Job Title: Recovery Worker
Location: West Ealing - Step free access available
Salary: £27,000
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours per week on a rolling rota between Monday to Sunday varying shifts from 07:30-16:00 or 13:30-21:00. You may be required to work outside these hours as per service requirements.
About the Role
We are seeking a dedicated and compassionate Recovery Worker to join our team based in Ealing. We support adults experiencing loneliness, isolation, and mental health challenges and provide pathways, support, and appropriate interventions that enable successful resettlements and deliver safer, integrated communities. Marron House has 18 bed spaces and we provide personalised support around daily living skills such as budgeting, shopping, cooking, reminders to take medication and developing a structured weekly routine.
Key Responsibilities
* Initiate appropriate interventions to prevent crisis or other risks.
* Ensure service responsibilities and requirements are carried out effectively.
* Ensure all participants understand their rights and responsibilities.
* Develop, participate in, and encourage participants to participate in the running and development of various projects and activities.
* Empower participants to make decisions to take control over their lives, by creating an enabling environment.
* Provide advice, information, guidance, and life skills training to participants as required.
* Recognise signs of deteriorating mental health, physical health, or other health implications.
About You
We're looking for someone with a genuine passion and felt purpose to help people, challenge stigma, and make a real difference to people's lives. You will be a team player, driven to provide high quality care and support to others, an effective communicator who is able to build rapport with others from various backgrounds. You will be compassionate, supportive, and empowering to others, whilst able to form effective, positive and motivational relationships.
* Experience of working with people of complex backgrounds and/or a good understanding of the sector, particularly around multiple and complex needs.
* Ability to show empathy and compassion to our residents and the different challenges they face.
* Ability to use, learn and adapt to IT at an intermediate level, including Microsoft and other software programs.
* Ability and willingness to show flexibility of working patterns, responding to the needs of the service and residents.
* Ability to promote the service and provide outreach-based provision, with an ability to liaise and work effectively in partnership with stakeholders.
* Understanding of the different needs people with multiple and complex needs have and being aware of the social marginalisation that can be attached to people who face personal challenges.
* Alignment with our values of Ambition, Empowerment, Inclusivity, and Transparency.
What we Offer
* 25 days (Full time equivalent) annual leave, increasing with the length of service.
* Employer Pension Contribution.
* Eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card.
* Access to discounted tickets for music events, shows, sports and more.
* Reflective Practice regular sessions with a therapist provided by an external provider to support Mental Health and Wellbeing at work.
* Training and Development, including access to courses, upskilling, and progression plans.
* Employee Assistance Programme, including counselling.
* Life Assurance Scheme.
* Cycle-to-work scheme.
* Annual Staff Awards.
* EDI Ambassador programme.
About Social Interest Group (SIG)
SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change. We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets.
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