Would you like to work for a leading mental health charity?

Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?

If yes, join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.

We have an exciting opportunity based at our service in HMP Northumberland, where you will join our friendly and inspiring team as a Mental Health Care Navigator. This role is due to expansion of our contract, as a provider of the national Reconnect project funded by NHS England.

Your role will be a fixed term position until 31st March 2022, working full time, 35 hours per week based in HMP Northumberland and the surrounding community. You will generally be working Monday to Friday 08.00am until 16:00pm, however we will need you to be able to work flexibility to support the needs of the service.

Our Mental Health Care Navigators use a coaching framework, to manage wellbeing in the pre and post release period, to prevent a return to ill health as well as a reduction in reoffending. By preventing this decline in health, through robust reconnection with health services in the community we will reduce health inequalities for those leaving the criminal justice system and provide support to allow a seamless, and effective transition to independent community living.

Who are we?

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

In everything we do, we seek to demonstrate our values: Passion, Openness, Hope, Expertise and Understanding. If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

You will work seamlessly with the other Mental Health Care Navigators to ensure holistic and meaningful support is provided to those with health vulnerabilities on their release from prison, ensuring continuity of care and fruition of release plans.

• As needed, providing support to those being released from court, and provide assistance with these processes
• Completing a holistic needs assessment with each patient and use service documents to plan their care and release, utilizing supervision to ensure a high quality of care provision
• Developing tailored models of support for patients through a variety of modalities, mediums and with varying intensity to promote independent self-management and engagement with statutory and non-statutory services
• Taking a lead role in service user engagement, including facilitation of service user forums and support of peer mentors
• Supporting health promotion, planning and delivering health promotion events in collaboration with colleagues
• Completing detailed, accurate, professional and timely notes for each patient, and upload them to the relevant clinical systems in line with organizational processes and local, regional and national dataset requirements
• Working in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate, in relation to continuing care on release from prison.

Do you have what we are looking for?

• I am educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent with qualifications or training relevant to the Mental Health Care Navigation role, e.g. Health and Social Care
• Experience of supporting vulnerable individuals to identify, set and meet their own goals using 1:1 and/or group interventions
• A working knowledge of health, debts, housing, court systems, mental health, criminal justice and substance misuses
• Experience of working to support individuals using structured, time limited support and am confident with this way of working
• I hold a full UK driving license and have access to my own transport for work purposes
• The ability to make a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s situation and needs; to develop, implement and review risk management plans and devise support plans to meet these needs.
• Experience of using clinical outcome measures to inform practice

What will you receive?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive:  

• Salary of £21,703.61 to £23,905.97 per annum
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance and employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days plus bank holidays  
• Your "Rethink Day" - 1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday
• Eyecare vouchers
• Flexible working  

Don’t just change jobs, change lives!

Just a couple of final things,

Please note this post is subject to a DBS Enhanced with Adults Barred check and Home Office Prison Security Vetting procedures.

We proactively welcome applicants from those with lived experience of the criminal justice system, and reserve the right to seek a reference from your Offender Supervisor and/or Manager where applicable.

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this. Please be mindful that we may need to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If a shortened closing date has a significant impact on your ability to apply, please let us know.

Would you like to work for a leading mental health charity?

Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?

If yes, join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.

We have an exciting opportunity based at our service in HMYOI Deerbolt, where you will join our friendly and inspiring team as a Mental Health Care Navigator. This role is due to expansion of our contract, as a provider of the national Reconnect project funded by NHS England.

Your role will be a fixed term position until 31st March 2022, working full time, 35 hours per week based in HMYOI Deerbolt and the surrounding community areas across Teesside.  You will be working Monday to Friday 08.00am until 16:00pm, however we will need you to be able to work flexibility to support the needs of the service.

Our Mental Health Care Navigators use a coaching framework, to manage wellbeing in the pre and post release period, to prevent a return to ill health as well as a reduction in reoffending. By preventing this decline in health, through robust reconnection with health services in the community we will reduce health inequalities for those leaving the criminal justice system and provide support to allow a seamless, and effective transition to independent community living.

Who are we?

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

In everything we do, we seek to demonstrate our values: Passion, Openness, Hope, Expertise and Understanding. If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

You will work seamlessly with the other Mental Health Care Navigators to ensure holistic and meaningful support is provided to those with health vulnerabilities on their release from prison, ensuring continuity of care and fruition of release plans.

