Combat Stress – Family Support Worker

Confederation of Service Charities; Bath; Hybrid; GBP 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading mental health charity for veterans as a Family Support Worker, supporting NHS initiatives across Northwest England. This hybrid role focuses on developing relationships with local authorities and ensuring quality support for veterans, helping to make a real difference in their lives.

Benefits

27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays

Stakeholder pension scheme with employer contributions

Cycle to work scheme

Access to the Employee Assistance Programme

Access to Blue Light Card scheme

Death in Service Scheme

Qualifications

• Experience working with veterans or military personnel.
• Ability to liaise between organizations and local authorities.
• Comfortable with virtual support methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Support multiple NHS trusts across Northwest England.
• Create relationships with local authorities addressing veteran needs.
• Act as a liaison regarding safeguarding matters.

Skills

Experience supporting the military community

Relationship-building skills

Communication

Job description

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Homebased with travel across the northwest of England

Status: Fixed term contract – 12 months
Salary: BAND 5, £29,553 dependent on experience
Hours: Full-time 37.5 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 16:30

About Us:

Combat Stress is the UK’s leading mental health charity for veterans. For over a century we’ve been helping former service personnel deal with issues like post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), anxiety and depression. Today we provide specialist treatment and support for veterans from every service and conflict, focusing on those with complex mental health issues related to their military service. We provide a range of community, outpatient and residential mental health services to veterans with complex mental health problems. We provide services in-person, and via phone and online.

About the role:

This is a new and exciting position for a Family Support Worker to join Combat Stress and work alongside the NHS as part of Op Courage throughout the Northwest of England. This position will be largely virtual, however travel to stakeholder locations will be expected as required. The role will be integrated into the Op Courage pathway, and as the service evolves and more staff are recruited, it is anticipated that the geographical region will become more localised, however in the first instance this position will involve supporting multiple NHS trusts within the North-West, therefore it would be preferable if the successful candidate lived within this area.

As Combat Stress is a national charity, the successful candidate will also be expected to create relationships with local authorities throughout the UK and to act as a liaison between the charity and the statutory sector in all matters pertaining to safeguarding.

We encourage applications from all demographics and are keen to hear from those who served in HM Forces or have experience supporting the military community.

This role is subject to a DBS

As a healthcare environment, and for the health and wellbeing of our staff, veterans and visitors, we encourage everyone at Combat Stress especially professionals that are veteran facing to take up the offer to be fully vaccinated against Covid-19

What we offer:

You will work within a reputable charity that is constantly evolving to meet the needs of our veterans, that has a fantastic cause and a committed follower base.

• 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Stakeholder pension scheme – contributions matched up to 11% of salary
• Cycle to work scheme
• Access to the Employee Assistance Programme
• Access to Blue Light Card scheme
• Death in Service Scheme

Plus many more.

How to apply:

To apply, send an up to date CV and covering letter to [e-mail]

If you have been informed about the role by a current employee, please state this and the employees name in your covering letter.
For further information about the role please contact Olivia St John, our Lead Family Support Practitioner,[e-mail]

Please note, we reserve the right to close this advert early, should we receive a sufficient amount of applicants

Recruitment Privacy Notice

Combat Stress is the data controller for the information you provide during the recruitment process unless otherwise stated. If you have any queries about the process or how we handle your information, please contact us at [e-mail] .

All of the information you provide during the process will only be used for the purpose of progressing your application, or to fulfill legal or statutory requirements if necessary.

We will not share any of the information you provide during the recruitment process with any third parties for marketing purposes or store any of your information outside of the European Economic Area. The information you provide will be held securely by our data processors whether the information is in electronic or physical format.

We will use the contact details you provide to us to contact you to progress your application. We will use the other information you provide to assess your suitability for the role you have applied for. You do not have to provide what we ask for, but it might affect your application if you don’t.

We do not collect more information than we need to fulfill our recruitment process and will not retain it for longer than is necessary.

Applications sent speculatively will be retained for a maximum period of six months, unless you contact us and ask us to delete your application sooner.

To read Combat Stress’ Privacy Policy please see our website www.combatstress.org.uk.