Senior Mental Health Support Worker - Bristol, United Kingdom - Second Step

Second Step

Verified Company

Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Support the development of the Integrated Mental Health Team included testing new ways of providing integrated care to service users.

Case manage and co-ordinate support, referring and liaising effectively with all professionals, agencies and other parties involved in service users support in order to deliver the support package.

Work closely with colleagues in the project and build strong partnership working with other agencies such as Health and Social Care, Voluntary and Community Services.

Support / facilitate service users to access services.

Identify, assess, contribute, maintain, feed back and manage risk to ensure it is minimised.

Work in a safe manner using a positive risk-taking approach, ensuring Second Step Health and Safety policies are implemented and fully observed, to ensure all safeguarding issues are properly managed.

Work in a culturally sensitive way for all service users, tailoring services to meet their individual needs, challenging stigma and discrimination, advocating for person if appropriate, and ensuring up-to-date community knowledge.

Work with a range of needs e.g.

from young people to older people, LGBTQ+ service users, disabled people and with people with a range of backgrounds and ethnicity.