Bank Support Mentor - Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom - Social Interest Group

Social Interest Group

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Kensington and Chelsea, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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ABOUT THE ROLE

As a Bank Worker you will work as a Peer Support Mentor, you will use your own lived experience to build trusting and supportive relationships with residents, and carry out the responsibilities of the role which will be tailored to the service specific needs.

You will support and empower our residents and participants to maintain their health and wellbeing, to be part of the wider community and help them to lead more fulfilling lives.

You will be involved in organising and delivering stimulating and engaging groups and activities across our sites to address the challenges faced by our residents and participants, to support them on their journey towards independent living.

Rota:
Monday to Sunday between 9am and 9pm

Please note, we have full time and part time positions available for this role.

ABOUT THE SERVICE

The SIG Penrose Complex Needs Hub is commissioned via the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea to provide safe, accommodation-based housing and relational support services for people who are deemed to be socially excluded.

The Complex Needs Hub is a service designed with a Supportive Relational Model, this aims to deliver support interventions with the residents and participants needs and aspirations at its heart.

We foster the following elements within the model; strength/asset based approaches, trauma informed practice, psychologically informed environments and co-production.

We understand that many of those accessing our service have experienced multiple disadvantage and adverse experiences.

The needs of service users may include but is not exclusive to:

Single homeless people with support needs
Rough sleepers or former rough sleepers
Offenders or exoffenders
Refugees
People with substance misuse needs
People with multiple needs, including mental health needs
People with challenging behaviour(s)

Residents are referred via the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Once, accommodated, they will undergo a full assessment by our experienced staff, intended to identify support needs.

We work in collaboration with community partners to provide risk management, support treatment, therapies, delivery of and access to interventions, and a safe environment for residents to learn and exercise new skills.

ABOUT US
The Social Interest Group (SIG) believes that good care and support make for better lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do.

Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation, providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in a range of residential, drop-in centers, community floating support settings (including in peoples own homes), probation settings and people who are in hospital awaiting discharge.

We currently do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.

Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change - YouTube

Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group
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If you have the passion, creativity, and tenacity to make a real difference to people's lives, challenge stigma and make our communities safer, we would love to hear from you_

ABOUT YOU

You will be creative and able to support and implement new ideas and initiatives, being a team player and able to communicate effectively with people from different backgrounds You will be able to use your own lived experience to support and empower others, whilst recognising the diversity of experience and journeys that our residents and participants have.

We're looking for someone who is passionate about what we do and can live through our values and culture to help make a difference.

OVERVIEW OF KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Support our residents to achieve their personal goals, in line with their support plan, liaising with internal and external professionals.
Plan, implement and promote a range of internal and external activities and programme opportunities.
Empower our residents and participants to make decisions and take control over their lives, by creating a positive and enabling environment.
Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health or general wellbeing, initiative appropriate support and interventions.
Support the team, residents and participants with knowledge of your own lived experience, coping mechanisms, and other relevant information and guidance.
Deliver harm reduction advice and educate others whilst working alongside professionals.

Other responsibilities than those d