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Job details

Job details

Job reference

REQ003178

Date posted

08/12/2021

Application closing date

19/01/2022

Location

Islington

Salary

£ 24,000

Package

25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more

Job category/type

Full Time, Permanent

Recovery worker

Job description

Recruiting for three Recovery Workers to join our Islington Crisis House!

£24000 per annum, 40 hours per week plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

Job Overview:

  • Understand the concept of Recovery and apply those principles to develop an environment and service that enhances recovery.
  • Put the service-user at the centre of their support and promote optimism and hope for their increased independence
  • Provide intensive support (both practical and emotional) to people undergoing a period of mental health related crisis.
  • Act as a positive influence on service-users encouraging responsible behaviour and self reliance to people residing in the Service.
  • Support people in a way that maximises their self-sufficiency and enables them to live independently upon discharge from the service

Key Responsibilities:

  • To ensure recovery focused support plans are created, reviewed, evaluated and amended in accordance with changing needs, presenting risks and individual preferences in order to promote recovery.
  • Undertake keyworking responsibilities for a caseload assigned by the Team Leader/Service Manager.
  • To be flexible and responsive to the needs of service-users as directed by their personal support plan
  • To provide recovery focused support to achieve personal goals/aspirations in partnership with service-users, family members and statutory agencies. To work with service-users on a one to one basis to achieve positive outcomes within the given service timeframe
  • Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks within an attitude of ‘positive risk taking’
  • To treat all information – both verbal and written – in accordance with Look Ahead’s policy on confidentiality.
  • Develop and maintain links with key agencies and service providers in the local community
  • Demonstrate a commitment to the empowerment of service-users and a strong interest in co-production and promoting people’s rights.
  • Use person centred tools to support recovery and development of service-users.
  • Communicate effectively with people who are in mental distress, including any who may be acutely unwell.
  • Support service-users to undertake domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure service-users enjoy a high quality of accommodation.
  • Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive service-user records to professional standards.
  • To engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills.
  • To advocate assertively to statutory and voluntary agencies to ensure that service-users needs are met and link with organisations to provide a range of engagement opportunities for service-users in the community.
  • To maintain good relationships with all involved professionals and agencies.
  • To maintain good liaison with the service-users’ immediate community and family.
  • Work collaboratively with the service-user, their carers and care coordinators to plan for move-on and discharge from the point of the support commencing.
  • To attend and participate in weekly staff meetings, meetings with other professionals and in supervision and training as required.
  • To work with the staff team to achieve the aims and the objectives of the service.
  • To stay up to date with regard to development and research in the mental health field, housing support and in welfare benefits.
  • To exercise responsibilities under the current Health & Safety legislation and Equal Opportunities Policy as laid down or amended by Look Ahead Housing Association.
  • To act at all times in accordance with the aims, philosophy and practice of the project.
  • To undertake any other duties consistent with the basic objectives and duties of this post.

Person Specification:

  • Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
  • Approachable and open behaviour
  • Prefers working as part of a group or team
  • Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
  • Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
  • Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
  • Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
  • Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
  • Is essentially customer–focused
  • Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
  • Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour

Skills, Knowledge and Experience:
Essential:

  • At least an NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social care, or equivalent
  • Minimum of one years experience of support work with people with mental health related support needs

Desirable:

  • An understanding of care-planning processes and Models of Care within mental health
  • Knowledge of group and individual therapy and an understanding of risk management
  • Experience of working with vulnerable people whom are undergoing a period of crisis

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with the Inclusive Employers Standard 2020. We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds.

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