Recovery Worker

Recovery Worker (Internally known as Recovery Partner)

Salary: £14,641.80pa (£25,464 FTE)

Location:
Gosport
Permanent, Part Time (23 hours)

The first suitable candidate will be appointed.

The primary purpose of a recovery partner is to support the people you work with to develop their skills in order to maintain their independence, health and wellbeing. You will work as part of a team providing person‑centred care, which includes tasks to ensure safe and comfortable accommodation, and being proactively involved in activities both inside and outside of the home.

You are passionate about working together and getting to know each person in the house and helping them to develop greater self‑reliance and independence to better manage their own mental and physical well‑being.

• Have experience of working in mental health services or lived experiences, working with individuals who have forensic/offending history and/or complex needs.
• Have an understanding of recovery focused and asset‑based support, and how to apply positive risk management.
• Have an understanding of substance misuse issues and how to work with clients to safely manage their substance misuse.
• Possess or be willing to work towards a relevant Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification.
• Have an understanding personalisation in the context of support, and best practice around person‑centred working and positive risk taking.

You will be experienced and passionate about supporting people through their recovery journey, thinking creatively, innovatively and always taking a can‑do approach to give the best possible support. You will have experience of positive risk management, knowledge of CQC regulations and have experience of supporting people in their day to day life.

You will be flexible able to meet the needs of the service, including working day time, evening, weekend, bank holidays and sleep in shifts on a rota basis. You will feel confident to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team, building positive relationships within the local community.

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person‑centred, innovative, trustworthy, can‑do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

• If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:
• Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
• Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
• Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
• Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
• Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully‑funded apprenticeship programmes.
• Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
• Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
• Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.

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