Senior Recovery Worker

Liaison Psychiatry provide specialist mental health support to service users admitted to Sheffield Teaching Hospital. The role of a Senior Recovery Worker within Liaison Psychiatry is essential to the on-going provision of high quality, evidence based mental health care. The role includes a mixture of indpendent work delivering short term psychological interventions and collaborative work with Liaison colleagues to meet the complex needs of service users experiencing physical health and mental health problems. A successful candidate will have excellent people skills, thinking creatively around how to engage people in high levels of distress. Compassion and kindness are core values required for this post. The service has excellent supervision arrangements to help you develop in your role.,

• Providing short-term psychological interventions (under therapist supervision)
• Offering a 'listening service' (Under therapist supervision)
• Linking patients in with the local and voluntary sector at point of discharge care planning or during ward stays (also known as community resourcing) (under therapist supervision) Band 3 and above
• Indirect information gathering or 'sweep' of AMU (Acute Medical Unit)
• Supporting professionally-registered Liaison staff in day to day working practice (under clinical supervision of Band 5+ Liaison Nurse) for Band 4 Senior Recovery Workers
• Supportive role alongside clinical staff in ED, AMU, CDU and on general STH wards
• Taking initial referrals into the Liaison service
• Supporting patient on general wards who are detained under the Mental Health Act or being treated informally for a long stay on a general ward, with psychiatric needs
  
  We are passionate about providing the very best care to the people we support, and we're looking for amazing people who share this passion to join us.
What is it that makes our Trust such a special place to work? Well, it's all about the people. Our staff, service users, carers and families all come from such diverse backgrounds and all have expertise and stories to share. It's important that you feel supported in your role, that the people who you work with are as passionate as you are and that your health and wellbeing is taken care of If you're interested in developing your career, you'll have access to a range of training and education opportunities, including apprenticeships, work experience and placements, as well as the chance to get involved in research. We are very proud of the difference we make to people's lives each and every day and if that's something that you'd like to be part of we'd love to have you with us.