Link Worker - Carlisle, United Kingdom - Everyturn Mental Health

Everyturn Mental Health

Verified Company

Carlisle, United Kingdom

4 days ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

Responsibility for a designated case load, carrying out personalised, recovery focussed action planning, and supporting implementation and review of the plan.

Support individuals to make informed decisions about their mental wellbeing.

Support individuals to develop coping mechanisms and strategies to manage their mental wellbeing, maintaining good physical health and deal with social stressors such as housing or finance.

Maintain hope and optimism for the person, expressing high expectations for recovery.

Use lived experience (if appropriate) to positively support the persons recovery. To actively navigate, broker and signpost the person to the services and resources they need. Provide just the right amount of support, to enable the person to do this. The amount and intensity of this support will vary depending on the persons needs, mental health and life circumstances.

Work in a culturally sensitive way for all service users, tailoring service to meet their individual needs, challenging stigma and discrimination, advocating for person if appropriate, and ensuring up-to-date community knowledge.

Work with a range of needs e.g.

from young people to older people, LGBT service users, disabled people and with people with a range of backgrounds and ethnicity.

Participate actively in supervision and reflective practice.

Proactively seek advice and support from colleagues and other agencies as relevant.