Recovery Worker - Mental Health - Night Shifts in Kent, Maidstone

At Hestia, we live by our values and are committed to a more equitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation that provides a variety of services such as Domestic Abuse, Modern Slavery, Mental Health & Complex Needs and Criminal Justice. The service you will work in includes Huddleston Close & Grand Union Place, which are supported accommodation services for complex mental health needs. Our service is designed as an alternative to acute mental health intervention and to prevent further institutionalisation.

Running as move on services, Huddleston Close & Grand Union Place aim to facilitate the development of necessary skills and empower adults to re-join the community independently. You will be joining a successful team on a full-time basis, with fantastic leadership and supportive colleagues. As a Mental Health Recovery Worker at Hestia, you will play a crucial role in our Mental Health and Complex Needs service. You will empower a caseload of clients to manage their health and wellbeing, maintain their independence, identify their strengths and achieve their goals and aspirations.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Be responsible for the empowerment and well-being of service users, using person-centred planning and Recovery Approaches, a key-work system to enable them to attain and sustain a tenancy, enjoy a good quality of life and avoid repeat hospital admissions.
• Work in partnership with outside agencies involved in the care and support of service users.
• Support the Team Manager to oversee performance related to the contract including KPIs.
• Ensure that service users are able to attend and participate in a range of socially inclusive activities and skills development opportunities.
• Advise on health services, education, training and employment opportunities.

To excel in this role, you should possess:

• Experience of working with people who have experienced mental health and/or dual diagnosis issues in a paid or voluntary role.
• The capacity to work with people who may display challenging behaviour and to defuse potentially difficult situations.
• Early, late, overnight (sleep-in cover) and weekend duties as part of a team rota required.
• Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately.
• Experience and skill in IT applications such as Excel, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint.

We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the skills, abilities, talent and experiences that different people and communities bring to our organisation. Hestia is a disability confident employer, committed to the employment and career development of individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme for all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role they have applied for.