Senior Recovery Navigator

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Job description

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 support needs. We aim to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

Do you want to work for a forward-thinking organisation, helping people in mental health and emotional crisis?

Do you have compassion and empathy for people who are struggling with their mental wellbeing?

Do you have experience of leading and supporting a team?

If so, you could be the person we are looking for.

About the Service

The Safe Haven service offers short-term support to clients. This service focuses on supporting episodes of emotional distress rather than providing ongoing support interventions. The service offers up to 3 support interventions, which can include the discussion of self-management tools and the creation of Wellness Action Plans. The Second Step Team also offers clients support with suicidal ideation, emotional distress, anxiety, depression, low mood, social isolation, and sleep hygiene. We can offer additional support and signposting for issues such as housing, debt, health problems, drugs and alcohol use, substance misuse and unemployment. Follow up wellbeing checks can also be arranged to review a client s psychological state after their return home.

About You

You ll need to be a good communicator, with experience of supervising an effective team and liaising with partners, as well as the triaging and assessment of people being referred into a support service.

You will be working alongside Recovery Navigators, providing them with regular supervision, mentoring, guidance, and on-hand support.

You will be able to offer support and de-brief sessions to the team at the end of each shift and as required.

You ll have experience of working with people with mental health and complex needs, carrying out needs and risks assessments. You will need to take a holistic view, with a recovery and psychologically informed approach.

You will have good organisational skills, be IT proficient and be able to direct and lead a small team.

You will need to have proven skills around managing risk and escalating referrals for clients who may require clinical support.

We welcome applications from Experts by Experience as well as underrepresented groups.

Second Step an excellent annual leave package, support from our Employee Assistance Programme if you need it and a comprehensive induction programme with on-going training opportunities.

So if you think this describes you, what are you waiting for? Why not apply now?

Closing date: 11th October 2024

Interview date: 18th October 2024

Interviews will be held in person in our venue in Weston Super- Mare.

For more information and to apply please see our website. 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.

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