Job overview
Life Skills Recovery Worker
Our mission is to provide safe, individualised care and treatment for detained in-patients who are in a disturbed phase of a serious mental disorder or have complex risk and other longer term needs.
We are seeking to recruit an enthusiastic and innovative person to take up the post of Life Skills Recovery Worker Band 4 on Woodberry at Wolfson House and Stratford, Shoreditch, Broadgate, Westferry and Bow wards at John Howard Centre. This is a fantastic opportunity to actively form therapeutic, meaningful relationships with patients using a range of interventions/activities to enhance their care and improve their inpatient experience. As a Life Skills Recovery Worker, you will assist in the provision of outstanding recovery focused care as part of the nursing team and wider multi-disciplinary team.
Main duties of the job
Coordinate and facilitate activities for patient
Promoting a safe environment of care that safeguards and protects patients and staff against undue risk.
Facilitating a positive role for patients where open communication and opportunities for learning and decision-making are promoted.
As a Life Skills recovery Worker, you will assist in the provision of outstanding recovery focused care as part of the nursing team and wider multi-disciplinary team.
Working for our organisation
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive – so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile
Person specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential criteria
1. GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Experience
Essential criteria
2. Work experience relevant to the post Working within a multidisciplinary team environment Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment
3. Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
4. Managing challenging and aggressive behaviour
5. Experience of working in a multi-cultural environment and knowledge of methods to develop culturally sensitive practice
6. Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
7. Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
8. Understanding of the importance of following procedures and treatment plans
9. Good verbal and written communication skills
10. Ability to assess, plan, implement and monitor care
11. Able to work systematically and objectively in an environment with patients who can present high risk
12. Able to manage time so that deadlines are met Ability to recognise stress
13. Able to work sensitively and compassionately with patients
14. Awareness of supervision and reflective practice Able to identify and act upon critical deterioration of patient conditions
Desirable criteria
15. Understanding of de-escalation