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?

If this is you and you want to make a difference, we would love to hear from you. We are recruiting for a full time Mental Health Crisis Worker in Speedwell and Southmead.

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

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

Second Step is 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.

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

• A 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)
• 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
• Proven experience of mental health issues and/or services, either as a user, carer or supporter.
• A years experience

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.