Job Details: Mental Health Ireland: Community Integration Worker


Irish Future
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Dublin 1
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Mental Health Ireland: Community Integration Worker


COMMUNITY INTEGRATION WORKER (HSE GRADE IV, APRIL **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**) **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** MONTHS FIXED TERM CONTRACT.

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CHO8 MLM, Midlands Louth Meath Mental Health Services is a service
that covers six counties Laois/Offaly, Longford/Westmeath and
Louth/Meath. These services are working towards developing a strong
recovery oriented practice approach to service delivery and service
user engagement. The service is largely comprised of Community Mental
Health Teams (CMHT) that aim to offer support to people and their
supporters in their own home and approved centres that provide
inpatient services. CHO MLM is working towards implementing the
principles outlined in the HSE National Framework for Recovery Mental
Health (**Apply on the website**).

CHO MLM is partnering with Mental Health Ireland to continue to
develop, deliver and embed recovery education in the services, with
particular focus on the midland counties and specifically the
Longford/Westmeath catchment area. We are looking for client focused,
flexible, friendly, and adaptable person to join our team.

HSE CHO8 MLM in collaboration with Mental Health Ireland, is
recruiting a COMMUNITY INTEGRATION WORKER who will be based in the
Longford/Westmeath Mental Health Serivces and assist services in
achieving targets set out in the HSE National Framework for Recovery
Mental Health (**Apply on the website**).

The role of a Community Integration Worker is to give people a chance
to explore opportunities in their local area and how they might become
involved with more people, groups and activities. The Community
Integration Worker will work with individuals to explore how to become
more involved with other people and their community, and who will
support them to take steps towards achieving this aim.

To support participants in meeting other people and feeling part of
their community, Community Integration Worker will provide support in
three main ways:

* Reviewing each participant's existing social network, the people
they like seeing, activities they enjoy and the places they go.
* Supporting people to develop and use an action plan to increase
connectedness. This will be person-centred and include: providing
information about available activities and sources of support locally;
practical help to access activity including help with phone calls or
application forms; emotional support to overcome barriers; support
linking people in to available self-management; and helping people to
develop appropriate skills.
* Liaising with community, voluntary sector and statutory sectors to
sign post and navigate people with lived experience of mental health
challenges to appropriate supports and services.

Applicants will have a strong and demonstrable commitment to recovery
informed by lived or family member mental health experience and 2
years experience working in a relevant field. The successful candidate
must demonstrate:

* _A track record and demonstrable competence in the support and
development of projects and new initiatives that promote positive
mental health._
* _Experience of Group facilitation and/or similar engagement
process with adult learners, service users and family members as
relevant to this role._
* _A track record and demonstrable competence in the support and
development of projects and new initiatives that promote positive
mental health._
* _Experience of working collaboratively with internal and external
stakeholders as relevant to this role._
* _A passion for recovery, with the ability to work in a constantly
changing environment with a problem solving attitude._

This position is a **Apply on the website** month fixed term contract
of **Apply on the website** hrs per week and the post will based in
Longford/Westmeath catchment area . Please forward a CV and covering
letter of application to **Apply on the website**
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Type: Permanent
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