Band 4 Recovery Coordinator; Intensive​/Crisis Team

Job overview

We are looking for a Recovery Coordinator for South Wiltshire Intensive Service based at Fountain Way Hospital, Salisbury. The position is offering full time hours, although alternatives would be considered. Our operating hours are between 0800 to 2220 and we work to an early, late and/or long day shift pattern.

We are ideally looking for someone who has successfully undertaken the NVQ Level 3 in Mental Health or equivalent qualification, is enthusiastic, has experience of working with people and families in distress due to mental health crisis and are able to work under pressure. The South Wiltshire Intensive team works to promote recovery and operates a non-exclusion policy.

We provides assessment and home treatment to individuals and their carers as an alternative to hospital admission, relapse prevention, short term therapy work and help provide facilitated discharge from hospital.

The successful applicant will be expected to offer a variety of psychosocial interventions to service users. Whilst working under the guidance of registered practitioners there is also the expectation of lone working  Intensive team has a shared caseload so Mental Health Workers are not required to provide care co‑ordination.

We are a well-established Multidisciplinary Team which places huge emphasis on Continued Development Practice so there will be an expectation to undertake further training. We are always looking for creative ways to develop individually and as a team so we can continue to provide contemporary care to the people that we support.