Recovery Worker

Job summary

Following refurbishment of our Older Person's Mental Health (OPMH) inpatient wards, an exciting opportunity has arisen for Recovery Workers to join us at Gosport War Memorial Hospital.

This role involves providing recovery for older people experiencing a wide range of acute mental health conditions who have been admitted to the inpatient unit for a period of assessment and treatment.

We are seeking candidates with life experience and who has a passion for working with older people. You need to be hardworking, honest and reliable to complement our established team.

You will be a good communicator with excellent interpersonal and organisational skills, who has a flexible approach/attitude and experience of working in mental health.

You will work within a compassionate team, lead by a supportive Ward Manager and Therapy Lead. You will be required to work independently as well as part of the team. Part of this role will be to engage with our patients to work towards a successful outcome for their discharge.

We have full and part time duties available. Providing a seven day a week service, working early shifts - 07:00 to 15:00 and late shifts - 13:00 to 21:00

The successful candidates will receive regular supervision and appraisal. A willingness to undertake training relevant to the post is essential.

Main duties, tasks & skills required

In this role you will deliver a range of social, functional and recreational activities which are accessible and meaningful to service users who have been admitted to an acute Older Person's Mental Health ward, in order to:

• Maintain and promote functional skills
• Help individuals exercise choice and preference and self-occupation
• Provide sense of enjoyment, satisfaction and mental well-being
• Offer opportunity to take part in current interests or develop new ones and therefore contribute to their own recovery
• Engage all service users on the ward in group or individual sessions under the guidance of the therapy team and nursing team
• Encourage and support service users with self-occupation and autonomous activity
• Support the nursing staff with the daily routines of the ward, assisting with personal care, meal times and behaviour management

You will be responsible for the daily coordination and facilitation of enjoyable, functional and meaningful activities in which to engage patients who are on the ward. You will have an overview of the ward environment and ensure that it is therapeutic and recovery focussed. You will have the authority to speak with patient's relatives with the aim of ensuring their care is as personalised and patient led as possible. You will have the authority to identify scope for change and service improvement and discuss these with clinical supervisor and the ward manager.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Job description

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

Literacy and numeracy skills

Ability to attend and participate in all statutory training events

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.

For help with your application, contact: 

Heather Markham 

heather.markham1@nhs.net 

02382318009