Job summary
Please note: We have Band 2, and Band 3 positions available. Please refer to the attached Job Descriptions / Person Specifications, for full details of the roles and their respective responsibilities.

An exciting opportunity has arisen within The Community Rehabilitation Service.

This role is focussed on spending time with individuals and as such it is a privileged role that gives you the opportunity to make a real difference to peoples lives.

Are you passionate about helping others regain their independence? We are seeking an empathetic and motivated Rehabilitation Support Worker to join our expanding multidisciplinary team. Working across community and inpatient settings, you will collaborate closely with Occupational Therapists, Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Nurses, Social Workers, Support Workers, and Psychiatrists to provide short and long term reablement and rehabilitation programs

Main duties of the job
The role will support the multi-disciplinary team to delivery individualised care packages to a small group of service users with both mental health needs and/or a learning difficulties, who are either stepping down from low secure and locked rehabilitation placements or who are local service users requiring assessment and treatment for their enduring mental ill health. The aim of the post is to support recovery, independence, quality of life and well-being, through instilling hope and optimism in every service user so that they can reach their full potential.

About us
Hello!

We are Navigo. We look after North East Lincolnshire's mental health and well-being, an award-winning social enterprise that provides mental health services to the NHS and beyond.

The whole basis of our work is to deliver services that we would be happy for our own family to use.

We offer a range of mental health services, including acute and community facilities as well as specialist support such as outstanding older adults inpatient services, rehabilitation and recovery community mental health and an outstanding specialist eating disorder facility.

Ranked as one of the top UK companies to work for, we feature in the Best Companies top 100 large company list.

As a social enterprise, we do things a little bit differently and have also developed income-generating commercially viable businesses that provide training, education and employment opportunities including Grimsby Garden Centre.

Working at Navigo is not like working anywhere else. Lots of places say that, but we really mean it.

We like to work with forward-thinking people who want to make a difference.

Come and Join us !

Please note: Whilst we value all applications, if we believe an application to be AI generated, we will use a checking tool and may reject any application that has been automatically generated.

Should you require any assistance in completing this application due to a disability or other needs please contact navigo.recruitment@nhs.net

Job responsibilities
To develop knowledge and understanding of the lived experience of people in your care so that you can provide the right support that will meet their own identified needs for recovery.

To advocate for your service users so that they are at the forefront of designing their own mental health care and support and so that their voice is heard at all levels.

To develop supportive and caring relationships with individual service users and to provide daily support through encouragement, understanding and motivation.

To deliver prescribed 1:1 and group interventions within the scope of the support plan, with care and compassion, this may include but this list is not exhaustive:

• Budgeting, benefits and welfare rights
• Diet, exercise and well-being
• Planning, shopping and cooking of meals
• Education, occupation, training and development
• Healthy lifestyle, healthy choices
• Activities of daily living
• Administering of oral medication
• Rest, relaxation and vocation

You will be expected to increase your knowledge in one of the elements of recovery above to support senior staff to deliver specific interventions.

To provide daily updates to senior staff of individuals mood, behaviour, interaction, motivation and mental health so that plans of care can be reviewed accordingly.

Sensitively support individuals with activities of daily living with the goal to enhance these essential living skills.

To work without direct supervision, but with someone available to refer to, as and when required, either on or off site on a regular basis.

Help identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the services user progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the persons care.

To support the service user to integrate into the local community to enable them to feel a sense of purpose and community.

To maintain informative electronic records as required.

To undertake such other duties as may be determined from time to time within the general scope of the post.

Be able to work flexibly within the different elements of the rehabilitation pathway when required.

Person Specification
Experience
Essential

• 3 years experience of working with people with mental illness.
• A good practical understanding of the MHA and MCA and the role of a nursing assistant within this.

Desirable

• A keen interest in mental health.
• Lived Experience.
• Mental health First Aid training.
• An awareness of Health and Safety in the workplace.
• Recent and / or current work experience within a Mental Health or Social Care environment.

Knowledge
Desirable

• Awareness of Coaching techniques.
• An awareness of Health and Safety in the workplace.
• Working knowledge of the benefits and housing systems.
• Supervision of junior staff.

Additional Requirements
Essential

• Excellent communication skills.
• Ability to respond to the individual rights/needs/opinions of service users.
• Ability to maintain a safe environment for service users/ carers/staff.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Standard keyboard skills.

Desirable

• Can evidence supporting others so that they can reach their full potential (staff and service users).
• Can evidence making a positive difference to peoples lives.
• Can evidence understanding of mental health and recovery.
• Can evidence advocating for the service user.
• Can evidence applied knowledge of the MHA and MCA.
• Group Work.
• Substance use knowledge.

Qualifications
Essential

• NVQ level 3 in care or Care certificate or equivalent
• Medication administration qualification

Desirable

• A basic knowledge/understanding of and passion for supporting those with Mental Health needs.
• Some understanding of the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.