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1. Support access to Primary Care services including registration, allocation & removal from GP lists; signposting to, & sharing of health information including dental & optical services with individuals and families from excluded communities.
2. Support and facilitate access to help relating to health, including the co-ordination of health services at hostels and residences, meeting patients to help identify health needs and facilitating access to services, maternity grants etc.
3. Undertake health promotion activity to excluded communities, working with clinical colleagues and in line with Public Health priorities which may be different for different communities. This will include advice relating to public health messages, health education strategies and screening programmes, working alongside the delivers of such services to ensure they are accessible to those they are aimed at and advising on cultural &/or faith sensitivities.
4. Raise awareness of the service provided by both the Social Inclusion Team and the wider Life Rooms internally across the trust and amongst external organisations such as other NHS Trusts and GP practices.
5. Assist with integration into local communities, including specific ethnic communities, sensitive to an individual’s circumstances, values and beliefs, but also to the wider communities within the city and The Life Rooms.
6. Assist in the development of community groups/activity within The Life Rooms to increase opportunities for social inclusion, cultural understanding and the sharing of skills.
7. Devise, develop and deliver learning sessions to support the wellbeing and community integration of BAME, asylum seekers, refugees and other excluded communities.
8. Responsible for the collection of information that contributes to service evaluation and audit, such as engagement and impact data, user feedback, and outcome measures.
9. Support the development of culturally informed services through engagement and side by side working, based on co-production principles.
10. Utilise information from a range of sources to develop and deliver health promotion sessions, including data, user feedback, local initiatives, partnership working and co-production.
11. Support the development of partnerships with The Life Rooms to enable cross sector pathways to be created in order to increase and strengthen the opportunities for individuals accessing the service.
12. Work alongside other agencies including the City Council’s Asylum Support Team, the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) and the Initial Health Assessment Clinic (IAC) to ensure access to health services and support for asylum seekers to enable them to do so.
13. Responsible for the creation of sustainable pathways into the Life Rooms services including learning and community activity and through signposting, and where necessary initially accompanying, to external partners able to support/advise them or expand their opportunities.
14. Monitor and record the progress of individuals through their activity in relation to registrations and access to health services as well as other activity in line with KPI’s and The Life Rooms’ Social Model of Health to enable the provision of activity framework data and outcomes data.
15. Be responsible for identifying the needs of and supporting those from excluded communities in accessing services around areas such as housing and environmental health, nursery & school places, community and faith organisations, groups for refuges & asylum seekers, Liverpool’s voluntary sector. This will include accessing migration services should individuals wish to return to their countries of origin.
16. Reporting any safeguarding issues ensuring concerns are acted upon appropriately and in a timely manner, including the completion of both internal and external records e.g., Pre-EHAT, DATIX etc.
17. As a member of The Life Rooms teams contribute towards the development of the Social Model of Health and its evaluation.
18. Be responsible for planning and delivering community engagement events tailored to needs of marginalised groups, to promote health, wellbeing, and access to services in a culturally informed way.
19. Be an advocate for marginalised individuals and communities in ensuring equal and fair access to health and wellbeing services, in both primary and secondary care across the city.
20. Create and deliver a suite of educational materials aimed at Asylum Seekers and Refugees to understand the NHS and health systems in the UK and how to access and navigate these to meet  Health and wellbeing needs.
21. Support families to understand the education system within the UK and support access to educational services as appropriate, including children and family services such Children and Young Persons services, Childrens Centres, and social care.