Community Mental Health Recovery Support Worker with experience of working in Mental Health and/or Social Care, good level of written literacy and numeracy and the ability to work independently is required for a Field-Based position at Rethink Mental Illness.
SALARY: £26,457 per annum + £3,000 London Allowance + Excellent Benefits
LOCATION: Field Based across Multiple locations including the Boroughs of Brent, Harrow, Hillingdon and Westminster
JOB TYPE: Full-Time, Permanent
WORKING HOURS: 35 hours per week
JOB OVERVIEW
We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Community Mental Health Recovery Support Worker with experience of working in Mental Health and/or Social Care, good level of written literacy and numeracy and the ability to work independently.
As the Community Mental Health Recovery Support Worker your main responsibilities would be facilitating discharge from step down and coordinating the support needs of the patient. You will help organise and coordinator the care in stepdown for each patient, and you will recognise early identification of factors that would potentially delay timely discharge and impact on provision of appropriate aftercare.
Working as the Community Mental Health Recovery Support Worker you will liaise with housing and local authorities around discharge and facilitation of housing assessments. You will be responsible for coordinating the support for the patient allocated to you which can include ADL support, escort to appointments and arranging recovery activities.
The Community Mental Health Recovery Support Worker will take a role in embedding recovery values within the service and MDT Team, alongside other Trust recovery champions, and act as an ambassador of recovery for the Trust with external agencies and partner organisations.
CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS
Essential
Desirable
This post will be subject to a DBS Enhanced with Adults Barred check
ABOUT THE COMPANY
Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. The company believes that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of their core values.
They draw on the expertise, unique perspectives and lived experience of their people – regardless of who they are or their background – to help them become an inclusive and anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider who reflect the diverse communities they support as a mental health charity.
Don’t meet all the requirements?
If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t exactly match every single requirement, the organisation will still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for this position!
BENEFITS
Please note: we reserve the right to close any of our vacancies early.
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JOB REF: AWDO-P12833
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