Mental Health Link Officer
6 months ago
Adferiad Recovery delivers a new, flexible, and co-ordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and substance misuse conditions and related issues. We harness the talents and experience of our founding and long-established leading Welsh Charities CAIS, Hafal, and WCADA in their fields, enabling our projects to meet the needs of our most vulnerable with a single, unified, and comprehensive approach.
An opportunity has arisen for a passionate and self-motivated individual to join the team as a Mental Health Link Worker based in Flintshire
**JOB DESCRIPTION**
**Hours**:37.5 hours we are willing to consider job share for this position
**Salary**: £22,387.61
**Holidays**:25 days per year plus 8 public holidays
**Based at**:Flintshire
Adferiad Recovery delivers a new, flexible, and co-ordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and substance misuse conditions and related issues. We harness the talents and experience of our founding and long-established leading Welsh Charities CAIS, Hafal, and WCADA in their fields, enabling our projects to meet the needs of our most vulnerable with a single, unified, and comprehensive approach.
**Adferiad Recovery is a Living Wage Employer**
**Job Purpose**:
Under the direction of their line manager, the post holder will undertake support planning, provide one-to-one support and interventions to individuals who have mental health and other complexities and are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
**About this Job**:
This service has been developed in partnership with Flintshire County Council and the Housing Options Team.
- The Link Worker will work closely with the Housing Options Team and will be based in their office as a minimum one day per week.
- The Link Worker will provide outreach support to individuals who have mental health and other complexities who are homeless or at risk of being homeless.
- The service will operate Monday to Friday 09:00-17:00 but will have flexibility to work some evenings, early mornings as required.
**Responsibilities**:
- To have commitment to and demonstrate an undertaking of equality of opportunity and its relevance to different sectors within the community.
- Receiving and dealing with referrals from the Housing Options Team
- Processing of approved new referrals
- following procedures for completing new assessments, risk assessments and creating individual person-centred service delivery plans.
- The Link worker will be expected to identify the causes and actively find solutions to people’s homelessness
- Completion of individual support plans
- Follow procedures for conducting monthly reviews - or as and when required due to changes in individuals needs or circumstances, ensuring risk assessments and support delivery plans are kept up to date and relevant
- The Link Worker is to provide intensive support to individuals in order for them to move on and/or signpost the individual to the most appropriate service within a six-week service
- Assisting the individual in identifying and moving into a suitable home and organising their tenancy agreement
- Supporting and assisting the individual in activities that promote health and well-being, community engagement, and recovery, financial budgeting, pursuing leisure and educational goals, social skills development, management of medication and appointments, and independent living skills
- Completing the outcomes framework and producing reports for internal/external purposes
- Attendance at multi-agency meetings to ensure the complex needs of the individuals are addressed appropriately
- Maintaining records statistics required to monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of the service
- Data collection and appropriate recording and presentation for monitoring and quality assurance report as directed by the County Manager
- Follow procedures for general record keeping and information collecting, record retention, adhering to confidentiality and data protection policies
- Implementing Adferiads’ equality and diversity policy and all other organisational policies
- Communicate clearly, effectively and professionally with individuals receiving service, Support Workers, Carers, Referrers and other Professionals via multiple formats (i.e. face-to-face, telephone, in writing etc.)
- To act in accordance with the charity’s Health & Safety and Safeguarding policies and to notify the line manager promptly if there are any concerns.
- To participate in regular supervision and appraisal and undertake any relevant training as appropriate to the role and your own personal development.
- To work in accordance with the charity’s national policies and local operating procedures and those of external regulators or professional bodies.
- As with all employees, workers, and volunteers; to encourage people to join Adferiad as a member.
- To carry out all activities in accordance with Adfer
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