Community Recovery Worker

4 weeks ago

Salford, Salford, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health Full time
Job Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the Next Steps Network, working with and for the people of Salford to improve recovery options and wellbeing. The project aims to bring Salford's recovery community together, raising awareness of services and support to help more people sustain recovery.

As a Community Recovery Worker, you will use your organisational, communication and people skills to support a range of project work streams, including planning and running events, contributing to online and offline content, promoting the network to individuals and groups, and helping to point people in the right direction when they need support.

Using your lived experience, understanding of recovery models and knowledge of Bolton as a place, you will play a key role in promoting a healthy, happy, visible form of recovery that feels accessible and achievable for all residents of the town.

Main Duties of the Job

This role is for people who have lived experience of substance use (drugs/alcohol) either personally or through a loved one. The aim of the role is to enable the engagement of others who may benefit from enhanced community involvement and support networks, increasing visible 'recovery' and reducing stigma.

The Community Recovery Worker will act as an advocate, agreeing goals with the networks and people of Salford. They will provide ongoing practical support related to the project.

Using wisdom from your own experiences, you will inspire hope and belief that living well is possible in others. You will use your skills to support new initiatives, including:
  • Support and promote recovery from drug/alcohol use as achievable
  • Co-ordinate plans with Salford peers to promote positive change
  • Emphasise hope and optimism in engagement methods, using techniques such as motivational interviewing and rapport building.
  • Work with local community resources and services to obtain optimum outcome for the project
  • Focus on strengths rather than deficits, using an asset based approach
  • Maintain accurate records to monitor delivery and improvement
  • Support peer led, autonomous decision making with respect for difference and diversity
  • Support the Community Development Coordinator with events and activities that highlight the Next Steps network


Working for our Organisation

Greater Manchester Mental Health (GMMH) Foundation Trust employs over 6,400 members of staff, who deliver services from more than 160 locations. We provide inpatient and community-based mental health care for people living in Bolton, the city of Manchester, Salford, Trafford and the borough of Wigan, and a wide range of specialist mental health and substance misuse services across Greater Manchester, the north west of England and beyond.

Greater Manchester is one of the world's most innovative, original and exciting places to live and work. From the beauty of the surrounding countryside to the heart of the vibrant inner city with great shopping, entertainment and dining options.

Wherever you go you will experience a great northern welcome with people famed for their warmth, humour and generosity.

Our people enjoy their work, have opportunities to learn and develop their skills and are encouraged to generate new ideas that improve care for our service users.

Staff Benefits

We offer a range of benefits, including:
  • 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays rising to 29 after 5 years and 33 days after 10 years
  • Excellent pension
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • Salary sacrifice car scheme
  • Wellbeing programme


Person Specification

We are looking for someone with the following skills and experience:
  • Level 2 Peer Support or will work towards
  • Competent in Maths and English level 1 (GCSED-E)
  • Engagement with community groups


Essential Criteria

The ideal candidate will have:
  • Lived experience
  • Living/working in Bolton
  • Engagement with community groups


Desirable Criteria

It would be beneficial if the candidate has:
  • Experience of working with people with drug/alcohol problems


Knowledge

The ideal candidate will have knowledge of:
  • Diverse communities in Bolton
  • Understanding of local recovery networks


Skills/Abilities

The ideal candidate will have the following skills and abilities:
  • Effective comms with wide range of people/SUs/carers/public/groups


We are committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and require all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

We are aspiring to ensure our workforce is representative of the diverse communities that we serve, and we are strongly committed to removing barriers to employment for candidates from under-represented groups, for example BAME, Disabled and LGBT+ communities. If you would like to have an informal chat about the recruitment process for this role or would value some additional support, we'd love to hear from you.

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