Recovery Worker - Community Rehabilitation Team

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Recovery Worker

Complex Psychosis Pathway Service - Community Rehabilitation Team

Agenda for Change Band 3, starting at £25,760 (37.5 hours per week)

Clinical Team Manager/Touchstone Deputy Lead for Intensive Support Services

Community Rehabilitation Team - Asket Croft, Leeds

This role is fixed term for up to 3 years, with the possibility of extension.

The Complex Psychosis Pathwayprovidesawholesystemapproachto  Mental Health Rehabilitationand Assertive Community Treatment in Leeds, which includes Newsam Ward 5 (Level 2 Rehab & relocating to Parkside Lodge),Asket Croftand Asket House inpatient settings, (Level 1 Rehab),the Community Rehabilitation Teamand Assertive Outreach Team.

Thepathwayalso includes Rehabilitation practitioners embedded withinthe

Community Hubs providing early rehabilitative and reablement intervention sand enabling transitions for service users between Community Services and more intensive

Assertive Outreachand Community Rehabilitation Support.

Theseare clinical delivery services.

Thepathwayincludesan out ofarea /Trust case management roleand mental health placement reviewer for people withcomplexpsychosiswhoare placed in Level 2 rehabilitation Independent Hospitals outside ofthe

Trust or in funded residential placements.

In addition, Leeds Recovery College,Artsand Mindsandthe Volunteers Serviceare included withinthepathway, providing innovative networks supporting social inclusionandarecovery ethos, while continuing to servethecitywide populations of Leeds, LYPFTand care services directorates.

Thepathwayprovidestreatment, intervention and vocational opportunities for peopleandtheir families living withcomplexneeds,associated withpsychosisand with significant reductions in quality of life, described within NICE guidanceas "severeand treatment resistant symptoms". Many peoplealso experience other seriousand co-occurring conditions that severelyaffectactivities of daily living, social functioning, physical health, welfare,and limit vocational opportunities.

Thepathwayprovidesastrong recovery ethos, with flexibility for differing levels of needand longer-term support where necessary,and in the least restrictive environment possible.

Thepathwayaims to provide a whole person approach working together with individualsandtheir families onagreed goals that improve mentaland physical health, welfare, social inclusion and psychological wellbeing that maximises independence and quality of life.

The role of the Recovery Worker is to deliver specific components of prescribed care packages under the direct supervision of Senior Rehabilitation Practitioners and Clinical Leads. The post holder will provide formalised support and assistance to service users in order for them to take control over their own lives and engage actively in their unique recovery process. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health difficulties and the service encourages the use of the wisdom gained through personal 'lived' experience, to inspire hope in others and the belief that recovery is possible for all.

Within a relationship of mutuality the peer support model can facilitate and support information sharing to promote choice, self-determination, and opportunities for the fulfilment of socially valued roles with connection to local communities. The post holder will be part of the Community Rehabilitation Team and will work into the Level 1 and Level 2 inpatient units and in the community with service users that present with complex needs.

The post requires effective liaison with service users, carers, and other professionals and agencies as required. It will involve the provision of psychological based care, offering therapeutic time to a defined client group working at all times within the principles of recovery. The service provision is delivered 7 days per week between the hours of 8 - 6pm, the post holder will be required to work flexibly over these hours.

• To support the Community Rehabilitation Team and wider Complex Psychosis Pathway workforce in co-facilitating community-based groups accessed by service users across the whole service. To consult with the lead occupational therapists and/or healthy living advisors in the planning, implementation and evaluation of groups.

• To promote social inclusion for clients by facilitating and supporting access to a variety of community-based opportunities including work, social groups, education, spiritual pursuits, leisure activities to ensure holistic wellbeing.

• To participate in the delivery of care plans including attendance and contribution within the meeting and the subsequent care plan.

• To participate in Personalised Care Framework meetings as required.

• To carry out the collection, delivery, and monitoring of service user's medication under the Trust policy guidelines. Liaising with the team to report any concerns with client’s medication and wellbeing as well as the…