Hours: 37.5 hours per week
Salary: £27,789.07 per annum
Based in: Eccles, Greater Manchester
Shift Pattern: Shifts are worked in blocks of 4 on 4 off on a rolling rota and will include days, nights and weekends.
Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, employer’s contributory pension scheme, EAP scheme and other generous benefits.
About us
Imagine Independence is a leading third sector organisation, passionate about supporting people with mental illness, neurodiversity, learning disabilities, and behaviours that challenge to live as part of their community. Imagine exists to challenge the stigma that having a mental illness or learning disability still brings. Imagine supports people to live meaningfully by nurturing their individuality and recognising the power of small steps.
Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation? If you have a passion for providing high-quality support and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we want to hear from you!
The role
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a motivated person to join Imagines’ Specialist Service portfolio. Working as part of a team supporting women who have been discharged from secure services and have severe and enduring mental health diagnoses; this position provides specialist input to empower women to continue on their journey to independence and support them to achieve their full potential. The service delivered is a psychologically informed and therapeutically driven environment that puts women at the heart of their own recovery.
The ideal candidate will have experience of women’s support, personality disorder, forensic or mental health services including challenging behaviours and a willingness to engage with the extensive training program provided.
You will work in partnership with the Service Managers, using both hope and recovery and Cognitive Analytic Therapy models. The Senior Mental Health Recovery Practitioner will provide informal leadership, coaching and support to less experienced team members. NVQ 3 in Health & Social Care or the commitment to work towards it would be an advantage. Experience with working with women in a supported housing or community health setting is desirable.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone with a positive mind-set to recovery and inclusion who is looking for an opportunity to be part of a team committed to outstanding person-centred delivery. In return Imagine offer development opportunities across the UK, exposure to well-coordinated multi-disciplinary team working (including our collaborative team approach with CPNs and Psychiatrists) and the opportunity to work in a well-resourced, well respected supportive team environment.
Imagine is a values-based recruiter and so it will be seeking to ensure that the successful candidate will align with the following:
• Meaningful Living: Using empathy to bring together diverse people and resources, to put the everyday within reach of everyone.
• Nurturing Individuality: Creating conditions that support people to be true to themselves and express their truth.
• Focused Dedication: Showing up each day hungry to do our best to learn and develop. We never give up on people.
• Challenging Ideas: Keeping our efforts real and centred on what matters most, we do not settle for the ordinary when better is possible.
• Generous Sharing: Giving of ourselves, our experiences and knowledge, to promote and provide a great service.
Under the Equality Act 2010 (Schedule 9, Part 1: general occupational requirements) we only require Female candidates at the present time.
To download the application form, full job description and person specification, please visit our website:
Your application form, which will be assessed against the role requirements detailed in the person specification, should be returned no later than the closing date/time stated below either by email to recruitment@imagineindependence.org.uk or post to 25 Hope Street, Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
Please note that CVs will not be considered.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Friday 3rd January 2025 at 5.00 pm.
Interviews will take place: Tuesday 14th January 2025.
Imagine reserves the right to close the vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
Imagine aims to be an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community.