Band 4, Hope Service Recovery Coordinator, Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust; Bristol; Hybrid; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Part time

Job summary

A regional NHS health partnership is seeking a part-time Recovery Coordinator to support refugees and asylum seekers with PTSD. The role involves coordinating care, supporting coping skills, and facilitating access to local services, primarily in Bristol. Candidates with relevant experience and a passion for supporting vulnerable populations are highly encouraged to apply. This position offers a dynamic team environment and opportunities for training and professional growth.

Benefits

Opportunities for training and supervision

Supportive team environment

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health support services is essential.
• A passion for working with vulnerable populations is required.
• Lived experience of seeking asylum is welcomed.

Responsibilities

• Support asylum seekers and refugees with PTSD and trauma.
• Assist service users in daily health and wellbeing needs.
• Facilitate engagement with NHS and voluntary services.
• Act as care coordinator for assigned service users.

Skills

Experience with refugees and asylum seekers

Coping skills and resilience building

Knowledge of local support services

Ability to work in diverse environments

Job description

Band 4 Recovery Coordinator -Hope Service

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

The Hope Service offers a PTSD care pathway for Refugees and Asylum Seekers, including victims of trafficking. We also support people with an asylum seeking background living in Initial Accommodation (IA) hotels across the region. We are looking for a part time Recovery Coordinator (0.4WTE) to join our service, working across Bristol, South Gloucestershire and North Somerset.

This role will include supporting service users to strengthen coping skills and build resilience; sign post to local support services and help service users overcome barriers to accessing mental health support. We are particularly keen to build on the good working partnerships we have with local voluntary sector services.

Our service supports with people with a refugee/asylum seeking background and both experience and a passion for working in this field are essential. People with lived experience of seeking asylum are particularly invited to apply. In return we can offer the opportunity to be part of a dynamic and effective team and opportunities to access specialist training, supervision and support.

The team works primarily from Gloucester House, Southmead Hospital but the role will involve some remote working and community based work across the area in the Home Office hotels.

Main duties of the job

To support asylum seekers and refugees, and their carers, who have PTSD/Trauma presentation who are accessing psychological support from The Hope Service.

To enable and assist service users to meet their daily health, mental health, social care and wellbeing needs, in line with their person centred recovery goals.

To facilitate engagement with other services, both NHS and 3rdSector/voluntary.

To contribute to the ongoing assessment, delivery and review of interventions and activities, against the identified recovery goals.

To act as the care/recovery coordinator for allocated service users.

To support the development and delivery of defined wellbeing initiatives for a wider group of service users.