Mental Health Recovery Worker

Additional payments for accumulated sleep-in shifts incur circa £5000 per annum

As a Mental Health Recovery Worker with 2Care you will assist in the support and recovery of service users with long-term mental health conditions. The Knowl is a community-based recovery and rehabilitation service providing short-term intensive support to enable service users to achieve their personal goals and aspirations.

The role of Mental Health Recovery Worker involves:

• Being a keyworker and supporting service users to draw up support plans, enabling them to develop life and social skills
• Facilitating groups and meetings
• Assisting in administration and domestic activities associated with running the service
• Contributing to an environment that respects the dignity, independence and choice of each individual
• Maintaining the highest standards of hygiene and health and safety at all times. 

To join us a Mental Health Recovery Worker, you will need to be able to:

• Teach/facilitate life and social skills
• Remain calm in challenging/stressful situations
• Be creative in finding solutions to unfamiliar situations
• Work on a shift basis when required.

Sleep-ins are part of the shift system that you will be required to work for which an extra payment is awarded.

At 2Care we truly value our staff and place significant emphasis on support, training and progression. We offer attractive benefits, including generous annual leave, and free life assurance.

With over 80 years’ experience, 2Care is a dynamic and progressive national charity, providing innovative recovery services to adults with long-term mental health conditions. We are part of the Richmond Fellowship group, one of the largest voluntary sector providers of specialist mental health care in England.

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Closing date: 7 November 2014