• As needed, providing support to those being released from court, and provide assistance with these processes
• Completing a holistic needs assessment with each patient and use service documents to plan their care and release, utilizing supervision to ensure a high quality of care provision
• Developing tailored models of support for patients through a variety of modalities, mediums and with varying intensity to promote independent self-management and engagement with statutory and non-statutory services
• Taking a lead role in service user engagement, including facilitation of service user forums and support of peer mentors
• Supporting health promotion, planning and delivering health promotion events in collaboration with colleagues
• Completing detailed, accurate, professional and timely notes for each patient, and upload them to the relevant clinical systems in line with organizational processes and local, regional and national dataset requirements
• Working in partnership with other disciplines and to maintain links with statutory and non-statutory agencies as appropriate, in relation to continuing care on release from prison.

Do you have what we are looking for?

• I am educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent with qualifications or training relevant to the Mental Health Care Navigation role, e.g. Health and Social Care
• Experience of supporting vulnerable individuals to identify, set and meet their own goals using 1:1 and/or group interventions
• A working knowledge of health, debts, housing, court systems, mental health, criminal justice and substance misuses
• Experience of working to support individuals using structured, time limited support and am confident with this way of working
• I hold a full UK driving license and have access to my own transport for work purposes
• The ability to make a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s situation and needs; to develop, implement and review risk management plans and devise support plans to meet these needs.
• Experience of using clinical outcome measures to inform practice.

What will you receive?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive:  

• Salary of £21,703.61 to £23,905.97 per annum
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance and employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days plus bank holidays  
• Your "Rethink Day" - 1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday
• Eyecare vouchers
• Flexible working  

Don’t just change jobs, change lives!

Please note this post is subject to a DBS Enhanced with Adults Barred check and Home Office Prison Security Vetting procedures. We proactively welcome applicants from those with lived experience of the criminal justice system, and reserve the right to seek a reference from your Offender Supervisor and/or Manager where applicable.

Just a couple of final things,

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this. Please be mindful that we may need to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If a shortened closing date has a significant impact on your ability to apply, please let us know.

Social prescribing enables people to take action to improve or sustain their quality of life based on what matters to them and their individual strengths. The Social Prescribing Link Workers connect people to community groups and agencies for practical and emotional support. Read more about the social prescribing service here.

The skill of the Social Prescribing Link Worker is to motivate people to take action to improve their mental/physical health and their lives. The Social Prescribing Link Workers will work as a key part of the primary care team helping to strengthen community and personal resilience and reduce health and wellbeing inequalities by addressing the wider determinants of health, such as debt, poor housing and physical activity (particularly for people with long-term conditions, including support for anxiety, for people who are lonely or isolated, or have complex social needs which affect their wellbeing).

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Your Space Community Wellbeing Development Worker
NJC Scale Points 12 – 17, starting at £22,183 pa/ pro rata
28.5 hours per week
Bank staff hours are also available
This role is fixed term to March 2022, with the possibility of being extended.

This is an exciting opportunity to work in a service delivered by Touchstone, Womens Health Matters, Holbeck Together and Leeds Beckett University to deliver a Wellbeing Space and Support Space across LS8, 9, 10 and 11. Your Space provides a community health development service in South and East Leeds. The service is funded by Public Health at Leeds City Council.

We are looking for a proactive, outgoing individual who is confident in using coproduction and asset-based community development approaches to improve individual and community protective factors and reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing. You will design and deliver activities with targeted communities and the wider workforce to reduce risk factors associated with mental health and wellbeing. You will have experience of motivating others to have positive conversations about mental health, delivering both group and individual work, in the form of training sessions and wellbeing activity and be able to work with vulnerable or marginalised communities and volunteers successfully. The post requires a mix of standard hours and out of hours including some weekends.

Closing date: 29th March 2021
Interviews will be held on: 21st & 23rd April 2021.

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Goldsmiths Community Association has a great new opportunity for an experienced Community Development Worker to join our team and help realise our vision.

This post will lead our exciting and ambitious Community Development strategy that puts health, wellbeing and connection at the forefront; empowering local people to help shape community life and play an active role in our pandemic recovery.

The successful Community Development Worker will play a dynamic, agile and creative role with strong cross-functional collaboration. They will be experienced in asset-based community development and community-led theory.

