Buddying Project Worker

3 months ago


Bolton, United Kingdom Supporting Futures Consulting Ltd Full time

**Role**:Buddying Project Worker

**Salary**:£16 Umbrella

**Hours**:37 hours per week

**Duration**:Temp 3 months on going

**Location**:Bolton

**Synopsis of duties**
- To support the design and delivery of recovery focused volunteer buddying support on the psychiatric wards, the Patient Lounge at Royal Bolton Hospital and referrals from Mental Health Liaison Service.
- To work with referrals for 1 to 1 support in the community post discharge.
- To build and maintain positive working relationships with staff on the psychiatric wards and the Mental Health Liaison Service
- To carry a caseload: to receive and process referrals, to complete a holistic and full assessment, to ‘match’ a buddy to the volunteer and to regularly review the effectiveness of the buddying relationship ensuring managed endings and moving on plans
- To manage a volunteer rota on the psychiatric wards at the hospital to deliver services at the Patient Lounge, and Ward Visiting service
- To provide line management support to a team of volunteers and to contribute to the delivery of in house volunteer training
- To work with the Senior Team Leader to recruit, train, supervise and support a volunteer workforce sufficient to ensure the smooth running of the Buddying Project, including a peer support group and the provision of high quality supervision
- To work collaboratively with staff at Greater Manchester Mental Health Foundation Trust and any other organisations as required, to ensure that volunteers are compliant with all requirements to enable them to work on site
- To attend location based meetings (e.g. Preparing to Leave Hospital meeting) as required in order to promote the service and to support effective partnership working

**Essential Requirements**
- Qualification at level 3 or above in Health, Social Care or Mental Health and a commitment to continued learning and professional development or demonstrable experience of working in related field
- Experience of conducting strengths based, holistic assessments and developing personal action plans, reviewing and monitoring progress and managing positive endings
- Working knowledge of the welfare benefits systems, housing systems and welfare grants and the ability to signpost service users. Knowledge of the local area and community resources.
- Knowledge of long-term health conditions and strategies to improve health and wellbeing, plus an understanding of the social and emotional determinants to health and the impact of ill health, deprivation and discrimination on communities and individuals.

Supporting Futures Consulting acts as both an employer and an agency.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Temporary contract
Contract length: 3 months

Pay: £16.00 per hour

Expected hours: 37 per week

Day range:

- Monday to Friday

Shift:

- Day shift

Work Location: In person


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