Female* Recovery Navigator (BSW Service)

Missing Link; Swindon; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 31,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

3 extra holidays

Training opportunities

Pension contribution

Cycle to Work

Long service awards

Health & Wellbeing programme

Job summary

Missing Link in Swindon, Wiltshire, is seeking a Female* Recovery Navigator to join our BSW Team on a permanent, full-time basis. The role offers a 37.5 hour week and a salary of £26,577 per annum, with benefits.

You will work with primary and secondary mental health services, social care and voluntary partners to deliver community-based, recovery-focused support, using a trauma-informed, person-centred approach.

Qualifications

• Experience working with people with mental health needs.
• Experience working with people with complex needs (e.g. homelessness, substance use).
• A current, full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential.

Responsibilities

• Provide joined-up community-based support with health and social care partners.
• Develop and review person-centred support plans using trauma-informed approaches.
• Coordinate referrals and share learning with other agencies to support service users.

Skills

Mental health experience

Complex needs experience

Driving licence

Job description

Female* Recovery Navigator (BSW Service)

• Location: Swindon, Wiltshire, United Kingdom
• Salary: £26,577 per annum

The Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership is a partnership of voluntary organisations in the BSW service which include Second Step, Alabaré, Missing Link and Nilaari. Our complimentary skills, knowledge, experience and community connections will ensure the development and delivery of excellent, accessible, person centred, and integrated mental health services.

We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female* Recovery Navigator to join our BSW Team in Swindon. You will join us on a permanent contract working full-time 37.5 hours per week between the hours of 8am to 6pm Monday to Friday on a rota basis, with some occasional work outside of these hours. In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £26,577 per annum plus benefits.

The Wellbeing Partnership 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, 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)
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Health and Wellbeing programme

About the role:

As a Female* Recovery Navigator, you will work with colleagues from primary and secondary mental health services, social care, and other statutory and voluntary sector agencies to deliver community-based services. You will support the development of new ways of integrated working and play a key role in ensuring wrap-around support for service users.

You will work within a recovery model to achieve a service user’s identified goals, in a responsive, trauma-informed, person-centred way. You will support service users to build confidence, maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high aspirations for recovery.

Key duties and responsibilities of our Female* Recovery Navigator:

• Work as part of an integrative partnership to provide a joined-up offer to individuals accessing the service
• You will liaise with colleagues and build a strong working partnership with other agencies such as GPs, Health and Social Care, other Voluntary and Community Services to coordinate referrals, to take initiative to share learning new ideas and trends, and deliver the service user’s support package
• Attend and contribute in a positive and proactive way to daily handovers and Multi-Disciplinary -Discussions
• Work with individuals through trusting relationships to collaboratively develop and review person – centred support plans that focus on their goals and hopes, using DIALOG+ support tool and evidence-based interventions
• Working alongside Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP), Primary Care Liaison Services (PCLS), and other professionals to identify appropriate pathways of support.
• Using ‘Your team, Your conversation, Your Plan’ assessments and other self-management tools
• While you will be a specialist in women’s services, it is important to note that you will be working with male, female and other gendered service users.

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

• Experience working with people with mental health needs, or people with complex needs
• Proven knowledge of support needs of people with mental health needs
• Proven experience of working with people with multiple needs (e.g. mental health, homelessness, alcohol and/or drug dependency, long term conditions)
• A current, full driving licence and access to an appropriate vehicle with business insurance is essential.