At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a dynamic mental health service, managing diverse cases and empowering service users.
- Company: Join Hestia, a committed and inclusive organisation focused on mental health support.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, flexible hours, and opportunities for professional growth.
- Other info: Diverse and inclusive workplace with a commitment to equality and safeguarding.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your leadership skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in mental health support and strong communication skills required.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Senior Recovery Worker In this role, you will take a leading position within a dynamic mental health crisis and early‑intervention service, managing a diverse caseload while providing skilled de‑escalation, robust risk assessment and coordinated multi‑agency support.
You will guide and empower service users to engage with community services, offering day‑to‑day leadership to Recovery Workers, Peer Support Workers and volunteers, and ensuring consistent, high‑quality practice.
Responsibilities
- Act as shift lead when required and make informed, real‑time decisions to maintain safe and effective service delivery.
- Support student placements, contribute to learning plans and offer reflective supervision.
- Work closely with the Service Manager and Area Manager to monitor performance, contribute to audits and quality reviews, and drive ongoing service development.
- Play an active role in recruitment, onboarding and volunteer integration, and represent the service in partnership forums.
- Strengthen pathways with local crisis teams and community organisations to ensure continuity of care and smooth transitions for service users.
Work hours: 2pm – 10pm, including weekends and bank holidays.
Qualifications & Experience
- Solid experience supporting people with mental health difficulties, dual diagnosis and complex needs.
- Confidence to manage complex cases and collaborate with a range of services to keep people safe.
- Experience in supporting or guiding colleagues, peer workers or students, and comfort with contributing to co‑produced activities.
- Fast‑paced, crisis‑focused work environment experience.
- Strong grounding in mental health, trauma‑informed practice and the realities faced by people accessing crisis and community services.
- Working knowledge of key legislation and safeguarding responsibilities.
- Deep belief in recovery, strengths‑based practice and partnership working.
- Clear, adaptable communication that connects with service users, professionals and the wider community.
- Willingness to demonstrate core skills for the role and match our values and mission.
- Optional: Lived experience of the areas we support.
- Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion
Our services users come from all walks of life and so do we.
We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes us stronger.
We are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the skills, abilities, talent and experiences of different people and communities.
Hestia is a disability confident employer dedicated to the employment and career development of individuals with disabilities.
We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role they have applied for and provide reasonable adjustments during the selection and interview process, and throughout your employment with us.
Safeguarding
Hestia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults, children and young people who are potentially at risk, and we therefore expect all staff and volunteers to do the same.
We require all staff to undertake internal and external safeguarding training throughout their employment with Hestia.
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