Overview
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We are currently hiring BANK Lifestyle Support Workers to join our Cornwall Community Rehabilitation Service Team, St Austell. Rethink Mental Illness are an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. JOIN THE TEAM! Our Cornwall community service offers support to people aged 18 years and over, who are living with a mental illness and live in Cornwall. We work with people to identify their aims and goals and to create individual action plans to achieve these. Our service offers one to one support in the community as well as timetable staff led and peer support groups in various locations across the county.
How you will make a difference as a Lifestyle Support Worker:
* Establish a supportive and respectful relationship with service users to raise aspirations to access opportunities and increase confidence.
* Directly support the therapy team to deliver effective and meaningful interventions.
* Support the development and delivery of Community Mental Health Services across the trust.
* Ensure that service user’s goals are integrated into the Trust’s care plan and are reviewed on a regular basis with care co-ordinators as necessary.
* To attend and participate in multi-disciplinary team meetings.
* Be involved in recruitment processes, including supporting with interviews and local induction programmes.
* To work under the regular supervision of the team supervisor and guidance of other professional colleagues.
Essential Skills And Experience
* Experience of providing support to people with a mental illness in a comparable role.
* Excellent administration, organisation and planning skills.
* Competent in the use of IT systems including Microsoft applications, email and internet.
* A driving licence is essential. These are field-based roles covering East or West Cornwall. Access to own transport and the means to travel independently across the geographical area for business purposes is essential.
Who we are and our commitment
We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”
It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. It is important that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. We aim to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve and actively encourage applications from everyone, including people with lived experience of mental illness, LGBTQIA+ identities, neurodiversity, disabilities, and people from ethnically diverse backgrounds. We are proud to have Disability Confident Employer status and to be a signatory to various inclusion initiatives.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. We have an ambition of becoming a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider. Our Race Equality Action Plan outlines our multi-year programme of work to improve equality and accountability. You can read more about our progress here.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications. Please see further details on our Website. You can also follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and LinkedIn to learn more about our work. If you have any questions about the position, please contact recruitment@rethink.org.
Details
* Seniority level: Entry level
* Employment type: Full-time
* Job function: Other
* Industries: Information Services
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