Relief Bank - Recovery Worker

Job Title: Relief Bank - Recovery Worker

Location: Based across 4 residential services based in Croydon (11 minute walk from East Croydon station) you will need to be able to travel between sites during the night shift to provide full managerial support. Access to own transport is ideal. Please note that unfortunately this service does not have step free access

Salary: £13.85 per hour plus 12.07% annual leave accrual

Shift Pattern: Flexible working: Long Day and Waking night shifts available

About the Role

We're recruiting a Recovery Worker to join the team in Croydon in a 27 bed residental property which specialises in forensic mental health, complex needs and dual diagnosis. The team offers psychologically-informed housing and resettlement support that comes with additional help for individuals’ specific needs. Our forensic mental health step-down services consist of four individual sites which cater for high and medium support for both, men and women.

You will play a vital part to the team in contributing to the successful rehabilitation and reintegration of our residents/participants into the community. You will provide pathways, support and appropriate interventions that will enable successful resettlements, for more safer, integrated communities.

You will provide personalised and one to one support which is unique and personable to meet our resident/participant needs and those of the service.

About the Service

Penrose Croydon is a 27-bed residential service specialising in forensic mental health, complex needs and dual diagnosis. We offer a form of housing and resettlement that comes with additional help for individuals’ specific needs. Our forensic mental health step-down services consists of four individual services: Vulnerable House, Women’s Service, Medium Support Service and High Support Service.

About You

As a part of our recovery team you are driven to provide high quality, effective assistance to others in a person-centred approach. They will thrive working on their own initiative, taking responsibility for the running of the concierge service within the property, with remote support provided. They will have effective communication skills, and able to build long-term purposeful relationships with people from different backgrounds, respecting equity, diversity, and inclusion. They will embrace SIG’s values and represent these in everything they do.

The post holder will be compassionate, supportive, and empowering to others, comfortable working in a fast-paced and constantly changing environment. They will have a nonjudgmental approach and support us in achieving our mission to empower people by building powerful partnerships and creative solutions that bridge gaps in provision and aid recovery, reablement, and resettlement.

We are an inclusive employer, committed to Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI). We value and celebrate the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all our employees. We have a team of ambassadors who are staff volunteers and actively support us in fortifying our organisational value of Inclusivity.

SIG actively encourages applications from individuals from a diverse range of backgrounds, particularly lived experience ; Naturally, we approach any emerging issues with empathy and sensitivity. As we also have women's only services we encourage women to apply.

As an organisation, we’re proud to mention that our staff Ambassadors career aspirations generally benefit from embracing this unique opportunity to develop their respective skill sets in spaces that exist outside of their daily roles.

Please refer to the JDPS attached for more details on the vacancy and our requirements/key criteria.

About Social Interest Group (SIG)

SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals. We do so across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.

We believe good care and support improves lives with the vision to create healthier, safer, and more inclusive communities. Join us on our mission to empower independence through trauma-informed solutions and dynamic partnerships that keep people out of prison, out of hospital, and off the streets.
Want to know how we work? Watch our short Theory of Change video to see how we support people towards a brighter future: Theory of Change Further details can be found on our website here: Theory of Change - Social Interest Group - Social Interest Group .

Additional Information

Please note that this job advert may close early due to screening applications on an ongoing basis. We advise applying as soon as possible for your application to be taken into consideration at the early stages.

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