Involvement, Recovery & Wellness Mentor

Involvement, Recovery & Wellness Mentor Crewe, England

CWP
Full Time Crewe, England 23949 - 26282 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Main area
Involvement, Recovery & Wellness Mentor

Grade

Band 4

Contract

Permanent

Hours

  • Full time
  • Part time
  • Job share
37.5 hours per week (Occasional evening and weekend work maybe needed)

Job ref

373-SMH1456-B RR

Site
Base to be decided at interview

Town

Crewe

Salary

£23,949 - £26,282 per annum

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

19/05/2023 23:59


Job overview

The Involvement, Recovery & Wellness Centre (IRWC) is seeking self-motivated and enthusiastic tutor who have a passion for recovery and teaching to support the facilitation of workshops Cheshire wide. The role requires you to champion hope, opportunity, independence, and control by supporting and teaching evidence based self-management strategies both in groups and on a one-to-one basis; in order to support the people utilising CWP services to live their best lives and reach their own personal potential in all areas of life.

Main duties of the job

To create, develop and facilitate workshops Cheshire Wide (i.e. Chester, Crewe, Macclesfield), as well as work with people on a one to one basis utilising evidence based recovery principles.

Facilitate wellbeing events, encourage public engagement and promote prevention and wellbeing.


Working for our organisation

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care – including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We have been recognised by the Health Service Journal as one of the top places to work in the health service for the last two years running. CWP also scored the highest in the north west (among mental health, learning disability and community Trusts) for staff “recommending CWP as a place to work” in the NHS Staff Survey 2020.

We have services across Wirral and Cheshire, as well as Trafford, Warrington, Bolton, Halton and Liverpool – and provide specialist services for the North West as a whole.

Apply now to join our skilled and friendly teams and help us to deliver our vision to improve health and wellbeing by providing high quality care. We offer a variety of roles at all levels.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences. We are proud to be a Disability Confident employer.

We welcome applications from people who have direct experience of accessing our services.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please download a copy of the job description for full details.

Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust’s Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust’s Values and Behaviours which are ‘the 6 Cs’ Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. A ‘Guide to completing your application form’ can be accessed on the right side of this page under the job description.

The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust’s Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

If your disability meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the ‘essential’ criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer ‘YES’ to the question: ‘Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?’ Please also inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

We offer a guaranteed interview scheme for our Armed Forces community. Please answer YES’ to the question in the application form.

All new clinical support staff will be required to have completed or working towards the Care Certificate (CWP In-house 2 day training to be completed within 6 months of start date).

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

New entrants to the NHS will commence on the minimum of the scale stated above.

CWP encourages and supports all staff to become vaccinated against COVID-19.

Applicants are advised to apply early as if a large number of applications are received for this post we reserve the right to close the vacancy prior to the advertised date.

If you experience any technical difficulties or need help when making an application please contact our Recruitment Team on 01244 393100.

Good luck with your application. We hope to welcome you to Team CWP very soon.

Person specification

Experience

Essential criteria
  • Working with service users and carers of mental health services in a role that acknowledges and supports involvement, recovery and wellness
  • Experience of delivering training workshops or focus groups
  • Personal experience of living with and effectively self-managing symptoms long term health conditions
Desirable criteria
  • Experience of working in a Recovery College environment
  • Experience of working in an office environment
  • Experience of Peer support Training

Qualifications

Essential criteria
  • Expert Patient Programme, Train the Trainer or Participation and Engagement training qualification

Knowledge

Essential criteria
  • Knowledge of facilitating groups
  • Knowledge and experience of dealing with issues involved in communicating with those who use mental health services
  • Knowledge and experience of developing and employing effective participation and engagement techniques
  • Understanding and knowledge of managing a long term health condition
Desirable criteria
  • Knowledge and ability to create and edit digital databases
  • Understanding and appreciation of the principles underpinning Recovery Colleges

Applicant requirements

The postholder will have access to vulnerable people in the course of their normal duties and as such this post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service to check for any previous criminal convictions.


Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Tracey Williamson

Job title

Team Manager for IRWC

Email address

[email protected]

Telephone number

01625 505647

Involvement, Recovery & Wellness Mentor
CWP

www.nhs.uk
London, United Kingdom
Amanda Pritchard
$5 to $25 million (USD)
10000+ Employees
Government
Insurance Carriers
Insurance
1946
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