Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Recovery Worker

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Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join a Functional Older Person's mental health ward as a Recovery Worker, you will work alongside the nursing and therapy team as part of the MDT.

The post is varied working with both our clients and their carers. You will promote independence with skill building. Increasing our clients confidence to take these skills back into the community. This will be completed through activities run on the ward and trips in the community.

Main duties of the job

To provide high standards of care for patients and their families by assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating care within your scope of professional practice. We are looking for people who share our vision for high quality Mental Health recovery services.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

08 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SOU-2828

Job locations

Western Community Hospital

Walnut Grove

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4XE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding

Desirable

Experience of WRAP planning
Mental Health experience

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Ability to communicate effectively with people who have difficulty understanding

Desirable

Experience of WRAP planning
Mental Health experience

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Western Community Hospital

Walnut Grove

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4XE

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Western Community Hospital

Walnut Grove

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4XE

Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)