Description:
REGIONAL FIDELITY CARES AND WELLNESS CHAMPION
Vacancy: Wellness Officer
Reporting to: Corporate Wellness Manager
Location: Central - Free State and Northern Region
Main Job Purpose:
The Wellness Officer Social Worker will be responsible for supporting the mental and emotional well-being of individuals within the organization. They will provide counselling, emotional support, and resources to help employees manage stress, improve coping skills, and enhance overall wellness.
Minimum Requirements:
- A degree in social work or a related field.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure as a social worker in the state of employment.
- Previous experience providing counselling and support services in a mental health or wellness setting.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Familiarity with mental health resources and support services in the community.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism in all interactions with employees.
- Commitment to promoting mental health and wellness in the workplace.
- Willing to Travel.
Jobs Objectives
- Facilitate provision of critical financial and non-financial support to Fidelity Services Group employees facing injuries, emergencies, and hardships
- Educate or facilitate quarterly workshops to address health challenges, reduce stress, address anxiety, depression and build resilience and coping mechanisms.
- Promote wellness awareness through internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team Sessions.
- Provide or facilitate counselling services for employees and their immediate families
- Promote EAP awareness through internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team Sessions.
- Mental Health First Aid Training
- Facilitate, schedule or Train employees as Mental Health First Aid Trainers to identify and support employees in distress.
- Provide emotional support and practical support to employees affected by death of co-worker
- Collaborate with HR, and COIDA department managers to identify affected employees- create regional WhatsApp groups (HR, COIDA and Wellness Champions) for quick communication mechanism.
- Schedule bereavement support sessions and counselling sessions facilitated by grief counsellor for affected teams within one week of incident.
- Report back to National Wellness Manager within 24 hours.
- Create peer support groups within teams to foster a culture of empathy and shared healing.
- Facilitate quarterly on-site health screening focusing on blood pressure, glucose levels, BMI etc.
- Facilitate ongoing workshops and awareness sessions on physical wellness focusing on blood pressure, glucose levels, BMI etc.
- Promote physical wellness through internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team sessions focusing on blood pressure, glucose levels, BMI etc.
- Facilitate financial literacy workshops to educate employees on budgeting, savings and managing debt.
- Promote financial literacy though internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team sessions focusing on budgeting, savings and managing debt.
- Pre-Retirement Planning
- Schedule and coordinate one-one sessions for employees due for retirement between 50 and 60 years of age facilitated by financial advisors.
- Keep records and report pre-retirement session held and report to National Wellness Manager on monthly basis.
- Facilitate team-building activities to foster camaraderie
- Facilitate skills development programs to enhance job-related skills and career growth.
- Facilitate Wellness Days to educate employees about Wellness
Other personality attributes:
- Energetic self-starter.
- Hands on approach.
- Commercially and financially focused.
- Entrepreneurial streak.
- Cohesive and systemic thinker.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Demanding and strong manager with very high standards and proven leadership qualities.
- Creative problem solver.
- Confident communicator, strong in both verbal and written communications.
- Ability to influence (up and down).
- Ability to effectively business partner with cross functional departments, and other stakeholders of the business.
- Team player/ resilient character.
This role holds an ideal growth opportunity in Southern Africa’s fastest growing and largest Integrated Risk and Security Solutions Provider. The appropriate candidates will become eligible to participate in development programmes and be exposed to a wide variety of businesses
We reserve the right not to make an appointment to any advertised position.
Whilst preference is always given to existing employees and the choice made purely on merit, Historically Disadvantaged Candidates and Disabled Candidates are encouraged and supported in the FSG team.
Fidelity Security Group (Pty) Ltd supports global fair practice and business ethics on continuous development of our human capital as the key resource to our success in the markets in which we participate. Should you not be contacted regarding this position within 10 working days from the closing date, please regard your application as unsuccessful.
Requirements:
- A degree in social work or a related field.
- Licensed or eligible for licensure as a social worker in the state of employment.
- Previous experience providing counselling and support services in a mental health or wellness setting.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to work effectively with individuals from diverse backgrounds and experiences.
- Familiarity with mental health resources and support services in the community.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality and professionalism in all interactions with employees.
- Commitment to promoting mental health and wellness in the workplace.
- Willing to Travel.
- Facilitate provision of critical financial and non-financial support to Fidelity Services Group employees facing injuries, emergencies, and hardships
- Educate or facilitate quarterly workshops to address health challenges, reduce stress, address anxiety, depression and build resilience and coping mechanisms.
- Promote wellness awareness through internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team Sessions.
- Provide or facilitate counselling services for employees and their immediate families
- Promote EAP awareness through internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team Sessions.
- Mental Health First Aid Training
- Facilitate, schedule or Train employees as Mental Health First Aid Trainers to identify and support employees in distress.
- Provide emotional support and practical support to employees affected by death of co-worker
- Collaborate with HR, and COIDA department managers to identify affected employees- create regional WhatsApp groups (HR, COIDA and Wellness Champions) for quick communication mechanism.
- Schedule bereavement support sessions and counselling sessions facilitated by grief counsellor for affected teams within one week of incident.
- Report back to National Wellness Manager within 24 hours.
- Create peer support groups within teams to foster a culture of empathy and shared healing.
- Facilitate quarterly on-site health screening focusing on blood pressure, glucose levels, BMI etc.
- Facilitate ongoing workshops and awareness sessions on physical wellness focusing on blood pressure, glucose levels, BMI etc.
- Promote physical wellness through internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team sessions focusing on blood pressure, glucose levels, BMI etc.
- Facilitate financial literacy workshops to educate employees on budgeting, savings and managing debt.
- Promote financial literacy though internal communication (email, posters, FESS, EVP Team sessions focusing on budgeting, savings and managing debt.
- Pre-Retirement Planning
- Schedule and coordinate one-one sessions for employees due for retirement between 50 and 60 years of age facilitated by financial advisors.
- Keep records and report pre-retirement session held and report to National Wellness Manager on monthly basis.
- Facilitate team-building activities to foster camaraderie
- Facilitate skills development programs to enhance job-related skills and career growth.
- Facilitate Wellness Days to educate employees about Wellness
- Energetic self-starter.
- Hands on approach.
- Commercially and financially focused.
- Entrepreneurial streak.
- Cohesive and systemic thinker.
- Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Demanding and strong manager with very high standards and proven leadership qualities.
- Creative problem solver.
- Confident communicator, strong in both verbal and written communications.
- Ability to influence (up and down).
- Ability to effectively business partner with cross functional departments, and other stakeholders of the business.
- Team player/ resilient character.
13 May 2025;
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