Job summary
Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust is delighted to develop the new Community Rehabilitation Team to support service users experiencing complex psychosis, who are ready to step down from inpatient rehabilitation services into the community. We aim to reduce the length of inpatient stay for service users in acute and rehabilitation wards, incorporating least restrictive practice, the NICE guidelines for complex psychosis and the Getting It Right First Time (GIRFT) national program.
We are looking to recruit a motivated and enthusiastic Social Inclusion Worker to join our supportive multidisciplinary team and contribute to this exciting endeavour.
The team has a strong emphasis on the Recovery Model, working with service users to maximise their independence and autonomy to improve their quality of life.
Your personal development priorities will be shared and supported through our appraisal process.
We will support you in maintaining a work-life balance and can support flexible working. The team is currently based at Trust HQ in Ashton but this may be subject to change. As the team is a trust wide service you will be expected to travel across all five boroughs within the trust footprint.
The team operates during office hours of Monday to Friday 9am-5pm.
Main duties of the job
Our social inclusion workers will support service users to access socially inclusive activities to maintain their wellbeing and to prevent relapse.
You will work to goal oriented care plans to empower and enable service users to live as independent life as possible, by supporting our service users to access a range of community based resources such as housing, community groups, vocational, employment and educationopportunities and substance misuse services.
The role will involve working closely with a range of professionals to include our VCSE partners as well as inpatient services, community services and supported accommodation providers.
About us
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services. We're really proud of our#PennineCarePeopleand do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
All individuals regardless of race, age, disability, ethnicity, nationality, gender, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, religion or belief, marriage and civil partnership are encouraged to apply for this post. We would also encourage applications from individuals with a lived experience of mental illness, either individually or as a carer.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential Criteria:
- NVQ Level 4 or BTEC Higher NationalCertificate or equivalent experience
- Experience of working with people withmental illness and substance misuse
- Experience of community working and/orlone working
- Experience of working in rehabilitationservices
- Demonstrates ability to use initiative todeal with situations as they occur
- Ability to work collaboratively with themultidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of the Recovery Model andSocial Inclusion
- Knowledge of rehabilitation principlesand how to apply in practice
Desirable Criteria:
- Lived experience
- Experience working in low secure orforensic services
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of facilitating group work
- Experience of providing constructive feedback to peers
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification to give yourself the best chance of being shortlisted.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Essential Criteria:
- NVQ Level 4 or BTEC Higher NationalCertificate or equivalent experience
- Experience of working with people withmental illness and substance misuse
- Experience of community working and/orlone working
- Experience of working in rehabilitationservices
- Demonstrates ability to use initiative todeal with situations as they occur
- Ability to work collaboratively with themultidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of the Recovery Model andSocial Inclusion
- Knowledge of rehabilitation principlesand how to apply in practice
Desirable Criteria:
- Lived experience
- Experience working in low secure orforensic services
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of facilitating group work
- Experience of providing constructive feedback to peers
Please refer to the Job Description and Person Specification to give yourself the best chance of being shortlisted.
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NVQ Level 4 or BTEC Higher National Certificate or equivalent experience
- Experience of working with people with mental illness and substance misuse
- Experience of community working and/or lone working
- Experience of working in rehabilitation services
- Ability to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of the Recovery Model and Social Inclusion
- Knowledge of rehabilitation principles and how to apply in practice
- Ability to work creatively and compassionately to support service users and to develop collaborative goal
Desirable
- Lived experience
- Experience working in low secure or forensic services
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of facilitating group work
Person Specification
Essential
Essential
- NVQ Level 4 or BTEC Higher National Certificate or equivalent experience
- Experience of working with people with mental illness and substance misuse
- Experience of community working and/or lone working
- Experience of working in rehabilitation services
- Ability to work collaboratively with the multidisciplinary team
- Knowledge of the Recovery Model and Social Inclusion
- Knowledge of rehabilitation principles and how to apply in practice
- Ability to work creatively and compassionately to support service users and to develop collaborative goal
Desirable
- Lived experience
- Experience working in low secure or forensic services
- Experience of providing supervision
- Experience of facilitating group work
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
