Female* Recovery Navigator

Missing Link Housing; West of England; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 56,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 30 days

International Women’s Day holidays

Development and training opportunities

Pension contribution (min 5%)

Mindful Employer Plus

Cycle to Work Scheme

Long Service Awards

Health and wellbeing programme

Job summary

BRISTOL MISSING LINK is seeking a Female Recovery Navigator to join the North Assessment & Recovery Team in Bristol. The role is part-time (18.75 hours/week) with a permanent contract and a starting salary of £27,099 per annum pro rata, plus benefits.

The post requires a driving licence and access to a vehicle, as the role covers a large geographical area and is based at the Greenway Centre in north Bristol.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with mental health needs or complex/multiple needs (e.g., homelessness, substance misuse, long-term conditions, domestic abuse).
• Experience of support planning and managing risk assessments.
• Ability to maintain hope and optimism for individuals with high recovery expectations.
• Effective caseload management with up-to-date documentation and policies.

Responsibilities

• Build trusting and collaborative relationships with service users.
• Coordinate with carers, families, and other services involved with service users.
• Adhere to Mental Health Bristol Partnership policies and use recovery-oriented approaches.
• Co-produce, update, and review crisis plans and relapse prevention tools.
• Implement recovery plans and liaise with professionals and service users for reviews.
• Coordinate support and refer to appropriate professionals and agencies.
• Advise service users to enable informed decisions about mental wellbeing.

Job description

Job Description

Established in 1983, BRISTOL MISSING LINK (incorporating Next Link and Safe Link) is a leading provider of women’s support services in Bristol.

We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female* Recovery Navigator to join the North Assessment & Recovery Team in Bristol. The team operates on a Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm basis and may include some occasional work outside of these hours. You will join us on a Permanent Contract, on a part-time basis working 18.75 hours per week (days to be agreed), and you will receive a competitive salary starting from £27,099 per annum pro rata plus benefits.

In Return For Joining Us, We Will Offer You

• 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
• Health and wellbeing programme

About The Role

As our Female* Recovery Navigator, you will be part of the Assessment and Recovery team working with and supporting men and women. This involves working alongside organisations within the Bristol Mental Health Partnership. This is a hub based in the north of Bristol and you will be working across a large geographical area; you therefore must be able to drive and have access to an appropriate vehicle. You will be based at the Greenway Centre which is where the North Assessment and Recovery Team is located.

The role is focused on providing a range of interventions to assist with daily health, social care and wellbeing needs to promote recovery, build resilience and improve wellbeing. You will be employed by Missing Link and seconded into our Bristol Mental Health Partnership and will therefore be operationally managed by Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP).

Key duties and responsibilities of our Female* Recovery Navigator

• Build trusting and collaborative relationship with service users
• Work closely with carers, families, children and other services directly involved with service users, carers if appropriate
• Carry out the role adhering to Mental Health Bristol Partnership’s policies, procedures, values, code of conduct and current legislation. Additionally, you must use a recovery orientated, psychologically informed, equalities-based approach
• Co-produce, update, implement and review a crisis plan, relapse prevention and other self-management tools
• Implement the recovery plan and inform any reviews, working jointly with other community mental health professionals and in partnership with service users in line with best practice
• Coordinate support, refer and liaise effectively with all professionals, agencies and other parties involved in service user’s support
• Enable delivery of recovery plans and to enable service users to make informed decisions about their mental wellbeing, maximising their independence and providing advocacy role where appropriate
• Provide specialist support to men and women using the service; advise and guide other team members regarding women’s mental health issues
• Promote and facilitate service user involvement and inclusion within Mental Health Bristol and the community in line with Mental Health Bristol Partnership objectives
• Manage caseload, documentation and time effectively, ensuring up to date, clear and accurate record keeping in line with policies, making best use of supervision, training and development
• Collaborate with other team members to maximise service performance, meet targets and Service Level Agreements and promote effective communication and teamwork
• Maintain hope and optimism for the service users with high expectations for recovery. Use lived experience (if appropriate) to positively support the individual’s recovery

This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post

What we are looking for in our ideal Female* 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)
• Experience of support planning and managing risk assessments
• The ability to maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high expectations for recovery
• Manage caseload, documentation and time effectively, ensuring up to date and clear record keeping in line with policies and procedures
• A current, full driving licence and access to an appropriate vehicle is essential