Please note: We have a legal responsibility to ensure that all our employees have the legal right to live and work in the UK. If we make an offer of employment, we will need to check that you are eligible to work in the UK before you start work.​​

We are committed to offering equitable opportunities. Our recruitment process is comprehensive and rigorous to ensure that all applicants receive fair treatment. We particularly welcome applications from disabled and Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) who are currently under-represented.

We are committed to provide a fully inclusive and accessible recruitment process. We offer an interview to disabled applicants who meet the minimum job criteria, and we are flexible with assessing people so disabled applicants have the best opportunity to demonstrate that they can do the job. We aim to make reasonable adjustments as required.

Our staff share our commitment to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of vulnerable groups.

Job Title: Primary Care Wellbeing Worker: Wokingham
Hours: 37 hours per week
Salary: £21,748 - £24,981 (11-18 NJC Salary Scale)
Contract: Fixed Term – 18 months
Holidays: 28 days plus bank holidays (pro rata)
Pension: Auto enrolment in place
Probationary Period: 6 months
Accountable to: Primary Care Wellbeing Project Manager
Base: Wokingham

About Oxfordshire Mind

We’re Mind, the mental health charity. We’re here to make sure anyone with a mental health problem has somewhere to turn for advice and support; in total over 20,000 people in Oxfordshire access our services each year. With one in four people experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their lives, people need Mind more than ever.

We employ over 180 staff and operate in 28 locations around the county.

Purpose of the Job

The Wokingham Primary Care Project is a new service to be delivered in Wokingham Borough, across 4 Primary Care Networks (PCNs) from Spring 2021. Under the supervision of a team manager, a team of Wellbeing Workers will deliver a time limited person-centred service. The offer to service users will include non-medical interventions such as social prescribing, development of self-management tools and techniques and active support to engage people with relevant activities and community support.

Wellbeing Workers will forge relationships with existing Voluntary and Community Services (VCS) and local health services and mental health resources.

This project will offer support to people who are:

• Experiencing mild or moderate mental health problems and would benefit from some support as to how to manage their own wellbeing.
• Receiving treatment from the GP for mental health issues and would benefit from support to consider accessing local services and opportunities
• Caring for someone with a mental health issue and would benefit from support for themselves or for the person they care for.

The key responsibilities of the Primary Care Wellbeing Worker are to:

• Ensure that people referred by practice staff or via self-referral receive an excellent person-centred service via an initial assessment and follow-up sessions as required.
• Work with individuals to identify their own hopes and goals, and support them to develop a personalised action plan to increase resilience and wellbeing.
• Keep up to date with appropriate information about relevant support and services within Wokingham borough and West Berkshire- and other local, regional and national services - to ensure service users can be offered appropriate information and signposting.
• Review and assess progress of individuals, supporting them to complete their personalised action plans.
• Carry out follow up contact with individuals to evaluate outcomes using designated measures such as the Short Warwickshire-Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (SWEMWBS) and patient satisfaction questions.
• Collect and accurately record service user data onto an online database.
• Provide advice and guidance to GP practice staff about community and voluntary sector services.
• Forge and maintain excellent relationships with Primary Care staff to help ensure the service is well understood, and that staff are aware of ongoing work with service users.
• Ensure that the service is inclusive, ethically and culturally relevant and able to meet the wellbeing/mental needs of a diverse range of residents in the Wokingham Borough, g. younger adults, women with children, black and minority ethnic communities, veterans and groups who may have difficulty in accessing services.

About you

• Experience of working within mental health, wellbeing or similar services and as part of a team
• Experience of working with individuals enabling them to identify and pursue their own goals to support personal wellbeing and recovery.
• Experience of working in an often-demanding environment and supporting people with complex needs
• Experience of data collection and entry to enable the measuring of outcomes and service impact
• Knowledge and understanding of mental health issues, mental health services and the needs of people living with mental health problems
• Ability to establish positive inter-agency relationships
• A full understanding of child and adult safeguarding issues and procedures
• Effective team work skills with the ability to take initiative and work on an individual basis
• Strong commitment to the involvement of people who use services, social inclusion, recovery and partnership working

Closing Date: Sunday 21st March 2021 (Midnight)
Interview Date: Monday 29th March 2021
Interview location: Held virtually via Microsoft Teams

To apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website where you can find further information about the role and apply online. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Oxfordshire Mind is fully committed to the principles and practices of equal opportunity and diversity.

