Senior Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker
Senior Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker
An exciting position has become available for a Senior Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker based in a new development across Lanarkshire. The successful candidates will earn GBP13.50/hour.
You will support the service manager in the day-to-day running of the Mental Health & Wellbeing Worker service across North or South Lanarkshire.
You will lead a small team and also deliver person-centred individual support to people in contact with Primary Care Mental Health Nurses or G.P. practice teams who may be experiencing stressful social circumstances that are having a negative impact on their mental health and wellbeing.
You will support people to help them identify and achieve personal outcomes and priorities that they would like to address and link them to local and national resources and services as required.
Applications from people who have personal experience of mental health difficulties are encouraged.
Role Requirements
- Previous experience of working with people in demanding situations would be desirable.
- An understanding of mental health issues.
- Ability to manage people.
- Excellent communication skills and a positive can-do attitude.
- Ability to build rapport easily and maintain positive and effective communications.
- Able to work independently in a proactive manner.
- Able to sustain contact with individuals to encourage and motivate them.
- Confident in working closely with clinical staff, G.P.'s, practice staff, and community agencies.
- Able to maintain accurate records.
- Basic IT skills and working knowledge of office 365 are desirable.
Role Responsibilities
- Conducting initial structured conversations with people referred to service using standard internal paperwork and processes including introducing fellow staff to undertake support duties on completion of assessments, as well as liaising with clinical colleagues and other agencies where necessary.
- To provide individual support to service users in accordance with their agreed and pre-set plans and fulfil key worker duties as required.
- To participate with service users in negotiating, agreeing, and reviewing their individual plans.
- To deliver individual and group-based psychoeducational interventions
- To take part in organising, supporting, delivering, and reviewing groupings of service users where they may occur.
- To take a lead role in local community activities that promote positive mental health awareness and assistance to challenge stigma and discrimination.
- To keep accurate and up-to-date written records of service users' visits/work.
- To be proactive in promoting effective communication with relevant statutory and third sector agencies/professionals and their staff to ensure the best possible support arrangements are in place for service users and connections for future support/information and advice are also in place.
- To be proactive in relationships with NHS mental health nurses and GP practices ensuring positive working relationships are achieved and suitable referrals are received.
- To be proactive in promoting and maintaining effective internal and external communications.
- To lead by example and work positively as part of a team, your actions being conducive to promoting effective, open, honest, and supportive teamwork.
- To organise and take a lead role in team meetings.
- To provide regular supervision to relevant team members as well as ongoing support to assist them in their work and development, including annual appraisal and continued personal development.
- To maintain positive and current communications with the service manager and fellow seniors to ensure service runs in a consistent and effective manner.
- To deputise for service manager or fellow senior as required in their absence
- To provide planned and unplanned support, advice, and direction to staff as required.
- To ensure day-to-day work in relation to service is covered and staff absences are managed to maintain continuity of service and coverage of
- To gather record and collate data, including case studies/patient stories in a prescribed format for monitoring and evaluation purposes.
Company
Our client is a Lanarkshire based charitable company providing a range of community-based mental health support services throughout the localities of Lanarkshire, as well as an information resource, charity shop caf??, and wellbeing centre.
Why should you apply?
- The chance to join a well-established company.
- To join a fantastic team.
- To showcase your knowledge and skill set.
- Training is provided.
- Contributory Pension up to 6% & Travel Allowance.
Closing date: 27TH June 2022
This post is subject to a PVG (Protection of Vulnerable Groups) check and also reference checks.
Full driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes is necessary.
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