Women's Engagement Worker

6 months ago

Salford, United Kingdom Greater Manchester Mental Health Full time

Job overview

Achieve Salford are excited to announce an internal secondment opportunity – Due to additional funding to address unmet needs in Salford are recruiting a new, Women Engagement Worker (Recovery Coordinator). The post will seek to work with women and women’s support agencies to identify and reduce barriers for women accessing drug and alcohol treatment. Due to identified occupational requirements this post holder will need to be female, as is ‘Permitted under section 11, part (a) of the Equality Act 2010’. The post is open to staff with experience of working as a Recovery Coordinator within Achieve.

Main duties of the job

As a new post the post holder will have the opportunity to develop this role to meet the need of the local community, liaising with stakeholders and providing Recovery Coordination for a cohort of female service users. Completing initial comprehensive assessments, introduction to the service and engaging hard to reach service users.

The post offered is a full time hours per week, primarily based at The Orchard, Salford, but is expected to travel to community venues across the wider footprint. The secondment will initially run until 31/03/2025.

The post holder should be able to demonstrate understanding and knowledge of the issues affecting female substance users and potential barriers to accessing services. The post holder will have knowledge of the recovery agenda, demonstrate excellent communication skills with service users, their families, and significant others by using motivational approaches to inspire others to achieve their goals and assist in attaining and maintaining their recovery.

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.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Staff benefits

Pay Enhancements – 30% additional for Evenings (8pm onwards) and Saturdays and 60% additional for Sundays and Bank holidays. 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

Essential & Desirable

Essential criteria

Experience of Working as a Recovery Co-ordinator

Desirable criteria

Experience of working within community substance misuse services.

Essential & Desirable

Essential criteria

To have a positive regard for substance misusers and to understand the importance of working in partnership with them and other services to encourage independence

Desirable criteria

To have experience of working with vulnerable women or working in women specific services

Essential & Desirable

Essential criteria

To demonstrate excellent effective communication skills with service users, their families, significant others, members of the public and professionals

 Applicants are encouraged to apply for posts at Greater Manchester Mental Health who have direct experience of mental health, learning disability or drug and alcohol services either as a service user or a carer.

The Trust is also committed to safeguarding children, young people and vulnerable adults and requires 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.

Sponsorship

We are proud to be an approved sponsor for the Skilled Worker visa. Applications from individuals who require sponsorship will be considered alongside all other applications. Please be aware that not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible roles and salary requirements on the UK Government’s website – click .

If you are offered a role with us and you require sponsorship, we will check your eligibility in line with the information on the above website. Your offer of employment could be withdrawn if the role is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not otherwise able to evidence your right to work in the UK.

Do you have experience outside the NHS?

We want to attract and retain people with diverse skills and experience, to deliver inclusive healthcare services to our communities. 

We will consider relevant experience outside the NHS to calculate your salary on appointment.

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