We are a Mindful Employer.

No agencies please.

Would you like to work for a leading mental health charity?

Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?

If yes, join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.

Due to growth, we have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Mental Health Recovery Officer to join our inspiring and friendly Black Country Helpline team. Your role will be a fixed term position until 31st March 2022 working full time, 35 hours per week based in the service.

Our Black Country24/7 Helpline service is the first main point of access for members of the public wanting or requiring direct access to mental health services, support, or advice.  The service does not replace all other points of access but will function to serve all and eradicate the need for people to be signposted, where the ability to provide direct access can be facilitated. The helpline is open for people of all ages, available 24 hours a day, 7 days week, 365 days per year, providing immediate access to advice, emotional support, and triage.

Who are we?

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

In everything we do, we seek to demonstrate our values: Passion, Commitment, Openness, Hope, Expertise and Understanding. If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

• Monitoring and reporting when required on the effectiveness of support delivery and contract performance.
• Supporting and guiding staff and volunteers ensuring they have the knowledge, information, and resources to be successful in their roles and make a positive and valued contribution to the service.
• Maintaining accurate records as required by policies and procedures, using appropriate paper and electronic systems. To maintain up to date details of service and support activities and outcomes on the Rethink Information System.
• Ensuring effective incident and complaint recording including reporting information on SPHERA.
• Supporting individuals to express their satisfaction with the opportunities they have accessed by submitting comments, compliments or complaints.
• Ensuring staffing rota is completed a month in advance and adequate staffing cover is available.
• Representing individuals interests when they are not able to do so themselves.
• Enabling individuals to access information about services and resources relevant to their requirements.
• Communicating, co-working and networking with statutory services and other agencies.

Do you have what we are looking for?

• The ability to make a comprehensive assessment of an individual’s situation and needs; to develop, implement and review risk management plans and devise support plans and activities to meet these needs.
• Experience of providing support to people with a mental illness; or experience of providing care and/or support services within another social care setting in either a paid or voluntary capacity.
• Experience of leading and supporting a team effectively.
• A strong working knowledge of mental health and appropriate intervention methods QCF Diploma or NVQ level 3 in Care or Certificate in Community Mental Healthcare (or working towards) or an equivalent qualification.
• Experience of providing support to people with severe mental illness in a community or helpline setting 
• Diploma or certificate in Counselling or equivalent accredited qualification

What will you receive?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive:  

• Salary of £22,407.40 to 25,690.03 per annum
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance and employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days plus bank holidays  
• Your "Rethink Day" - 1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday
• Eyecare vouchers
• Flexible working  

Don’t just change jobs, change lives!

Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, we're unlikely to be fully reopening our Dudley or Wolverhampton offices in the near future. Therefore, the role will involve a mixture of working from home and if required office working until we’ve fully re-opened the office. We will continue to review the situation inline with government guidelines.

Just a couple of final things,

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this. Please be mindful that we may need to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If a shortened closing date has a significant impact on your ability to apply, please let us know.

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Peer and Volunteer Development Worker – Leeds Community Pain Service
NJC Scale Points 18-22, starting at £24,982 pro rata
22.5 hours per week
This role is fixed term for up to 18 months, with the possibly of extension.

Working Location: During lockdown the team are working both at home and at the LMWS office 179-181 Haslewood Drive, Leeds, LS9 7RE. Once normal service resumes there will be an expectation the successful candidate will attend a number of clinics across the city as agreed with the Leeds Community Pain Service.

The Hours: 22.5 hours per week. Currently these are during the day, between Monday and Friday. There may be a future need to provide support for volunteers on weekday evenings if a need is identified for peer support at these times in the future (e.g. an evening peer support group for people who work).

This is an exciting opportunity for someone who is passionate about integrating Touchstone’s values and ethos into an NHS statutory service.

Since 1st January 2019, Touchstone have been integrating peer support into the Leeds Community Pain Service (LCPS) as a subcontractor to NHS Leeds Community Healthcare. The LCPS service helps people experiencing chronic pain develop ways of living a better life with their long-term pain.

The focus for Touchstone over the last year has been to develop peer support options for patients during and at the end of their treatment with the Community Pain Service. The focus for the next year will be to support colleagues to identify patients who have direct experience of chronic pain who may want to volunteer as peer supporters, to provide the volunteers with training and supervision to deliver positive outcomes with the Community Pain Service.

