will work with newly referred Parent (SEND) Carers, offering support which will help to reduce the impact of their caring role. They will create a package of support, tailored to the needs of the Parent Carer. The Adult Carers Wellbeing team aim to help Carers so that they get the support they need, preventing their caring role from having a negative impact on their social, mental, and physical wellbeing. The post holder will also work with existing Parent Carers who come back to us for support.