Recovery Partner - Gosport

The You Trust; Gosport; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 29,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay and travel time

Enhanced annual leave

Matched pension

Death in Service Benefit

Sick pay allowances

Training and apprenticeships

Employee assistance programme

Equipment and uniform provided

Employee discounts

Job summary

The YOU Trust is recruiting a Recovery Worker (Recovery Partner) in Gosport to support people on their recovery journey and help them maintain independence, health and wellbeing. The role requires a person-centred approach and experience in mental health or related fields. Salary is £26,559 per year, pro-rated for part-time work.

The role includes day, evening, weekend, bank holiday, and sleep-in shifts. A Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification is preferred, with DBS checks and safeguarding

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health services or lived experience with complex needs.
• Understanding of recovery-focused and asset-based support.
• Knowledge of positive risk management.
• Flexible to work day, evening, weekend, and sleep-in shifts.

Responsibilities

• Support people to develop skills for independence, health and wellbeing.
• Provide person-centred care within the home environment.
• Assist with safe and comfortable accommodation and activities inside and outside the home.
• Work as part of a team and independently when required.

Skills

Mental health experience

Recovery-focused approach

Substance misuse awareness

Team collaboration

Education

Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification

Job description

Recovery Worker (Internally known as Recovery Partner)

Salary: £26,559 per year (salary will be pro-rated for part time)

Location: Gosport Permanent, Full & Part Time positions available

The first suitable candidate will be appointed

PLEASE NOTE WE DO NOT OFFER SPONSORSHIP FOR THIS ROLE

The Role:

The primary purpose of a recovery partner is to support the people you work with to develop their skills in order to maintain their independence, health and wellbeing. You will work as part of a team providing person – centred care, which includes tasks to ensure safe and comfortable accommodation, and being proactively involved in activities both inside and outside of the home.

You are passionate about working together and getting to know each person in the house and helping them to develop greater self – reliance and independence to better manager their own mental and physical well‑being.

The appointed Recovery Partner will:

• Have experience of working in mental health services or lived experiences, working with individuals who have forensic/offending history and/or complex needs.
• Have an understanding of recovery focused and asset-based support, and how to apply positive risk management.
• Have an understanding of substance misuse issues and how to work with clients to safely manage their substance misuse.
• Possess or be willing to work towards a relevant Level 3 Health & Social Care qualification.
• Have an understanding personalisation in the context of support, and best practice around person cantered working and positive risk taking.

About you:

You will be experienced and passionate about supporting people though their recovery journey, thinking creatively, innovatively and always taking a can-do approach to give the best possible support. You will have experience of positive risk management, knowledge of CQC regulations and have experience of supporting people in their day to day life.

You will be flexible able to meet the needs of the service, including working day time, evening, weekend, bank holidays and sleep in shifts on a rota basis. You will feel confident to work on your own initiative as well as part of a team, building positive relationships within the local community.

YOU has a strong value base, striving to be person-centred, innovative, trustworthy, can-do and excellent at all times, so it is important that you are as passionate about these principles as we are.

Our Benefits

• If you choose to begin a career with our organisation, you are guaranteed:
• Competitive rates of pay and paid travel time, including a higher mileage rate for car sharing.
• Enhanced annual leave entitlements, with the opportunity to buy and sell holiday.
• Matched pension scheme contributions, plus Death in Service Benefit and salary sacrifice options.
• Enhanced sick pay allowances and paid compassionate and emergency dependent leave.
• Excellent and professionally certified training, as well as access to fully-funded apprenticeship programmes.
• Real opportunities to develop in your profession.
• Free health and wellbeing advice via a 24/7, confidential Employee Assistance Programme.
• Everything you need to carry out your role free of charge, which may include a mobile phone, safety equipment and other necessary technology, a uniform where applicable, and of course a nice cup of tea or coffee throughout your day!
• Access to discounts across lots of your favourite stores and online shopping sites, as well as discounted bus travel on the First bus network.

The You Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. Applicants must be willing to undergo appropriate Adult and Child protection screening, including employment references and DBS check.

Where a role involves engaging in regulated activity relevant to adults and/or children it is an offence to apply for the role if you have been barred from engaging in such regulated activity.

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