Senior Group Facilitator immediate start - Placed App : Job Details

**_We are Hestia. We make a difference._**At Hestia, we are guided by our core values and are dedicated to fostering anequitable, diverse, and inclusive organisation. We provide a range ofservices, including Domestic Abuse support, Modern Slavery assistance, MentalHealth & Complex Needs care, and Criminal Justice. Our mission is to empowerindividuals to rebuild their lives and achieve independence.**The service you will work in….**The Grove Outreach is a vibrant and busy service which enables Royal Boroughof Kensington & Chelsea residents to avoid, and in particular to reduce theneed for, prolonged hospital admissions and long-term dependency on mentalhealth services. The Grove delivers community based, person-centred andholistic support to service users aged over 18, who have severe or enduringcomplex needs.We provide a weekly range of creative activities including art, pottery andsocial discussion groups. We are a rewarding service in which we work closelyin coproduction with our service users in order to increase their independenceand combat isolation.**A day in this role looks like….**As a Senior Group Facilitator**** at Hestia, you will play a crucial role inour Integrated Mental Health Service. Your contributions will directlyinfluence the lives of our service users, guiding them towards a path ofempowerment and independence.A day will never look the same and some of the things you can expect to doberesponsible for are:* To be responsible for the support and well-being of a group of key 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.* To 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.* To enable the service users to access medical services and the local community mainstream services.* To ensure that allocated service users have a needs & risk assessment and SMART support plan; which are reviewed at agreed frequencies.* To minimise unplanned and emergency hospital admissions for mental health relapse. To formulate, implement and review support plans with service users and associated professional participation.* To liaise effectively with other agencies involved in the support of service users where appropriate.* To encourage users to have on-going engagement with existing networks including faithbased groups and informal sources of support.* To provide information and advice on benefits, housing and welfare issues to service users.* To facilitate access to self-management programmes.* To build strong links with community organisations and work with them to support wider engagement with service users.* To work with universal services to ensure users have access to appropriate community-based facilities, promoting community cohesion.**Why Hestia?**Joining Hestia means more than just a job; its an opportunity to be part ofsomething bigger. We offer a supportive, inclusive and resolution driven workenvironment where your contributions are recognised and valued. As a member ofour team, you will have the chance to grow both personally and professionallywhile making a lasting impact on the lives of those we serve.We are looking for candidates who bring a combination of passion, expertise,and dedication to the table. To excel in this role, you should possess:* Experience of working with people requiring support related to mental ill health and complex needs.* Experience of delivering support to people within a communityoutreach setting.* Ability to support service users to achieve their goals & aspirations.* 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.* Knowledge of health and safety relevant to the role including working within a community setting.* Knowledge of key working, person centered support planning systems and the recovery approach.* An understanding of equality and diversity and how it applies to the job role and the importance of promoting service users rights, privacy dignity and choice.* Knowledge of welfare benefits entitlements appropriate to the user group.* Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding issues and ability to address them appropriately.**Our commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion**Our services users come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire greatpeople from a wide variety of backgrounds because it makes us stronger. We arecommitted to creating and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workforce andvalue the skills, abilities, talent and experiences, different people andcommunities bring to our organisation.**We are a disability confident employer**Hestia is proud to be a disability confident employer, dedicated to theemployment and career development of individuals with disabilities. We offer aguaranteed interview scheme for all applicants with disabilities who meet theminimum criteria for the role they have applied for. We also providereasonable adjustments during the selection and interview process, andthroughout your employment with us.**Safeguarding Statement**Hestia is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults,children and young people who are potentially at risk, and we therefore expectall staff and volunteers to do the same. We require all staff to undertakeinternal and external safeguarding training throughout their employment withHestia._We reserve the right to close this job advert early should we receive a highvolume of applications or if the position is filled before the closing date.We encourage interested candidates to apply as soon as possible to ensuretheir application is considered._