Crisis Support & Time & Recovery Worker

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust; Rottingdean; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health care provider in Rottingdean is looking for a Crisis Support, Time and Recovery Worker to join the West Neighbourhood Mental Health Team. This role focuses on providing preventive work to support service users and help avoid crisis or admission. Candidates should have experience working with mental health needs in the community, along with an NVQ 3 or equivalent. This position requires flexible work arrangements and the ability to engage with service users both in-person and remotely.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Supportive work environment

Professional development opportunities

Qualifications

• Commitment to continuing personal development.
• Experience of working with people with mental health problems, ideally in the community.

Responsibilities

• Provide preventive work with service users to avoid crisis or admission.
• Work alongside a multi-disciplinary team.
• Offer short-term flexible support based on crisis support plans.

Skills

Experience with mental health needs

Autonomy in community work

Flexible support provision

Education

NVQ 3 or equivalent

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen to support service users under the care of the West Neighbourhood Mental Health Team (previously known as the Assessment and Treatment Services) in Brighton and Hove as a Crisis Support, Time and Recovery Worker. The role has a specific remit to provide preventive work with service users under the NMHT to avoid crisis or admission and support transition back from the crisis team to the NMHT.

Main duties of the job

You will have experience of working in the community with people with mental health needs and co-existing difficulties. You will work autonomously but alongside the NMHT multi-disciplinary team to offer short-term flexible support as part of the service users crisis support plan and help them link in with other community crisis support offers where relevant. You will see people face to face in their homes, in community settings or at the team base as well as offering telephone and video support.

You will join a friendly and supportive team based at Mill View hospital and form close working realtionships with the Crisis Team based at Mill View.

About us

The Trust provides mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.

Living & Working in Brighton:

Be spoilt for choice with Brighton's iconic seafront, vibrant lanes and array of shops and attractions

Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns on your doorstep

Embrace the outstanding natural beauty spots including the renowned Devils Dyke and South Downs National Park

We'd love you to join our Trust, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, recent staff survey results told us that 82% recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Key staff survey results include:

70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work in their team

77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Job responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description document for further details on the role and responsibilities. For an informal discussion please contact Juliet Smith, Team Lead [e-mail]

Person Specification

QUALIFICATIONS

• NVQ 3 or equivalent, combined with a commitment to undertake continuing personal development

EXPERIENCE

• Experience of working with people with mental health problems, ideally in the community

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

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.