Bank Floating Support Recovery Worker - Bridgwater, United Kingdom - Second Step

Second Step

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Bridgwater, United Kingdom

2 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. Working hand-in-hand with the NHS and local authorities, we offer practical help and emotional support tailored to each individual and their recovery. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

We are looking to create an innovative team of talented individuals who can offer support our teams in Somerset to maintain high quality delivery of services.

Second Step are 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".

Our Values -We pride ourselves in being a values based employer and that means that we believe passionately in:

Hope and courage-Recovery becomes a reality when we are confident, courageous and inspire hope in one another. Change happens and we can achieve great things.

Succeeding together-We're at our best when we work together - staff, service users, carers and partners - making the most of each other's talents and strengths.

Building trust-When we act with integrity, when we strive to be honest with ourselves and those around us, we can build strong bonds of trust

Celebrating diversity-We value our differences, understanding that being kind and respectful to each other makes us strong.

Learning and growing-By listening and thinking about how we can learn from our actions, we can help create real change for ourselves and inspire those around us.

The role:

Working as part of Open Mental Health, you will:

Provide holistic, strengths-based interventions focusing on the needs of clients to improve mental wellbeing.
Offer enhanced nonclinical support help for people who 'fall between' primary and secondary care and those stepping back down into primary care.
Work alongside Statutory, Voluntary and Community partners drawing on community resources.
Offer high quality interventions for people with moderate and serious mental health needs in a 1:1 and potentially group work capacity.
Support using a psychosocial, recovery and psychologically informed approach
Provide emotional support to those experiencing a mental health crisis or emotional distress including safety planning and 5 Ways to Wellness

About You:

You will need to:

Have experience of supporting people with mental health challenges?
Have experience of supporting people in emotional distress?
Be a great communicator?
Be great at building trust with those you work with?
Have compassion, empathy and passion for supporting others?
Be IT literate and be able to record and report information?
Have confidence lone working and as part of a team?
Be willing to learn and develop
Be flexible in your approach

What can you expect from working for us?

This role offers a unique opportunity to gain experience across a number of different mental health services within Second Step.

Whether you are at the beginning of your career or looking for something new, this is a fantastic opportunity to build your experience, knowledge and skills within the health and social care sector.

Your role will be to support people with issues including mental health, housing, substance misuse and family support as well as offering support to those in Crisis.

We offer comprehensive training, support and further career development.

For some roles you will need to have a full driving licence and access to a vehicle. Mileage is paid at £0.45p per mile

Hours:

Flexible.

Core hours are 9-5 Monday to Friday although we do offer an evening service which runs 4.30pm - 11pm where bank cover may be required.

Location:

The main office base will be central Bridgwater however we have satellite offices across Somerset covering Sedgemoor, South Somerset and Mendip.

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 '1 Document available' at the top of the screen.

For an informal chat about this role please contact Di Trigger _
Closing date:Monday
20th March 2023

Interview date:
to be confirmed

The ability to travel to several appointments daily (including in rural areas with limited/ unreliable public transport) is essential.