Community Sexual Health Worker

Permanent: 37.5 hours per week (part-time considered also)
Salary Range: £23,810 up to £25k dependant on experience per year
Closing date: We will consider applications as they are received and may close the vacancy once a suitable candidate is appointed.

Please note - applications are only open to residents of Gloucestershire.

This is an exciting opportunity for you to join a team of skilled people in an organisation that is committed to delivering quality services.

We are looking for a candidate who is flexible in their approach, a good listener, empathic, and personable, with experience of working with marginalised groups or individuals.

The job role requires a positive attitude towards HIV and other sexual health issues. You will be working with a diverse range of individuals and will have the experience, and the skills needed to work effectively with people from a range of backgrounds. Ideally, you will also be experienced (or prepared to undertake training) in group work; this could be holding workshops, delivering training, or engaging in activities with groups that promote social inclusion and sexual health awareness.

Full support and training will be given.

About us

The Eddystone Trust is a small charity that works across the Southwest of England, we are collaborative, supportive and the work is rewarding. Our goal is to challenge the stigma, discrimination and misinformation associated with HIV and sexual health.

Job Overview

Working as the Community Sexual Health Outreach Worker you will deliver key elements of the area work plan which will include an STI prevention service targeted at people most at risk of poor sexual health. You will also provide a day-to-day proactive service to individuals and groups which support their capacity to manage their sexual health and/or HIV and help them access a range of appropriate services provided by other organisations.

As the Community Sexual Health Outreach Worker, you may also provide input into the support service for people living with HIV.

Duties:

Your main duties as a Community Sexual Health Outreach Worker include:

HIV and STI Prevention: actively engage people identified as being at greater risk of acquiring HIV or other sexually acquired infections in prevention activities; this will include behaviour change interventions with individuals and groups, active engagement with social media, outreach and netreach, and community testing.

Sexual Health promotion: to take part in the design and delivery of evidence-based public health campaigns aimed at improving sexual health, including access to PEP/Prep, condom use, U=U, and appropriate testing options

Support the development of and deliver against the contract work-plan and contracted KPIs.

Develop and maintain effective, mutually beneficial relationships with partner agencies, actively engage with networking opportunities and facilitating increased awareness of the work of the charity.

Candidate Requirements

As the Community Sexual Health Outreach Worker, you will have the following skills, experience, and attributes:

• Experience working with members of marginalised groups and/or individuals with multiple and complex needs.
• Positive attitude towards HIV and sexual health issues
• Experience of reaching, working face to face and digitally with target groups who experience health inequalities and who are most at risk of poor sexual health in local communities.
• Excellent written and communication skills
• Ability to coordinate multiple assignments and to determine priorities.
• Strong interpersonal skills and professional attitude
• Ability to develop and maintain excellent working relationships and build partnerships with a wide range of people and organisations.
• Excellent administrative, organisational, and time-management skills
• Excellent knowledge of software packages, in particular Microsoft Office
• Ability to self-motivate, manage own diary and lone work
• Previous experience of delivering workshops/info sessions
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Please note: Ideally, candidates will have a driving licence and access to a vehicle as this post requires regular travel, locally and regionally and you will need to be able to get to places that are not well served by public transport.

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Employee assistance programme
• Hybrid working opportunity
• Generous holiday entitlement
• Sick pay
• Commitment to employee development
• Extra days Annual leave for birthday

Schedule:

The role requires flexibility and may include evening and weekend work, to be agreed upon through negotiation.

Application deadline - We will consider applications as they are received and may close the vacancy once a suitable candidate is appointed

To apply please click on Apply Now and fill out the enquiry form, with a current CV along with a cover letter outlining why you’re suitable for the job, outlining relevant experience, skills and knowledge and anything else that you feel makes you suited to the role (Please refrain from using AI tools in your response, as we are eager to understand your individual strengths and what you personally can contribute to this role).