Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment. The Adult Mental Health Prevention & Wellbeing Team is one of the leading specialist care providers in Cheshire West and Chester, working alongside a wide range of consultants, clinical experts and specialised agencies providing rehabilitation, treatment programmes, care planning, assessment, and long-term focus on recovery and overall wellbeing. We have consistently gained a reputation for innovation, creativity and providing the right treatment solutions for services users with particularly challenging and complex needs. Our ethos is to ensure that every individual referred to our service has the potential to further their recovery within a community setting, leading to independence, choice and positivity. We are continuously under the process of reshaping our service in order to provide a more integrated service, supporting an array of health & care providers. We are also proud to work closely with a number of agencies that support people with mental health problems. An ideal candidate will hold a desire to be creative and ‘think outside the box’ in terms of creating new opportunities and sessions based on your own personal interests and skills, and will hold the ability in sharing these experiences in a group setting, thus ultimately offering varied stimulus, structure and over inclusion within a community based setting. The candidate will be able to assist with our ongoing activity programme which includes Art Sessions, Craft Groups, Karaoke, Music Performance, Bingo, Gardening and many more… Our values are important to all of us, we live and breathe them, and they shape how we work together to create positive environments where both colleagues and people who use our services can be inspired to reach their potential. If you share our values and commitment, then you’re our kind of person. You will have the opportunity to; Work in a forward-thinking Council and within teams that have clear, shared values Work with local people to understand their care and support needs and help to identify options available to them. Be pivotal to ensuring people are connected to the support services and community assets they need to live great lives. Receive great support from our proactive and knowledgeable management team. Develop and progress in your career through training and development opportunities in a variety of pathways, including the opportunity to train as a Social Worker through our fully funded apprenticeship programme. You will have: NVQ level 2 in care or working towards this level, to be achieved within 18 months in post (Essential) Have experience in delivering frontline care including mental health support Experience of identifying and co-ordinating a range of services to meet an individual’s needs to enable them to engage with community services and activities Working knowledge of a range of practical and procedural processes in relation to care provision including: Care systems and procedures, Care programmes, Health & Safety and Risk Assessments Understand the concept of Recovery and apply those principles to develop an environment and service that enhances recovery A good understanding of mental health issues and how they affect people Respond appropriately to a range of emotions or behaviours displayed by service users which may be emotionally challenging. Demonstrate the ability to support the individual to regulate their emotions ensuring their physical and emotional safety Ability to communicate easily and effectively with service users in order to deliver effective support This is a hybrid role where you will be based at our offices across the borough as well as the opportunity to work at other locations, complete visits and work from home. Come and join us, working in an authority that has an excellent reputation, great working culture and is an inclusive and dynamic place to work. We consider our workforce to be of high value, placing wellbeing at the forefront. The benefits of working for the Council go well beyond making a difference to people’s lives, as well as working within a supportive environment with people who share your values you will have access to a huge range of benefits including discounts on: High street and supermarket shopping Gym membership Holidays Days out Cinemas Childcare vouchers Cash back scheme on any medical treatment that you may require via Medicash Car lease scheme (Brand new fully maintained and insured car for 3 years in return for a fixed monthly payment via salary sacrifice) Cycle Scheme (Save up to £320 on the cost of a brand-new bike and equipment) We also offer: Competitive salary A generous holiday allowance starting at 26 days pro rata (plus bank holidays) increasing with length of service to 31 days and the ability to purchase additional leave. An excellent career average pension scheme with employer contributions of 22.3%. (Employer contributions elsewhere are typically 3%) The opportunity to develop your skills and career Rewards and Recognition for going above and beyond such as additional annual leave and shopping vouchers Supportive team and culture Opportunity to purchase up to 10 days additional annual leave An Employee Assistance Programme, which offers free 24/7 confidential assistance, practical information, and emotional support. For further information please contact ascrecruitmentcheshirewest.gov.uk Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check. To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information. Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £12 per hour for all contracted hours. For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteamecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.