Female Support Worker - Bristol, United Kingdom - Missing Link Housing

Missing Link Housing
Missing Link Housing
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Bristol, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

Tom O´Connor

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We have a rewarding opportunity available for a
Female Support Worker to join our team based in
Bristol.


There
is opportunity for this role to be either full or part time
and you will join us on a fixed term contract until March 31st 2024 (with the possibility of a permanent contract following this).
In return, you will receive a competitive salary of £24,496
or FTE per annum
and benefits.**Established in 1983 Bristol
MISSING LINK is a leading provider of Housing and Support Services to women with mental health and housing related support needs in Bristol.

Missing Link is the parent organisation to NEXT LINK domestic abuse services and SAFE LINK sexual violence services.


In return for joining us as our Female Support Worker, we will offer you the following fantastic benefits:

  • Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
  • 3 extra holidays including International Women's Day
  • Excellent development and training opportunities
  • Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
  • Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
  • Cycle to Work Scheme
  • Long Service Awards
  • Wellness Awards

About the Female Support Worker role:

As a
Female Support Worker, you will provide high-quality practical and emotional support to women with mental health and housing related support needs.

All clients are triaged and offered support to meet their presenting needs.

Should a client be in need of additional support, they are referred to the Help When You Need It Service and assigned a support worker.


Key duties and responsibilities of our Female Support Worker:

  • Providing short and medium term interventions to women with mental health needs, practical and/or complex support needs
  • Providing outcomebased support
  • Taking a psychologically informed holistic approach
  • Coproducing short term outcome focussed action plans
  • Coproducing risk assessments
  • Completing person centred holistic regular case reviews
  • Facilitating peer support groups
  • Signposting to community resources and internal services

What we are looking for in our ideal Female Support Worker:

  • Experience of working with women with mental health and practical support needs to provide outcome-based support.
  • Experience of coproducing shortterm outcome focussed action plans and reviews.
  • The ability to effectively manage emergency situations.
  • Experience of coproducing robust risk assessments.
  • Experience of managing a caseload.
  • Knowledge of what it means to work in a psychologically informed environment.
  • Experience, or interest and confidence in, facilitating and delivering small working groups, and facilitating peer support groups.
  • The ability to work with colleagues, external agencies and clients face to face and via virtual platforms.

Closing date: 9am, Monday 28th August

Interview date:
Monday 4th September

  • Missing Link is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Missing Link is committed to Equal Opportunities. *Due to the specific requirements of this role, this post is exempt under the Equality Act (2010), Part 1, Schedule 9 (Genuine Occupational Requirement._
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