Outreach Worker

About the Service / Department Oremi provides specialist support to African and Afro-caribbean clients with enduring mental health.  The service provide a person centred approach to maximise recovery.About the role Be responsible for the support and well-being of a caseload of African, Caribbean, and Arabic speaking service users allocated from across the team using holistic, person-centred support planning with SMART targets and the recovery star using the recovery approach to enable them to increase independence, maintain their accommodation and enjoy a good quality of life.Ensure that specific services and activities are provided to meet the needs of African, Caribbean, and Arabic speaking service users.Visit service users for support sessions within their homes or appropriate community locations.To devise effective interventions for service users who are ‘hard to engage'.Enable service users to access medical services and the local community mainstream services.Ensure that allocated service users have a needs & risk assessment and SMART support plan, which are reviewed at agreed frequencies.
About you Demonstrable experience of working with people of African, Caribbean, and Arabic heritage requiring support related to mental ill health and complex needs within a community/outreach setting.Ability to support service users to achieve their goals & aspirations in a culturally appropriate setting.Excellent knowledge of issues related to signs, symptoms, and treatments of mental illness; ability to assess service users declining mental health and take appropriate action.Ability to help service users to acquire, develop or enhance their daily living skills.Experience of promoting, implementing, maintaining Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion good practice.Knowledge of health and safety relevant to the role including lone working within a community setting.Please note that if you are offered a role with Hestia, you will be issued a conditional offer based on satisfactory references and a Basic or Enhanced DBS check. Disability confident Hestia is a disability confident employer, committed to the employment and career development of individual with disabilities. As part of this commitment, we operate a guaranteed intervi
ew scheme for all applicants with disabilities who meet the minimum criteria for the role they have applied for. We will also accommodate reasonable adjustment during the selection and interview process and throughout your employment with us. Hestia positively encourages applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, religion or belief, marital status, or pregnancy and maternity. But we particularly welcome individuals from an ethnic minority background and those with disabilities to apply. As an organisation, we are committed to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce and value the skills, abilities, talent and experiences, different people and communities bring to our organisation.