• Key Duties - 

  • Remote working from home over the phone

  • Reduce isolation and loneliness
  • Provide choice and autonomy to the client
  • Signposting
  • Even saving lives through a conversation

  • How to flourish in a new job role - 

  • Identify the key skills and structure of the job

  • Practicing ways to communicate well
  • Asking for help from management if struggling
  • Open, honest and polite communication with line manager
  • Receive training on the job
  • Gain knowledge through education (IAG course, for example)
  • Turn knowledge into skills
  • Break down the job into parts and hone each part
  • Prepare before your shift

  • How to deal with upset client - 

  • Restate and remind the client of what the aims are of the service

  • Remain calm and professional
  • Be boundaries and stern where necessary

  • Well Being - 

  • Do things that feel good

  • Go for walks
  • See friends
  • Go to the community centre
  • Buying things
  • Remain positive
  • Join online workshops if have social anxiety
  • Don't isolate yourself