Recovery Worker

Job summary

The Recovery centre is a multidisciplinary and multi agency service made up of staff from LYPFT, Leeds Mind, Touchstone and Community Links. The remit of the service is to provide coordinated care and interventions to service users within the inpatient rehabilitation and recovery units and to support their transition into the community.

Main duties of the job

As a Recovery Worker you will deliver specific components of prescribed care packages under the direct supervision of Care Coordinators and Clinical Leads. The post holder will provide structured support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to take control over their own lives and engage actively in their own recovery process.

We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health difficulties and the service encourages the use of the wisdom gained through personal lived experience - all candidates must have strong values around recovery, social inclusion, and diversity.

You will be motivated and a have a positive attitude towards innovation and change with a responsible, flexible approach and excellent interpersonal and team working skills. The post requires you to work with service users of all ages (over 18) and to provide a flexible service between the hours of 8am and 8pm, Monday to Friday.

About us

Touchstone is a multi-award-winning mental health and wellbeing charity operating in communities across Yorkshire. Touchstone understands that we can only deliver excellence to the people we serve if the people we recruit are happy, empowered, supported to reach their potential and trusted to lead.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. Further information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy. Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you. Applications can be obtained by visiting www.touchstonesupport.org.uk or by e-mailing recruitment@touchstonesupport.org.uk.