Community Link Worker

TipTopJob; Ealing; On-site; GBP 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to community recovery! As a Community Link Worker, you'll empower individuals to achieve independence while fostering strong community connections. This role involves managing service user caseloads, conducting assessments, and collaborating with various agencies to ensure effective support. You'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the lives of residents, helping them navigate their recovery journey. If you're passionate about community service and personal development, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Qualifications

• Experience in community support and promoting independence.
• Ability to manage service user caseload and prioritize workloads.

Responsibilities

• Support service users in achieving independence and positive outcomes.
• Collaborate with team managers to develop community links.

Skills

Community Support

Networking

Risk Assessment

Administrative Skills

Team Collaboration

Education

Relevant Certification in Social Work or Community Support

Job description

Community Link Worker

Location: Ealing

Salary: A£26,560 inclusive per annum

West London Crisis Recovery House is Registered Care Home, working in a recovery model. The services are staffed 24/7 and offer support to the residents aged 18 and upwards.

The Role

* To promote independence by supporting service users to move on positively.
* Develop networks across West London to build strong move-on pathways from the WLCH.
* Ensure discharge KPI timescales are adhered to within the WLCH.

Key Accountabilities:

* Collaborate with Team Managers to develop strong community links, ensuring effective housing support for all residents.
* Directly run, manage or supervise groups or activities as appropriate.
* Effectively manage a service user caseload by prioritising workload.
* Organise and provide purposeful one to one service user action planning sessions and reviews.
* Directly run, manage, or supervise activities and groups designed to support residents in the discharge process and their integration into previous or new living arrangements.
* Adhere to the Community service referral procedure.
* Using their processes, provide a needs assessment, risk assessment and risk management plan for each individual service user.
* Where appropriate refer service users to other support services e.g. housing, counselling, CAB etc.
* To increase service users' independence and self-esteem, promote and encourage access to services that develop personal wellbeing, health, and life skills training
* Ensure confidentiality is maintained as detailed in their Confidentiality Policy.
* Participate in key aspects of the Service as requested by the Team Manager.

General Accountabilities

Administration:

* Maintain appropriate paperwork as required by the organisation and by the Commissioners who fund the day services.
* Provide copies of individual support plans and reviews of same to referrers.
* Accurately contribute to service monitoring systems.
* Maintain accurate service user's records.
* Observe any written policies, procedures and guidelines for good practice issued by the organisation.
* Provide regular reports as required to the Team Leader.
* Ensure the petty cash procedures are used when money is spent locally on groups/ activities and other resources.
* Ensure compliance with Health and Safety legislation and their Health and Safety policies and procedures

Liaison:

* Liaise with appropriate statutory and voluntary agencies and provide information as necessary.
* Build and maintain positive and productive relationships with local community groups, resource providers, and partnership organisations.
* Present the Community Link Worker and the Day Service in a professional and positive way to external organisations.
* Attend local meetings and conferences of relevance to the service.

Supervision and Training:

* Accept regular support and monthly supervision from line management.
* Attend training courses and events as required.
* Attend and contribute to staff team meetings.
* Assist as requested in the selection of volunteers.
* Provide personal supervision to volunteers/ or less experienced workers as assigned.
* Assist as requested in the induction of new staff according to their Induction Policy

Equal Opportunities:

* Comply with and implement the organisations Equal Opportunity Policy at all times.
* Show a commitment to providing/working with diversity in the service

Health and Safety:

* Comply with their Health & Safety policies and procedures.
* Take personal responsibility for own health and safety and report incidents and potential hazards as necessary.

If you feel you are a suitable candidate and would like to work for this reputable organisation, please proceed through the following link to be redirected to their website to complete your application.

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