Recovery Support Worker - 39 Hours Per Week
Main Purpose
To provide high quality housing related support to people living with a mental illness to assist them to sustain their tenancies, source new homes where applicable and achieve their potential to move on to independence.
To work as part of a wider multidisciplinary team including the CMHTs, Local Authority, GP and others to maximise the support available to people and the goals they wish to achieve.
Specific Tasks
* To be flexible and responsive to the needs of service users and their families as directed by their person-centered plans/recovery plans.
* To support service users to develop and regain life skills and confidence, to make choices and to retain control over their lives.
* To promote the service users self-esteem and enable them to express their preferences and make choices and decisions.
* To enhance the confidence and coping abilities of service users through encouragement and positive feedback.