Benefits: 25 days annual leave plus statutory bank holidays, employer’s contributory pension scheme, EAP scheme and other generous benefits
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.
Every day, Imagine’s staff and volunteers generously share their experience, knowledge, and talents with the people they support. Through their focused dedication to Imagine’s mission, and the courage to challenge the status quo, people feel valued. They know they are making both the ‘everyday’ and the ‘extraordinary’ become possible for everyone. They walk alongside the people they have the privilege to serve, helping to transform lives, one day at a time. They never give up.
Do you want to become part of this amazing organisation? Imagine now needs a Social Inclusion worker. This is a great time to join, as we continue to expand our services across the north-west of England and beyond. If you are caring, supportive, as well as professional, who wants to make a real difference for others, every day of your working life, then get in touch if you would like to have an initial chat, please call Cath Lee on 07816 131 728.
Job Description:
Main Duties Include:
- To facilitate and support clients accessing their identified activity by demonstrating an understanding of the barriers encountered by people with Autism Spectrum Condition.
- To build partnerships with relevant providers, in order to foster understanding and access routes thereby creating a wide range of opportunities for clients.
- To raise awareness within the wider community of mental health issue, and the project.
- To participate in the identification of client’s needs through the established referral systems and then match these with suitable opportunities in the community.
- To promote clients’ freedom of choice, independence, and encourage their participation in their chosen pathway.
- To be proactive in adhering to all health and safety requirements and reporting any matters of concern immediately to a manager.
- To ensure all administrative, recording and reporting requirements are undertaken in an appropriate and timely way.
- To undertake appropriate training to develop skills and knowledge that meet the organisational requirements and objectives.
- To develop appropriate contacts and networks as dictated by individual service requirements.
- To monitor client’ satisfaction with opportunities accessed in order to facilitate an evaluation of the therapeutic benefit to the client.
- To define and implement with the rest of the team, realistic systems to measure and achieve standards of operational performance and quality. These will work towards ensuring the attainment of national and local standards of quality and will be subject to regular audit.
- To establish and maintain appropriate client record keeping systems ensuring confidentiality at all times in line with Imagine’s Confidentiality Policy.
- To influence people and events formally and informally at all levels through successful communication and interpersonal skills.
- To develop and maintain constructive relationships whilst reconciling or resolving conflict or resource allocation issues.
Person Specification
- Relevant qualification in health and social care or willing to work towards
- Previous experience of working with people with mental health conditions or working in ‘people related’ services eg, community, youth etc
- Experience of supporting people on the Autistic Spectrum
- Appropriate transferable skills as relevant to the service specification
- Knowledge of local opportunities
- Knowledge of mental health legislation
- Good communication skills and the ability to liaise effectively at all levels
- Ability to problem solve creatively
- Good organisational and time management skills
- Record keeping skills
- Evidence of continued personal development
- Skilled in supporting self-management
- Ability to work with minimum supervision and act decisively and ask for help when needed
- Proficient in MS Office and web-based services
- Ability to work in an enabling and creative way to support clients
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.
Please note that we will only accept completed application forms. Visit our website www.imagineindependence.org.uk to download an application form or contact our Head Office on 0151 709 2366 option 4 if you would like one posted out to you.
Applications are to be returned no later than the closing date/time either by email torecruitment@imagineindependence.org.ukor post to 25 Hope Street,Liverpool, L1 9BQ.
An enhanced DBS will be required for this post.
Closing date for applications: Tuesday 27th May 2025 at 9am.
Interviews are currently scheduled to take place on Friday 6th June 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.
