B3 Recovery Coach - Fixed term, Part time 22.5hrs

Job overview

The Recovery College provides a wide range of psycho-educational courses to help people across Surrey and NE Hampshire to get better understand and manage their mental health needs, recover and stay well.  Courses are offered both online and face to face

The Recovery Coach is required to effectively use your own lived experience to co-facilitate our range of courses. Within a relationship of mutuality, to facilitate and support information-sharing to promote choice, self-determination and empowerment. To co-write and co-deliver recovery focused courses alongside clinicians or expert trainers and work with the multi-disciplinary team in the support of the participants who access the service. This post is supervised by the Senior Recovery Coach.

Subject to reasonable adjustments in respect of any disability, candidates must possess a valid driving licence and be able to drive and have the unrestricted use of a car or motorcycle for work at all times including community based work.

Please note that this role is part time, 22.5hrs, fixed term 3 months only.

Main duties of the job

The Recovery Coach will support the development of knowledge and skills through sharing the wisdom of their own lived experience. They will inspire hope and belief that recovery is possible.

To assist participants to identify their strengths and challenges around managing their emotions.

To support participants in self-management, keeping well, and offer guidance on how to work towards recovery.To contribute to the development of materials to support the delivery of courses.

They will also contribute towards the delivery and evaluation of the Recovery College. Tasks may include those which are administrative; assisting the administrator to organise course delivery and venue booking, collating registers of attendees, and distributing relevant outcome measures.

Their work may include contributing towards co-delivery of focus groups and working with carers and people who use the services to gain their views.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirement for this job.