Supported Living Advisor (Weekends)

To enable people with complex mental health problems maintain a tenancy, maintain mental health and social networks and access community facilities to live as ordinary lives as possible in their chosen lifestyle.

The postholder will provide social and housing related support for people with complex mental health problems through individualised support and time enabling service users to access all community facilities. The purpose will be to promote recovery ensuring service users' needs, wishes and aspirations are at the fore, within the framework of the Care Programme Approach.

To provide support, time and assistance in practical tasks and housing related support for a caseload of referred service users.

To ensure service users are fully involved and engaged in their agreed care plan supporting their access to appropriate services and facilities including assisting with transport where appropriate. This may include: Advocacy services, welfare benefits, housing, recreational facilities, voluntary sector agencies, day centres, mainstream education, health, leisure, and employment opportunities.

To focus on the needs of individual service users establishing rapport, using empathy, compassion, and patience, promoting their rights and responsibilities.

Support service users in management of mental health symptoms e.g., anxiety management, relapse prevention, medication management as part of an agreed plan.

Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.