Mental Health Crisis Worker

Do you want a rewarding career supporting service users in the community? Can you inspire, give courage and hope, which will change the lives of our service users?

For more information and to apply please see our website www.second-step.co.uk. Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from people who have personal experience of using mental health services. Unfortunately, Second Step is unable to sponsor applicants from outside the UK.

This job provides a fantastic opportunity to gain new skills and knowledge to develop your future career path.

We are a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other problems. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

If successful, you will be working within the Recovery Bristol Partnership delivering community health services in Bristol and Avon and Wiltshire Partnership Trust (AWP).

In the job you will be:

Working with families, carers and friends and be working in a multidisciplinary team

Building therapeutic relationships with service users

Support a team caseload of severe and enduring mental health needs of service users

An excellent communicator

Receiving management and clinical supervision, together with group reflective practice

Working day and night shifts to meet the needs of a 24/7 service

In return we offer:

A salary from £25,359 - £27,449. Plus £2,000 per annum for working nights.

26 days annual leave rising to 31, plus Bank Holidays

Workplace pension contributions

Internal CPD training

Family Friendly Policy

Travel expenses

Flexible Working Policy

Work mobile phone and laptop

Cycle to work scheme

You must hold a current driving license either a car or motorbike and have access to a vehicle.