Senior Mental Health Recovery Worker

We are currently partnering with a social housing provider based in East London which has been providing support for and helping homeless people for over 50 years.

We are recruiting on their behalf for a permanent full-time Senior Mental Health Recovery Worker position to start immediately. The role is 40 hours per week, working on a rota that includes a mixture of earlies and lates, including weekends (nights are not required).

Successful candidates must be subject to or hold an enhanced DBS and have the right to work within the UK (sponsorships will not be allowed)

The successful candidate will will deliver support services to residents which meets organisational service standards, aims, objectives and performance targets. You will be working to directly influence the lives of residents, guiding them towards a path of empowerment and independence with sometimes challenging or vulnerable situations.

Day to day duties will include:

• Engage with residents, providing a safe environment and directing initiative, even with situations which involve challenging behaviour
• Contribute towards the recovery hub, embedding the Rethink Recovery toolkit provided to you for mental health, alcohol, and drug misuse
• Attend training and meetings as provided
• Book interviews and referrals necessary to reach project goals
• Implement equal opportunities in daily work, ensuring diversity and cultural needs are respected, and discrimination or harassment is challenged
• Assist in carrying out initial recovery worker assessments
• Create peer groups and practical activities to develop life skills
• Take part in the management of money and safeguarding as required
• Ensure residents are managing medication, adhering to organisational Medication policy
• Ensure Care Programme Approaches, multi-agency risk management plans and monitoring practices are in place
• Contribute towards meetings, training, away day management, service improvements, and reciprocity rather than dependency for residents
• Develop links and communicate with internal and external partners including statutory and voluntary organisations with a particular focus on substance misuse agencies
• To anticipate, respond, report and record incidents with residents