Aquarius Charity

General

• Assist people using our services to manage and improve their own physical and mental well-being
• Develop life-skills and coping tools to better manage their own mental health, through group and 1:1 interventions
• Live more fulfilling lives and develop new meanings and purposes
• Take control over their life, through their own choices and decisions
• Ensure the safe running of the service: Assess resident wellbeing and welfare on an ongoing basis
• Keep our service compliant with legal regulations
• Provide a safe, respectful environment
• Keywork: Oversee your own caseload of sessions
• Concentrate on the person and their individual needs, choices and aspirations, rather than on diagnostic categories or labels
• Work with individuals to develop agreed, meaningful and achievable person centred plans with positive outcomes that meet the individual’s aspirations
• Complete a range of activities during and around sessions
• Ensure positive risk assessments are created and implemented in line with our policies and procedures
• Signpost people we support to other services for additional support
• Maintain the health and safety of the building: cleaning, risk management, recording and reporting
• Support the team with daily planning
• Manage your own workload: Plan and carry out your core areas of responsibility
• Complete accurate and timely computerised records via our database
• Liaise with external agencies - such as community mental health teams, multi-disciplinary teams and carers - building relationships and projecting a positive image of the service
• Effectively monitor and manage your own wellbeing through debriefing and discussions with your manager and colleagues
• Keep up to date with organisational developments

Recovery Worker – Crisis Team