Female Peer Recovery Navigator - Bristol, United Kingdom - Missing Link Housing

Missing Link Housing
Missing Link Housing
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Bristol, United Kingdom

4 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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We have a rewarding opportunity available for a
Female Peer Support Worker to join our
Community Rehabilitation
Team based in
Central Bristol.

You will join us on a **part
- time
, permanent
basis working 18.75 hours
per week and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of £25,359 - £27,449 pro rata
per annum
and benefits**.

Missing Link provides practical advice and support to individuals to allow them to maintain a rich and meaningful life.

The aim is to deliver recovery and wellbeing opportunities for people with mental health and other support needs to achieve their hopes and ambitions.


In return for joining us as our Female Peer Recovery Navigator, we will offer you the following fantastic benefits:

  • Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
  • 3 extra holidays including International Women's Day
  • Excellent development and training opportunities
  • Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
  • Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Long Service Awards

About the Female Peer Recovery Navigator role:

As our Peer Support Worker, you will work collaboratively together with the service user and mental health professionals to navigate and coordinate services (both social and clinical interventions), connecting into community resources, building resilience and improving wellbeing.

Working within a recovery and psychologically informed approach, taking a holistic view to support people's recovery to live fulfilling lives.

You will ensure that services are tailored to individual's cultural and social needs.


Key duties and responsibilities of our Female Peer Recovery Navigator:

  • Be an expert through personal lived experience of mental health recovery; to draw upon lived experience of mental health support needs and recovery to assist people to move forward positively
  • Be active in your own recovery and show a willingness to share recovery experience
  • Maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high expectations for recovery and build trusting and collaborative relationships with service users and other agencies
  • Identify, assess, contribute, maintain and manage risk to ensure risk is minimised
  • Coproduce, implement and review recovery plans, crisis plans and other selfmanagement tools e.g. Wellness Recovery Action Plan, in partnership with service users and best practice

What we are looking for in our ideal Female Peer Recovery Navigator:

  • Experience working with people with mental health needs, or people with complex and multiple needs (for example, homelessness, alcohol/drug dependency, long term conditions, domestic abuse and sexual violence)
  • Able to demonstrate ability to work alone and as part of a team, working with others and managing own time effectively and making best use of personal development, supervision and training opportunities
  • Proven knowledge of safeguarding policies and procedures relating to children and adults
  • A current, full driving licence and access to an appropriate vehicle, with business insurance is desirable

Closing date: 9am, Monday 3rd June 2024

Interviews will be held week commencing Monday 10th June :30-13:30)**- Missing Link is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Missing Link is committed to Equal opportunities. *Due to the specific requirements of this role, this post is exempt under the Equality Act (2010), Part 1, Schedule 9 (Genuine Occupational Requirement)_
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