Wellbeing Worker: Safe Haven - Oxford, United Kingdom - Oxfordshire Mind

Oxfordshire Mind
Oxfordshire Mind
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Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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WELLBEING WORKER:
SAFE HAVEN

Hours: 28-35 Hours Per Week (Part Time)
2 positions available
Hours worked on a rota pattern with a combination of day shifts (11am - 6.30pm) and evening shifts (4pm pm) with fortnightly weekend working


Salary:
£25,000-£26,906 Pro rata


Plus Unsocial Hours Allowance:

  • 33% of basic hourly rate for working between 8pm and 6am weekdays
  • 50% of basic hourly rate for working over weekends and bank holidays

Contract:
Permanent


Base:
Manzil Way, Oxford (on-site working)


Who we are, and what we do

  • We're Oxfordshire Mind, the mental health charity, operating across Oxfordshire and Berkshire West.
  • Our passionate employees and dedicated volunteers are helping people with mental health issues find somewhere to turn for advice, information, and support.
  • We won't give up until everyone experiencing a mental health issue gets both support and respect.

Why work for us?

  • We offer a friendly working environment and are committed to staff wellbeing.
  • We are devoted to equity, diversity, inclusion, and equality, with staff working groups and support groups.

Here is a taste of what we offer:

  • Generous holiday allowance, 28 days plus 8 bank holidays, increasing after 5 years
  • Contribute to pension scheme
  • Flexible working including; hybrid working, part time, compressed hours
  • Ensuring growth and development of our staff along their career journey
  • Free support package from Health Assured for you and your family
  • Great discounts and cash back card schemes

What will you do?


The Safe Haven Worker's role is to work as part of a team and offer mental health crisis support to adults in Oxfordshire who are struggling to cope.

This includes taking referrals, assessing risks, facilitating re-focusing activities, and conducting one to one support sessions focusing on person-centred listening, grounding, risks management, safety planning and exploring coping strategies.

The team takes part in handovers, one to one supervision and complex case discussions to aid their ability to reflect, learn and support Safe Haven service users within the remit of the service.


Key responsibilities

  • Supporting service users to improve or maintain their mental health and wellbeing
  • Provide personcentred, onetoone support and group distraction activities for people experiencing mental health crisis
  • Conduct regular, dynamic risk assessments and respond with appropriate interventions for service users who present in crisis and/or at high risk of harm.
  • Identify when escalating risks is essential and when it is important to support and empower service users to manage their own risks.
  • Work well as part of a Safe Haven team and a bigger multidisciplinary Crisis Care Pathway Team to ensure consistent crisis management
  • Collect and accurately record service user data onto a secure database in a timely manner.
  • Liaising with colleagues, partner organisations and professional agencies to support service user needs.
  • Keep up to date with the various services offered by NHS and third sector providers to enable appropriate information and signposting.

We expect all our employees to:

  • Understand and implement all safeguarding policies and procedures in relation to working with children, young people and adults at risk of harm
  • Enhance equity, diversity, inclusion and equality within our work
  • Involve people with lived experience of mental health problems in every aspect of our work
  • Support and supervise volunteers and peer supporters as agreed with your line manager
  • Attend regular meetings and supervision as required and take reflective approach to their practice.
This is not an exhaustive list and employees may be required to perform activities not listed here.


Who you are
Open -
Are you open to help people realise their potential?
Together, partnership -
Are you a team player?
Responsive -
Are you a good listener?
Independent -
Do you have the confidence to speak out fearlessly?
Unstoppable -
Do you have a positive, never give up attitude?
If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you


Applicants should respond explicitly to each of the points listed in the Person Specification / Selection Criteria below. The shortlisting panel make their decisions based on this information and no assumptions about your skills or experience will be made.

Essential Experience
a) Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues, and the needs of people living with mental health problems

b) An understanding of good practice in safeguarding Children and Adults

c) Experience of working within mental health, wellbeing, or similar environments

d) Experience of working as part of a team and communicating effectively

e) Experience of working in a demanding environment

f) Experience of working with individuals/groups enabling them to identify their own goals to support personal wellbeing and recovery and h
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