Touchstone’s Peer and Volunteer Development Worker will work alongside NHS employed staff to develop further roles in the service for volunteers and obtain feedback from patients of the service in order to make further changes and integrate service user involvement into their service model.

The Team: You will be part of the Leeds Community Healthcare Community Pain Service Team, they are a multi-disciplinary team which consist of roles such as physiotherapists, nurses, occupational therapists. You will attend their meetings, and post lockdown you will also attend their clinics to integrate the culture of Touchstone into their way of working. You day to day line management will be through their Service Team Manager.

To ensure you are still integrated into the rest of Touchstone you will also be a member of the LMWS Peer Support Team and will have supervision with their Peer Support Co-ordinator once every 8-12 weeks. Their team also consists of a Peer and Volunteer Development Worker, 2 part time Peer Support Workers and currently 28 volunteers. You will work closely with their Peer and Volunteer Development Worker to share learning and resources. You will also access monthly continual professional development (CPD) learning sessions and wellbeing days in the LMWS team, and you will be able to attend any additional meetings you may find useful such as morning check in calls.

Closing date: 17 March 2021
Interviews: 8 April 2021

To apply and for more information:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can view further details about the role and download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone. Further information can be obtained from our equal opportunities policy.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Two posts available for Counsellor/Mental Health Practitioners to join our team delivering to Primary & School-aged Children and Young People.

Counsellor/Mental Health Practitioner x 1

17.5 hours pw

Working in schools across the London Borough of Croydon

£29,828 (pro rata FTE 35hrs pw)

Start date: 22nd February 2021, Fixed term until 17.12.21 in first instance

Counsellor/Mental Health Practitioner x 1

35 hours pw Maternity Cover

Working in schools across the London Borough of Croydon

£29,828

Start date: 22nd March 2021, Fixed term until 10.09.21

Closing date for all applications: 10am on Friday 29th January 2021

Interview dates: 9th and 10th February

Croydon Drop In and Off The Record are established, award-winning providers of advice, information, guidance and counselling to the community of Croydon and we are committed to improving the welfare of local children, young people and families.

This is a great time to join the team with excellent opportunities to keep shaping delivery of the service and make a real difference to better emotional wellbeing in school communities.

The project’s initiation followed the Green Paper ‘Transforming Children & Young People’s Mental Health’ and since January 2019 NHS South West London Partnership has led the Mental Health in Schools project across the six boroughs of Croydon, Merton, Sutton, Wandsworth, Richmond and Kingston.

CDI/OTR jointly manage the Wave 2 Mental Health Support Team in Croydon and we are now recruiting for 2 practitioners to join us. Our team currently consists of four Education Wellbeing Practitioners, two counsellors, a Clinical Lead/ Supervisor and an Administrator.

MHSTs  work within a cluster of primary & secondary schools with a combined population of 8,000 pupils. The remit is to deliver early intervention around common mental health issues and on preventative work around the issue of serious youth violence. MHSTs work with educators on a Whole School Approach to improving emotional well-being/mental health.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of infants, children, young people and vulnerable adults.

Successful applicants are required to undertake an Enhanced Disclosure via the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)

CDI and OTR work towards Equality of Opportunity. To maintain the diversity of our team we welcome applications from all sections of the community particularly individuals from the Black and Minority Ethnic Communities

Registered Charities No.1049307 & 1051144

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Recovery Worker
Agenda For Change Band 3, starting at £19,737 pa
37.5 hours per week
Leeds

As a Recovery Worker you will deliver specific components of prescribed care packages under the direct supervision of Care Coordinators and Clinical Leads. The post holder will provide structured support and practical assistance to service users in order for them to take control over their own lives and engage actively in their own recovery process.

We welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health difficulties and the service encourages the use of the wisdom gained through personal ‘lived’ experience - all candidates must have strong values around recovery, social inclusion and diversity.

You will be motivated and a have a positive attitude towards innovation and change with a responsible, flexible approach and excellent interpersonal and team working skills.

The posts require you to work with service users of all ages (over 18) and to provide a flexible service between the hours of 8am and 8pm, Monday to Friday.

Closing Date: 10 March 2021
Interviews will be held on: 25 March 2021

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Liaison and Diversion Support Time Recovery Worker
NJC Scale Points, 12 – 17, starting at £22,183 pa
37 hours per week
This role will be based in Kirklees.

