Sanctuary Support Worker

Adferiad Recovery delivers a flexible and coordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions and related issues. Vulnerable people facing complex life challenges need consistent and seamless support to ensure they remain engaged with vital health and wellbeing services - and to prevent them becoming disenfranchised and isolated., The Sanctuary Support Worker will form part of a team providing recovery focussed, compassionate, and dynamic mental health related support to clients accessing Adferiad Recovery's Swansea Sanctuary Service.

As a member of the team, you will provide somewhere to turn to for people (and those who have relationships with those) experiencing social/emotional crisis, anxiety, panic attacks, depression and/or having suicidal thoughts.

Support the needs of adults (aged over 17 years and 9 months) who are in, at the risk of, or at the point of a social/emotional crisis within the Swansea Bay University Health Board area.

The Sanctuary provides an out of hours, non-accommodation-based service offering support between the hours of 18:00 to 03:00, 7 days per week, 365 days per year.

A UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is essential for this role.

If you think you might have these skills, but are not 100% sure, please do still apply and let us decide. We know that certain groups rule themselves out of interesting opportunities assuming that others will be more successful, but please don't be that person. We want to hear from the widest cross section of the community.

Adferiad Recovery welcomes applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK, and values diversity in the workplace.

All employees are required to act inclusively to encourage, promote, and cultivate our values, (such as rights affirming and cultural diversity).

Working towards becoming a Rights Affirming organisation, we actively encourage applications from people where the Person Specification calls for a particular qualification or experience, we will consider waiving these requirements if an applicant who could not achieve them because of a disability can demonstrate he/she would be capable of performing well in the job and fulfils the criteria in other respects.

Salary: £24,245.10 per annum (pro rata) (includes unsocial hours payment)