Job title: Recovery Worker Young Adults Lead
Service: Bolton Living Well
Salary: £25,221 - £27,780 FTE per annum*
Hours: 37 hours per week (full time) We offer flexible working arrangements
Location: Bolton, based in BL4, covering all of Bolton
Responsible to: Living Well Recovery Coordinator
Family Action & the Role’s Impact:
At Family Action we support people through change, challenge or crisis. It’s what we’ve done for over 150 years. We protect children, support young people and adults and offer direct, practical help to families and communities. We see first‑hand the power of family to shape lives, for better or worse, so we speak up for the importance of family in national and local policymaking, amplify family voices and represent the changing needs of families in the UK today. Bolton Living Well is a transformative programme to deliver real change and improvement to mental health services for individuals in Bolton. Its aim is to design a service that sits around individuals to support their health and wellbeing rather than expecting people to fit into our services. The role of Recovery Worker young adults lead will be hosted by Family Action and will be part of the Living Well Team in Bolton. We are looking for someone with knowledge and understanding of Mental Health conditions and their impact on daily living and a strong track‑record of working with individuals and their families to deliver positive outcomes. You will work within the team to prototype new ways of supporting individuals, and contribute to the ongoing development of the team by sharing learning and by listening and responding to feedback from people who use the service.
Main Responsibilities:
* You will carry a caseload of clients, working with individuals and their families to plan, support and achieve goals and outcomes that are important to them.
* To develop trusting working relationships and provide practical and emotional support to individuals accessing the Living Well service.
* To develop and maintain positive professional working relationships and referral pathways to local statutory and community‑based services which support adults.
Main Requirements:
* Strong interpersonal, consultation and holistic assessment skills.
* An interest in working with people to make sustainable positive changes.
* An effective communicator, who works in a person‑centred way.
* Knowledge of Mental Health conditions and strategies to improve health and wellbeing.
* Appointments are subject to Family Action receiving a satisfactory disclosure from the Disclosure and Barring Service Enhanced Adult workforce.
Benefits:
* An annual paid leave entitlement of 30 working days plus bank holidays.
* Up to 6% matched pension contributions.
* Flexible working arrangements and new starters have the right to make flexible working requests from day one of employment.
* Enhanced paid sick leave and paid family leave provisions.
* Eye care and winter flu jab vouchers.
* Cycle to work scheme.
* Investing in your professional development with ongoing quality training and career development opportunities.
We are forward looking, ambitious and committed to continuous improvement. We are a people focused, can‑do organisation, which strives for excellence in all we do and operates with mutual respect.
Apply here: https://careers.family-action.org.uk/FamilyAction/JobDescription/KbjP3LC2Rcs
Our commitment to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion:
We are happy to consider any reasonable adjustments that candidates may need during the recruitment process and you will be asked whether you require any adjustments if shortlisted for interview. We also make reasonable adjustments on the job, where required. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion in all that we do and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Intersectionality is important to us and we particularly welcome applications from ethnically diverse communities, LGBTQIA+ candidates and disabled candidates because we are committed to increasing the representation of these groups at Family Action. We know that greater diversity will lead to even greater results for families and children and strive for our workforce to be truly representative of the diverse communities we support. We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role, and will reimburse your travel cost if you attend an interview.
The * note relates to salary scale and progression as stated earlier.
Interviews are scheduled to take place in Mid‑January 2025 in person in Bolton, with slots throughout the working day. For direct queries or if you would like to discuss any aspect of the selection process or flexible working requests, please email: dan.harrison@family-action.org.uk.
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