Any job offer will be dependent on the outcome of police vetting at level 3, and reference checks.

The Liaison and Diversion (L&D) Service works with people of all ages (including children and young people) with a wide range of vulnerabilities including poor mental health and learning disabilities, who have offended or are at risk of offending.  We support service users who have contact with police stations, the courts, prisons and probation. The Liaison and Diversion service is delivered by Wakefield Council across the West Yorkshire Police force area.  The team is a multi-agency, multi skilled team.  Touchstone is one of the partners in the service.

The aim is to work together to reduce the risk factors for reoffending by providing short-term support and signposting service users into longer-term support services.

L&D service across West Yorkshire will operate 7 days per week from 08.00 to 18.00.  Project Workers will be required to work shifts to ensure appropriate cover, this will include regular weekend and evening work.

Closing date: 8th March 2021
Interviews will be held on: 19th March 2021

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website, where you can download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Touchstone is a Trans Positive employer, Stonewall Diversity Champion, a Mindful Employer, has been granted the Positive about Disabled People mark and Investors in People Platinum.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

No agencies please.

Touchstone (registered charity No. 1012053) is a leading voluntary sector agency providing high quality services to improve the health and wellbeing of local people.

Safe Haven Inclusion Worker
NJC Scale Points 18 – 22, starting at £24,982 pa / pro rata
30 hours per week.

Leeds first 24/7 non-medical residential crisis service opportunities

Background to the role

Safe Haven is an exciting new development for Leeds Survivor Led Crisis Service and Touchstone as the first of our crisis services to be open 24 / 7. Unlike LSLCS’ other services (which are all self-referral), Safe Haven will be accessed via Leeds NHS Crisis Resolution and Intensive Support Service, and the Older People’s Support and Intensive Home Treatment Team (for those aged over 65).

Leeds Safe Haven will be open 24/7 to provide an alternative to hospital admission for people in acute mental health crisis. The service will have space for 6 guests (who may stay for up to one week) and 4 day visitors (who will come only in the day time, again for up to 7 days). The service will be staffed by a manager and deputy manager, a team of approximately 18 crisis support workers, and an inclusion worker (with a focus on outreach to disadvantaged groups).

About the role

From a service perspective, the post-holder will promote engagement with local communities and organisations to ensure that all groups are aware of the service and to provide outreach to engage those people who are under-represented. They will be a resource for the team to identify gaps and needs and consider the wider mental health system and access to relevant advice and training.

The post-holder will be on the rota to deliver support at the Safe Haven and be required to offer person-centred support to people in crisis. The Crisis Support Worker element of the post provides a range of practical and emotional support to people in acute mental health crisis, face-to-face. The team will usually work independently, although the Manager and Deputy Manager will be available during office hours to provide, supervision, support and guidance.

• To deliver support to guests/visitors in the house, provide a resource in the team on diversity issues and to work with external stakeholders.
• Hours: 30 hours per week:2 x 8 hours support work shifts per week, the rest are outreach hours. 1 x 3 hour monthly reflective practice and team meeting, which occurs on the second Wednesday or third Monday 6:30pm-9:30pm.

Closing date: 9 February 2021
Interview date: 24 February 2021

How to apply:

Please click 'Apply' to be redirected to our website where you can download the application pack. Please note, you are not applying at this stage.

Touchstone is an equal opportunities organisation, a Trans Positive employer and applications are welcome from all sections of the community, particularly, BME and  LGBT communities and/or people with disabilities who are under-represented within Touchstone.

Please note that we do not hold a sponsor licence and we do not intend to offer sponsorship for this particular role. You should therefore ensure that you have/will have the right to work in the UK to be able to undertake this role, if appointed, you will be required to provide relevant right to work documents at the point of an offer being made to you.

10 x Children's Care Home Worker (7803)

Children's Care Home Workers

Summerfield is a 6-bedded residential home in Abingdon, Oxfordshire which supports children with significant disabilities ranging from physical health needs to autistic spectrum condition.

We are seeking caring and fun filled staff who will be passionate about the children we care for, showing understanding and patience in your approach.

Ideally, you will hold an NVQ level 3 or equivalent qualification in a relevant field however substantial experience of working with children with disabilities in the community or in a care setting may be considered adequate.

