Recovery Navigator - Bristol, United Kingdom - Second Step

    Second Step
    Second Step Bristol, United Kingdom

    4 weeks ago

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    Permanent
    Description

    Job summary

    We are excited to advertise a new opportunity to join our Specialist Community Forensic Team. SCFT is a Multi-Disciplinary Team that focus on support people in secure mental hospitals in their transition to the community. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to our work. We encourage a culture where staff are valued and supported with as much thought as our clients receive, helping to nurture an environment where team members have a real chance to learn, thrive and develop whilst putting your skills and passion to practice. Because we are an inclusive team, we want to encourage people from different cultural backgrounds to join us. Not only do we value this, but we also see the positive impact this will have on our team and clients we support. Also, at Second Step we highly value lived experience of staff and the unique insights and creativity it brings to challenges, growth and effective interventions.

    Main duties of the job

    The role of Second Step within this partnership arrangement will be to identify and support access to housing whereneeded, to support clients to thrive in their communities and neighborhoods with volunteering, education and employmentopportunities as well as embedding equalities throughout the service

    About us

    Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the Southwest offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other support needs. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

    Job description

    Job responsibilities

    Develop a strong recovery focus for clients including tailored personalised support, developed through co-production. Seek clear client/friends/family/carer feedback. In partnership with the AWP ensure appropriate access and support to housing by drawing on existing resources and expertise at Second Step. In partnership with the AWP undertaken appropriate risk assessments/care program approach planning to ensure moves are positively planned and managed. Deliver volunteering, education and employment pathways for clients moving out of in-patient units. Maintain effective operational links with all relevant key agencies to help deliver the housing, volunteering, education, employment and equalities pathways. Identify, assess, contribute, maintain, feedback and manage risk to ensure risk is minimised. Work in a safe manner using a positive risk-taking approach, ensuring health and safety policies are implemented and fully adhered to ensure all safeguarding issues are properly managed. Have up-to-date safeguarding and risk management training and ensure that Safeguarding and risk management policies and procedures are fully adhered to

    Person Specification

    Experience

    Essential

  • A minimum of two years significant experience working with people with mental health needs, or people with complex needs
  • Proven experience of working with people with multiple needs ( mental health, homelessness, alcohol/drug dependency long term conditions and offending )
  • Proven experience of carrying out needs and/or risk assessments and the support planning process
  • Experience of working with a number of individuals with competing needs and priorities

    • Desirable

  • Proven experience of mental health issues and/or services, either as a user, carer or supporter.