About this role
Job summary We are excited to advertise a new opportunity to join our Specialist Community Forensic Team. SCFT is a Multi-Disciplinary Team that focus on support people in secure hospitals in their transition to the community. Equality, Diversity and Inclusion are central to our work. We encourage a culture where staff are valued and supported with as much thought as our clients receive, helping to nurture an environment where team members have a real chance to learn, thrive and develop whilst putting your skills and passion to practice. Because we are an inclusive team, we want to encourage people from different cultural backgrounds to join us. Not only do we value this, but we also see the positive impact this will have on our team and clients we support. Also, at Second Step we highly value lived experience of staff and the unique insights and creativity it brings to challenges, growth and effective interventions.
Main duties of the job We are looking for:
Someone who is passionate about mental health and helping others. Someone who is able to connect with people who have been hospitalized, struggled with substances misuse and other complex needs. Someone that can multitask and work well in a clinical professional team with protocols and forms, but also being flexible to adapt to a clients needs and can build meaningful professional relationships. Someone passionate about mental health and who can support Second Steps work bridging the gap between primary and secondary mental health services.
The successful candidate will;
Understand the different aspects involved in supporting people with complex needs to access the right kind of support at the right time. Demonstrate an understanding of the mental health sector and landscape, including knowledge of appropriate services and organisations. Have some knowledge of coaching and motivational interviewing techniques used to support and enable healthier behaviours with clients. Be able to offer personalised support, advice and guidance to individual clients with a focus on co-produced individualised interventions. Be able assess and adapt to varying degrees and complexities of risk.
About us Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the Southwest offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other support needs. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.
Job description Job responsibilities Develop a strong recovery focus for clients including tailored personalised support, developed through co-production. Seek clear client/friends/family/carer feedback. In partnership with the AWP ensure appropriate access and support to housing by drawing on existing resources and expertise at Second Step. In partnership with the AWP undertake appropriate risk assessments/care program approach planning to ensure moves are positively planned and managed. Deliver volunteering, education and employment pathways for clients moving out of in-patient units
Maintain effective operational links with all relevant key agencies to help deliver the housing, volunteering, education, employment and equalities pathways.
Identify, assess, contribute, maintain, feedback and manage risk to ensure risk is minimised. Work in a safe manner using a positive risk-taking approach, ensuring health and safety policies are implemented and fully adhered to ensure all safeguarding issues are properly managed.
Have up-to-date safeguarding and risk management training and ensure that Safeguarding and risk management policies and procedures are fully adhered to
Person Specification
Experience Essential
A minimum of two years significant experience working with people with mental health needs, or people with complex needs Proven experience of working with people with multiple needs (e.g. mental health, homelessness, alcohol/drug dependency long term conditions and offending ) Proven experience of carrying out needs and/or risk assessments and the support planning process Experience of working with a number of individuals with competing needs and priorities
Desirable
Proven experience of mental health issues and/or services, either as a user, carer or supporter.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Second Step
Address 162 Pennywell Road (Head Office)
St Jude's
Bristol
BS5 0TX
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.second-step.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)