Due to the needs of our children the role will include providing personal care and supporting those who experience challenging behaviour and advocating for their needs. We liaise daily with external agencies including Social Workers and Schools. A comprehensive Induction and Training program will be given to enable you to support them to a high standard.

Our staff team work flexibly around a 24 hour day. These shifts are mornings, afternoons, overnights and weekends. Long shifts will be considered reducing the number a week to three.

We have the facility of parking onsite and meals alongside the young people which are included within the terms of employment as well as staff discount availability within the organisation .

We will hold virtual interviews as we shortlist so please apply straight away!

Please contact Michelle Kukielka on 07956428319 if you would like an informal conversation

About Barnardo's

At Barnardo's we believe in children - no matter who they are, what they have done or what they have been through. Please read about our basis and values following the link below. You will be asked questions relating to them as part of the recruitment process for this role.

Barnardo's is committed to having a diverse and inclusive workforce for staff and volunteers. We actively encourage applications from disabled, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic and male candidates as they are under-represented within Barnardo's.

Our basis and values

Documents

* Project Worker 1 - Job Description & Person Profile.pdf (76.34 KB)
* Read about our commitment to safeguarding and our pre-employment checks.pdf (59.64 KB)
* Recruitment of Ex-offenders Policy (Oct 2018).pdf (0.56 MB)

Would you like to work for a leading mental health charity?

Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference?

If yes, join us here at Rethink Mental Illness.

We have an exciting opportunity for 2 Statutory Advocates to join our inspiring and friendly Essex Advocacy team. Your role will be a permanent position working full time, 35 hours per week based in the community.

Our Essex Advocacy service provides specialist advocacy services as appropriate across a range of disciplines including, IMCA, DOLS, Children & Young People’s Advocacy, RPR, IMHA, Care Act and Independent Health complaints. We provide a range of statutory (instructed or non-instructed) and non-statutory advocacy support in secure units, hospitals, care settings or in the community.

Who are we?

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

In everything we do, we seek to demonstrate our values: Passion, Commitment, Openness, Hope, Expertise and Understanding. If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you.

What will you be doing?

• Providing a high quality, responsive and effective advocacy service in accordance with the service specification, contract and legislative timescales.
• Ensuring that individuals understand and can exercise their rights; supporting people to access information, to understand better what is happening, what is planned, and the options available to them to make better informed decisions and be more involved in their care and support.
• Acting on allocated referrals in accordance with the service standards and engagement protocols, communicating with referrers as required in order to ensure the client’s rights under the relevant act are observed.
• Representing patients’ interests when they are not able to do so themselves, including working within a best interests framework for any eligible patient who lacks the mental capacity to instruct the advocate
• Keeping accurate factual records relating to the service users and their cases, including keeping the case management database up-to-date.

Do you have what we are looking for?

• Completed or am working towards National Qualification in Independent Advocacy (Level 3 or new Level 4)
• Completed or working towards additional specialist units: IMCA, DoLS , IMHA, CYP, ICAA.
• Experience of working in one or more of the following specialist areas: learning disabilities; mental health/capacity; older people; physical disabilities; sensory impairment; children & young people; substance misuse; NHS Complaints.
• A good understanding of advocacy practice and principles of empowerment and knowledge of relevant legislation
• Ability to respect and promote a person’s right to make informed choices and decisions without influence
• Ability to manage a complex caseload covering a wide range of subjects ensuring independence and clarity of decision making.
• Ability to support clients who may have a range of particular communication and other needs.
• Ability to collate information and write formal reports to a high professional standard.
• Ability to travel throughout the Locality, including travel when required to Hub Office

What will you receive?

You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive:  

• Salary of £21,703.54 to £23,906.01 per annum
• Contributory pension scheme
• Life assurance and employee assistance programme
• 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days plus bank holidays  
• Your "Rethink Day" - 1 day’s additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday
• Eyecare vouchers
• Flexible working  

Don’t just change jobs, change lives!

Just a couple of final things,

We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer/Questioning+ (LGBTQ+), people with a disability, or those from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status. We have an ambition of becoming an anti-racist organisation and we recognise there is more to do in ensuring our recruitment is fair and inclusive, which is why we are recruiting new roles in helping us to achieve this. Please be mindful that we may need to close adverts early if we receive a high volume of applications, we therefore encourage you to apply as soon as possible. If a shortened closing date has a significant impact on your ability to apply, please let us know.