Job summary
Enablement Pathway -
This is an exciting opportunity for people who have lived experience to work within a dedicated,mental health, community enablement pathway, across secondary mental health care serviceswithin Coventry and Warwickshire.We are a team of nurses, support workers, occupational therapists, psychologists who are part of awell-established but expanding multidisciplinary team. The Enablement Team are using the ethos ofCHIME (Connections, Hope, Identity, Meaning and Empowerment0 to promote the work we do.
This opportunity will utilise the specialism of .................to work within a rehabilitative framework ofempowering and enabling, whilst maximising independence and adhering to a recovery focusedoutcome whether this be employment, training or sustained meaningful activity and routine.
The successful applicant work as part of a team that provides services to vulnerable people, somewith complex mental health needs and provide evidence based interventions working acrossboundaries of care, organisations and roles.
To build links with and liaise with external agencies to work together in a collaborative approach tomeet the needs of the person accessing services.
To share personal experiences of recovery and coping to build connection and provide support.
To ensure that the person accessing the service understands and has a clear pathway of care acrosssector/agency boundaries with key contact points/named staff.
Main duties of the job
For more information on this role please see the attached supporting information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include:
- generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
- flexible working opportunities
- excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
- salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
- discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
- wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
- staff networks and support groups.
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To share personal experiences of recovery and coping to build connection and provide support.
- To ensure that the person accessing the service understands and has a clear pathway of care across sector/agency boundaries with key contact points/named staff.
- To work effectively as a member of a team to engage individuals in a number of activities and engagement with services.
- To support people accessing services to identify their recovery pathway and ways in which they can achieve their own goals.
- To support the team in implementing care planned interventions, including those supporting families and carers.
- To provide practical support to people in developing and managing dignity and independence.
- To support people accessing services with issues around benefits, housing and welfare rights.
- To provide support with daily living.
- To provide information on health promotion.
- To promote involvement within the service for the person accessing services and carer (friends and family).
- To maintain a flexible approach to encourage engagement.
- To gain advice and support when needed with team practitioners and team managers and attend regular supervision in accordance with Trust policy, to ensure care and safety is maintained
- To offer occasional input to lived experience forums within the local area to support shared good practice of your lived experience and professional role.
Job description
Job responsibilities
- To share personal experiences of recovery and coping to build connection and provide support.
- To ensure that the person accessing the service understands and has a clear pathway of care across sector/agency boundaries with key contact points/named staff.
- To work effectively as a member of a team to engage individuals in a number of activities and engagement with services.
- To support people accessing services to identify their recovery pathway and ways in which they can achieve their own goals.
- To support the team in implementing care planned interventions, including those supporting families and carers.
- To provide practical support to people in developing and managing dignity and independence.
- To support people accessing services with issues around benefits, housing and welfare rights.
- To provide support with daily living.
- To provide information on health promotion.
- To promote involvement within the service for the person accessing services and carer (friends and family).
- To maintain a flexible approach to encourage engagement.
- To gain advice and support when needed with team practitioners and team managers and attend regular supervision in accordance with Trust policy, to ensure care and safety is maintained
- To offer occasional input to lived experience forums within the local area to support shared good practice of your lived experience and professional role.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Willingness to undertake within role: online training, care certificate, internal training relevant to sharing lived experience
- Relevant level 3 qualification in Health and Social care and/or relevant lived experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Health/safety and risk awareness
- Lived experience of accessing an early intervention in psychosis service and be able to reflect on the personal experience of recovery
- Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs
- Experience of working with individuals with autism and/or learning disability
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good interpersonal skills
- An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
- Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- Willingness to undertake within role: online training, care certificate, internal training relevant to sharing lived experience
- Relevant level 3 qualification in Health and Social care and/or relevant lived experience
Knowledge and Experience
Essential
- Health/safety and risk awareness
- Lived experience of accessing an early intervention in psychosis service and be able to reflect on the personal experience of recovery
- Experience of working with individuals with multiple and complex needs
- Experience of working with individuals with autism and/or learning disability
Personal Attributes
Essential
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Good interpersonal skills
- An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to stressful and challenging behaviour
- Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
