Senior Mental Health Worker - Sedgemoor, United Kingdom - Second Step

Second Step

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Sedgemoor, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and complex needs. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

The Family Safeguarding Team is an innovative partnership model between Somerset County Council and a network of voluntary sector organisations. The wider Family Safeguarding Team is comprised of substance misuse, domestic abuse, adult mental health workers and children's social workers. Workers from specialist organisations join together to form one team working with families. The Family Safeguarding Team focuses on working to develop parents' strengths to positively change their behaviour and relationships in order to improve their children's lives. By assisting parents to make positive changes more children can stay at home with their birth family and thrive, not just survive.

Family Safeguarding is part of the Somerset Alliance - Open Mental Health. Open Mental Health is a ground-breaking model bringing together NHS, Statutory and Voluntary agencies to deliver targeted and holistic mental health support. Open Mental Health connects people to community resources, builds resilience and improves wellbeing through targeted interventions and a coordinated approach around the individual - with an ethos of "no wrong door". The Family Safeguarding service is supported by a Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Family Therapist to offer support to both clients and colleagues.

About You

You will need to:
Have a minimum of two years' experience supporting people with complex needs, including mental health, within a community setting
Be a good communicator
Be great at building trust with those you work with
Be keen to work as part of a multidisciplinary team.
Be able to work on your own initiative whilst being part of a larger dispersed team
Have strong organisational skills
Be confident lone working
Be IT literate and able to accurately record and share information
Have a driving licence and access to a vehicle due to the geography of the Mendip area

Hours:

16 hours per week
Core hours are 9am 5pm Monday to Friday.

Location:

You will be supporting clients across Sedgemoor and will be required to travel to deliver support. Mileage is paid at £0.45 per mile.

Annual leave:

26 days annual leave plus Bank Holidays increasing to a maximum of 30 days with an additional 1 day's annual leave accruing for each year of employment.
For more information on the role and person specification please see the Role Profile attached to this advert. To open the Role Profile please click on '2 Documents available' at the top of the screen.
For an informal chat about this role please contact Di Trigger _
The ability to travel to several appointments daily (including in rural areas with limited/ unreliable public transport) is essential