Relief Bank - Support and Recovery Worker Bedfordshire

Social Interest Group; Cambridgeshire and Peterborough; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A reputable not-for-profit organization is seeking Support and Recovery Workers to assist individuals with complex needs in Bedfordshire. The role involves creating support plans, facilitating independent living skills, and offering emotional support to clients. Candidates should possess a passion for social care, strong communication skills, and an understanding of mental health challenges.

Qualifications

• Genuine passion to help people; effective communicator.
• Ability to build rapport with diverse backgrounds; compassionate and supportive.
• Experience working with people of complex backgrounds.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key worker and contribute to support plans.
• Provide advice and guidance to residents.
• Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health and initiate interventions.

Education

NVQ/Diploma Level 2 in Health & Social Care/Community Justice

Job description

Relief Bank - Support and Recovery Worker Bedfordshire

ABOUT THE ROLE

We are hiring Relief Bank - Support and Recovery Workers to support our services across Bedfordshire. Our services support people with various levels of need including floating support in the community and more specialised residential settings. If you are looking for a rewarding role with room to grow, learn and progress in social care this is an ideal role for you. You would have the opportunity to work in potentially work in many of our Services across the region, gaining experience and supporting people from many different backgrounds in your community.

Shift Pattern: Various shifts across the various services some for which are business hours and some which are 7 days per week and 24 hours.

About Our Services In Bedfordshire

Our Bedfordshire Services are some of the most innovative and progressive within Penrose Options and the Social Interest Group. They range from Floating Housing support that people to live independently in the community, to a specialist Women's Refuge, Women and Family residential services, and homeless and rough sleeper support aimed at supporting residents into independent living.

All our clients have a personalised support plans and proactive support work, to engage them with the opportunities available to them to live independently in the community, develop their social skills and independent living skills. We work with clients to improve their health and wellbeing, including supporting people to manage their mental health condition and crisis prevention.

Our residential houses in Bedford are commissioned by Bedford Borough Council to deliver housing related support services for people with mental health problems. The aim of our service is to provide a short term service to enable clients to recover, stabilise and manage their mental health, develop or rebuild their independent living skills, engage with other key services within the locality and access suitable intermediate or long term housing.

Our properties offer a safe, peaceful and supportive living environment for individuals wanting to engage with support to increase their levels of independence. Our support programme is led by the individual and co-ordinated with support staff and external agencies.

Luton Residential Services

Bridge House Luton delivers accommodation-based housing related support to homeless families in Luton. The service has 7 units of accommodation that can comprises of:

Our service is designed to work with families to gain the valuable skills required to end the cycle of homelessness and enable future independently sustained living. Support is provided in a flexible, individualised approach so that families can progress in a way that suits both parent and child’s needs whilst in a safe and stable environment.

Biscot House Luton delivers accommodation based/housing related support to single men aged 18+. The service has 9 units of accommodation (including disabled access).

Biscot House provides a supportive base to gain the skills and confidence to secure and maintain appropriate future living in the community – this may be independent or long term supported accommodation. The assistance provided by Biscot House is led by the individual and varies from basic interventions and guidance around resettlement and gaining/sustaining independent living. Biscot House provides support for clients to end the cycle of homelessness. Staff and residents work together to create a fun, vibrant and service user focused home, in which to develop vital skills and confidence to live in the community.

Luton - Specialist Women's Service

The service will embrace a flexible approach, displaying tolerance, recognition and understanding the impact trauma can have on behaviour. The service will remain conscious of the societal tendency to unconsciously exhibit bias against women, whereby behaviours considered acceptable from males are often deemed unacceptable for females due to ingrained gender stereotypes. Sexually exploited women will not be expected to change to fit into a service model, rather the service model is designed to support women with high levels of trauma and a complex array of support needs and behaviours.

The service will provide tailored support on an individual basis, adopting an intensive, strengths based, person-centered approach in collaboration with multiple services and partners as required. The service will work with each client on a co-produced, comprehensive support plan where the priorities are set by the client.

If you have the passion, creativity, and tenacity to make a real difference to people’s lives, challenge stigma and make our communities safer, we would love to hear from you!

ABOUT YOU

We’re looking for someone with a genuine passion and felt purpose to help people, challenge stigma, and make a real difference to people’s lives!
We are looking for a team player, driven to provide high quality care and support to others, an effective communicator who is able to build rapport with others from various backgrounds. You will be compassionate, supportive, and empowering to others, whilst able to form effective, positive and motivational relationships.

• Act as a key worker and/or link worker and contribute to the development of support plans, risk assessments and subsequent reviews.
• Provide advice, information and guidance to residents and participants.
• Explore the most appropriate methods and resources for meeting activity needs, including group events and individual sessions, using internal and external sources.
• Participate in, and encourage residents and participants to participate in the running and development of projects, social enterprise initiatives, training, volunteering or work experience.
• Develop and sustain therapeutic relationships, providing practical and emotional support to ensure they are always treated with respect and dignity.
• Support our residents and participants with the relevant skills, experience, networks, and training to prepare them for resettlement into semi/independent living.
• Identify resident activity needs and wishes through assessments, observations, and discussions.
• Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health and initiate appropriate interventions to prevent a crisis.
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external persons and agencies.
• Administration duties will vary.

Other responsibilities than those described above may be required to be undertaken from time to time and will be expected to be performed to as long as it is within the capability and level of the position.

KEY CRITERIA

What we are looking for:

• IT Proficiency, ability to learn new software programs, basic Microsoft experience is required
• Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds, including in the criminal justice field, mental health, and/or substance misuse or a good understanding of the sector
• Understanding of the housing and social needs of people with multiple and complex needs
• Able to influence and negotiate positive outcomes with others

What we would like, but not essential:

• Appropriate qualification: NVQ/Diploma Level 2 in Health & Social Care/Community Justice, or professional equivalent
• Experience of providing housing support and a practical assistance within a residential or outreach support role
• Experience creating co-produced support plans and providing appropriate interventions for service user and liaising with other professionals

Further details of the responsibilities and key criteria can be found in the JDPS attached.

WORKING FOR US

ABOUT US

Social Interest Group (SIG) believes good care and support improve lives. Our values of ambition, empowerment, transparency, and inclusivity drive everything we do. Our mission is to empower people who are marginalised by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement and resettlement.

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings (including people's own homes), probation settings, and hospitals awaiting discharge. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, and Kent. We believe in the power of well-planned, well-managed services to make a difference. We work with high standards and external and internal regulatory frameworks.

Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future:Theory of Change

Ambition – Eager to succeed and to accomplish as much as possible for our people

Empowerment – Giving staff and the people we support the tools, training, and information they need to achieve their potential

Transparency – Upfront and visible about our actions and open to scrutiny from stakeholders, service users, and staff

Inclusivity – Listening to, understanding, and including all our stakeholders to ensure we make a difference and get things right

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

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