Carer Wellbeing and Support Worker – Young Adult Carers Salary 10,798 for 18.5 hrs (fte 21,597) Littlehampton based

Promoting Carer Recognition, Choice and Control Our teams offer support to adults and young adults who are unpaid carers for family or friends. To find and reach carers the charity needs to be high profile and well recognised as a local provider of personalised support for carer wellbeing. You will be working in the Coastal/Chichester location of West Sussex with young adult carers. • Do you have a good understanding of carers issues? • Do you have experience or working knowledge of the issues faced by young adult carers? • Do you have good communication and networking skills? You will work as a member of a countywide-team to achieve recognition for all carers, provide information and personalised advice, support and advocacy for carers and work in partnership with local voluntary, health and social care services. Essential qualities include understanding the generic and condition specific issues carers face, excellent interpersonal skills, experience in a relevant work role and commitment to high quality service. Please DO NOT apply on the WSCC website. Please note this is not a WSCC post, it is being advertised on behalf of our partner Carers Support. We particularly welcome applications from people from a wide range of diverse backgrounds and cultural communities. Please see the job description and application form  Application closing date: 9 am, 24 April 2017 Interviews: 12 May 2017 Charity No 1123359 Company 6418473