Caseworker - Recovery Mental Health Services

2 days ago

London, United Kingdom Hillside Clubhouse Full time

Job description

**Hillside is looking for a part time Caseworker to join the Mental Health Recovery Team which supports Islington residents with**:

- Person-centred, coproduced and trauma informed recovery-focused interventions.
- Promotes independence and self-management for members
- Delivers a wraparound service in partnership with local authority, statutory agencies and community partners.
- Ensures members ‘involvement in active volunteering and coproduced activities, service planning and reviews

**Main responsibilities**:

- Motivate, lead and encourage member participation at all levels of responsibility, working alongside members to complete tasks.
- To work as a member of Hillside Team to deliver outcomes for the Recovery Programme
- To keep systems and database up to date with members ‘information
- To provide information and support at a time of crisis to service users.
- To manage a caseload of complex adult client cases, providing client centred, practical and emotional support.
- To conduct risk assessments and deal with safeguarding concerns promptly and in line with Safeguarding protocols and procedures.
- To offer information and support to members regarding their mental health, and signposting to appropriate organisation for issues concerning housing, benefits and any legal matters

**Skills, Knowledge and Abilities**
- Experience in direct support work with adults with mental health diagnosis or other vulnerable people including providing emotional and practical support
- Excellent caseworker with good assessment, motivational and empowerment skills
- Experience of working cooperatively and effectively in a team
- PC literate (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- Sensitivity to cultural differences and the ability to work in diverse settings and with people with diverse needs.
- Knowledge and skills to operate within a trauma-informed approach.
- Ability to provide non-judgemental, non-directive, person-centred and confidential support to members in crisis
- A clear understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures
- Ability to break down objectives/tasks to manageable components and maximise the potential for member participation
- Understanding of and commitment to the principles of social inclusion
- Understand and be able to implement the Equality Act and GDPR
- Deal with difficult and/or challenging situations as they arise to ensure members’ safety.

**Desirable**
- Knowledge/experience of employment and benefit issues facing people

with mental health problems

Other tasks

1. Act as designated key worker with responsibility for goal planning to a group of members

2. Participating with colleagues organise social programme activities for members

3. Monitor project progress against agreed outcomes and provide necessary reports to the Senior Management

4. Motivate, lead and encourage member participation and enable members to maximise potential for involvement in the Workday Programme

5. To work occasional out of hours work, on a rota basis if needed, in accordance with the needs of the programme.

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