Weekend Recovery Worker

Weekend Recovery Worker Part -Time

Core Coordination - £28,690 to 34,730 (pro rata)

Location: The West London Crisis Recovery, 8 Corfton Road, Ealing, W5 2HT

Working Hours are 8am - 10pm Saturday & Sunday with a 1hour break.

The West London Crisis Recovery House is situated in a quiet residential setting with a large garden providing a relaxing outdoor space.  People staying at the service have their own room with communal bathroom and kitchen facilities.

It is a 17 bedded service offering a short-term stay of up to two weeks for people in mental health crisis.  We accept people between the ages of 18-65 who have an enduring mental health problem and are under the care of the West London NHS Trust.

The service offers support and safety planning and a range of therapeutic interventions to equip people using the service with coping strategies to draw upon after they return home.

Purpose of the Role:

To support the people using our services to achieve their life goals

To assist with the safe and successful daily running of the service

To work as part of a team towards agreed service/contract targets

Responsibilities:

Waythrough Services range from 24 hour residential care with nursing to floating support in peoples own homes. Some require evenings, weekends, nightshifts (waking or sleeping) and on-calls.

The people we support are central to everything we do. Each person who uses our services – residents or clients – is a unique individual and they all deserve to be treated as such. As such, the responsibilities may vary from day to day.

Assist people using our services to:

• Manage and improve their own physical and mental well-being
• Develop life-skills including budgeting, money management, tenancy sustainment, access to public services, further education and/or employment and living well in the community
• Live more fulfilling lives and develop new meanings and purposes
• Take control over their life, through their own choices and decisions

Ensure the safe running of the service:

• Assess resident wellbeing and welfare on an ongoing basis
• Keep our service compliant with legal regulations
• Provide a safe, respectful environment

Keywork:

• Oversee your own caseload of key clients
• Concentrate on the person and their individual needs, choices and aspirations, rather than on diagnostic categories or labels
• Work with individuals to develop agreed, meaningful and achievable person centred plans with positive outcomes that meet the individual's aspirations
• Complete a range of activities during key working sessions
• Ensure positive risk assessments are created and implemented in line with our policies and procedures
• Signpost people we support to other services for additional support

Manage your own workload:

• Plan and carry out your core areas of responsibility
• Complete accurate and timely computerised records via our database
• Liaise with external agencies - such as community mental health teams, multi- disciplinary teams and carers - building relationships and projecting a positive image of the service
• Effectively monitoring and managing your own wellbeing through debriefing and discussions with your manager and colleagues
• Keep up to date with organisational developments

Six skills and qualities required for the role:

• Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
• Ability to respond compassionately to sensitive and complex issues
• Able to motivate, support and advocate for people using services
• Able to work effectively unsupervised and as part of a team
• Able to keep good and accurate records
• Ability to plan and prioritise workload