Key roles and responsibilities include:
- Welcoming clients on admission and assisting them during the "settling in" phase to feel comfortable in their surroundings.
- Supporting clients to fully engage in their weekly recovery programme, including groups, activities, one to one recovery sessions and counselling.
- Facilitate when required community house meeting to oversee communal approach to cooking, cleaning, shopping and gardening. Including the allocation of key roles and responsibilities.
- Support clients to plan and devise a weekly activity timetable of social and other external outings to support health, wellbeing and recovery.
- Support clients to attend relevant activities, group, individual or other appointments on a daily basis.
- Maintain regular observation of clients ensuring a cohesive and supportive peer group is maintained.
- Supporting clients to achieve their own personal recovery plans, working with clients to book appointments, attend courses, attend activities etc. Also, in developing life skills to support independent living.
- To support clients to adhere to any regular prescribed medication and treatment effectively.
- Facilitate and support recovery based groups and go through recovery work on a one to one basis where required.
- Prepare and check all client care records, maintaining care records and ensuring client files are fully complete and records up to date.
- To participate fully in client care handovers at the beginning and end of each shift, maintaining good communication levels with colleagues around significant client care issues.
- To support clients on discharge ensuring the client has a solid recovery plan in place and has all the resources and details required to achieve their plan.
The company offers:
- Ongoing training and development programme for all staff
- 28 days annual leave (including bank holidays)
- Overtime paid at time and a quarter
- An additional days leave for all staff to celebrate their Birthday!
- Auto-enrolment Pension Scheme
- Opportunities for career development and progression towards other disciplines
- On site parking
- Company events and social hours
The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in support work and must be:
- Experienced in the delivery of support to adults experiencing difficulty with mental health or substance misuse.
- Support the company to achieve excellence in service delivery and remain fully compliant with the Health & Social Care Act
- Ideally, possess an NVQ in health and social care or Care Certificate
- Able to work effectively as part of a team and willing to go the extra mile for colleagues, clients, and other stakeholders
- Have a good understanding of infection control practices and able to ensure that your delivery supports excellent hygiene and infection control at all times
- Capable of excellent record keeping and principles of good communication, client confidentiality and Data Protection rules
- Able to actively support clients to engage in daily activities, outings, physical activities and socially fun activity.
- Possess a genuine desire to support people experiencing difficulty with addictions; operating in a non-judgemental, passionate and committed manner at all times.
- We DO NOT accept sponsorship for this role
Pay: £26,131.36 per year
Work Location: In person
