Bank Recovery Advisor

Based in Eastbourne, Lewes and Bexhill
£14.00 per hour, including holiday pay
The Thinking Well Service offer a dedicated specialist Personality Disorder Service across three locations in East Sussex. Working in partnership with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, the service will offer therapeutic clinical treatment programmes including Schema and MBT approaches alongside community support programmes, recovery, and peer support groups to improve the health and well-being of individuals who have a range of complex presentations within secondary mental health services.
We are looking to appoint Bank Recovery Advisors to work within this service. Applicants should have experience working in a mental health setting, and preferably with people with a personality disorder or complex presentation. You will be committed to working within a co-production model to develop the service. The service covers three locations, Eastbourne, Lewes, and Bexhill and might be asked to cover all three.
You will also get the opportunity to join us for our Wednesday morning meeting structures on the weeks you cover, including in these are training opportunities from our clinical Team and Reflective Practice as well as opportunities to join in discussions with Team formulation.
Your Main Role as a Recovery Advisor will be to plan and deliver our community groups alongside either another Recovery Advisor, Peer Specialist or a member of the clinical team. These groups can either be Psychoeducational such as workshops around Anxiety, Relationships and Boundaries or Sleep or Psychosocial groups such as cooking, creative art workshops, and outdoor trips.
Please feel free to read our Prospectus which is attached, to find out more about what we deliver. If you have any questions or want to know more about the role, please contact the Team Manager Josh at joshua.miles@southdown.org
Southdown is a psychologically informed organisation where the well-being and happiness of our employees matter. We’re committed to creating a positive and compassionate work environment where employees feel valued, respected and inspired to do their best. In addition, we’re a family-friendly employer that recognises the importance of a work-life balance. If you share our values and want to work for an organisation that helps change lives for the better, we want to hear from you
We are a Disability Confident Employer and are fully committed to supporting Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) and welcome applications from all candidates that meet our job specifications. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, do get in contact with us at jobs@southdown.org as we are always happy to discuss (or arrange a discussion with the recruiting manager) to explore if any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.
Closing date: 31 January 2024
Interviews will be held: 7 February 2024