Pool Worker

About the Service / Department
Huddleston Close & Grand Union place are supported accommodation services for complex mental health needs designed as an alternative to acute mental health intervention and to prevent further institutionalisation. Running as move on services, Huddleston Close & Grand Union Place, are aimed at facilitating the development of necessary skills and empowering adults to re-join the community independently.
You will be joining a successful team on a full time basis,with fantastic leadership and supportive colleagues. We offer a welcoming environment and a collaborative service. The team have won Hestia's best practice award on 3 occasions.
About the role
You will empower a caseload of clients to manage their health and wellbeing, maintain their independence, identify their strengths and achieve their goals and aspirations, under the direction of the Team Manager and Senior Recovery Worker.
About you
Experience of working with people who have people who have experienced mental health and / or dual diagnosis issues in a paid or voluntary role. The means to learn quickly, gather information and make defensible decisions. The ability to receive, process and accurately record detailed information, sharing it with others, as appropriate and within the framework of confidentiality. The capacity to work with people who may display challenging behaviour and to defuse potentially difficult situations. Having a solution focused approach and the capacity to work constructively and collaboratively towards problem solving. Being optimistic about the possibility of change and the clients' capacity to change. A calm, non-judgemental and anti-discriminatory approach. The ability to work within a structured, busy and sometimes pressured environment. Willingness to work unsociable hours; Early, late, overnight (sleep-in cover) and weekend duties as part of a team rota required. Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately. Please note
If offered a role with Hestia, you will be issued a conditional offer based on satisfactory references and an Enhanced disclosure/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 interview 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.