Psychosocial Practitioner - Paisley, United Kingdom - British Red Cross

British Red Cross

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Paisley, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

Psychosocial Practitioner

Location:
UK Flexible Location (must be able to to cover the South West of England and Wales)

Contract type:
x2 year Fixed Term contract

Hours: 35 hours per week (x2 full-time equivalent posts open to part time/job sharing) (minimum 14 hours a week)

Salary:
£42,014 per annum pro rata

_Could you play a key role in ensuring the emotional wellbeing of our workforce is fully supported?_

We are looking for dynamic and enthusiastic Psychosocial Practitioners to join our Psychosocial and Mental Health team who will be essential in ensuring the wellbeing of our Refugee support and Restoring Family Links, Anti-trafficking, Crisis Response and Health services.

If you are a mental health professional passionate about helping people, this could be the ideal opportunity for you.

You'll be making a tangible difference to the people you assist and helping ensure our workforce is in the best position to support others and help people in crisis.

In this role you'll be providing psychosocial resources to our workforce delivering services.

Working closely with teams across the area, you'll establish regular clinical supervision, reflective practice groups, one to one session, and workshops.

This role requires someone who is clinically qualified and with significant clinical experience of running clinical supervision and reflective practice sessions.

You will need to achieve significant reach, influence and impact with senior managers and professionals within the Red Cross in order to ensure the highest quality service.

This will be a rewarding role for the right person. You'll be helping ensure our workforce is in the best position to support others and help people in crisis.

This could be the perfect opportunity for you if
***- You have a relevant mental health qualification (e.g. Postgraduate Degree or other professional qualification related to psychosocial support (e.g. Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Psychotherapy or Social Work)) and current accreditation status with a UK mental health professional body (e.g. HCPC)

You have excellent communications skills. You have the ability to facilitate and navigate discussions with service users.
You pay attention to detail and can assimilate information and provide clear analysis
You have the ability to persuade and influence staff members at all levels of the organisations (and within the NHS or similar environment)
You have demonstrable experience of engaging with practical issues of service development and delivery
You have proven experience and professional expertise in trauma reactions, mental health issues and the management and negotiation of complex situations involving staff/volunteer welfare
You have previous work experience with service users who have experienced crisis
You have proven work experience in leading the provision of staff support and/or developing systems to promote wellbeing
You live in the UK

Say hello to the team...

It's a complex and dynamic environment to work in and you'd be joining at an exciting but challenging time as the psychosocial team is expanding.

You will work closely with the Head of Psychosocial and operational colleagues to provide psychosocial support within the organisation.

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We offer a wide range of staff benefits; these include:

36 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
per annum
Option to buy an extra 5 days annual leave
Up to 6% contributory pension
Genuine investment in your development

A little bit more about us...
The British Red Cross help anyone, anywhere in the UK; get the support they need if crisis strikes.

From hiring a wheelchair or dealing with loneliness, to adjusting to life in a new country - we're there when you need us.

Our organisation was born out of a desire to bring help without discrimination.

Impartiality and neutrality have been central values for the Red Cross since we started.

At the British Red Cross, we are looking for the best people to help us provide support to millions of people affected by crisis in the UK.

We want our team to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve, offering equal opportunities to everyone, regardless of; age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.

Diversity is something we celebrate and we want you to be able to bring your authentic-self to the Red Cross.

We want you to feel that you are in an inclusive environment, and a great position to help us spread the power of kindness.

In the British Red Cross we will not tolerate any form of misconduct, including sexual harassment, exploitation and abuse.

We have a code of conduct in place, and are committed to creating a culture of integrity in the organisation where misconduct is not tolerated, situations of abuse are quickly investigated and perpetrators are dealt with effectively.

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