Mental Health Crisis Worker

Second Step; Bristol; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Second Step, a leading mental health charity in the South West, seeks a full-time Health Care Support Worker to support service users in Bristol and surrounding areas. This role offers the opportunity to develop key skills within a multidisciplinary team while making a difference in the community. The position includes a competitive salary range and various benefits, ensuring a rewarding career in mental health care.

Benefits

26 days annual leave rising to 31

Workplace pension contributions

Internal CPD training

Family Friendly Policy

Flexible Working Policy

Work mobile phone and laptop

Cycle to work scheme

Qualifications

• Working with families, carers, and a multidisciplinary team.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to build therapeutic relationships with service users.
• Experience in managing severe mental health needs.

Responsibilities

• Support a caseload of service users with severe mental health needs.
• Work day and night shifts to meet the needs of a 24/7 service.
• Engage in management and clinical supervision.

Skills

Communication

Building therapeutic relationships

Teamwork

Job description

This range is provided by Second Step. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

Based in Southmead

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 permanent member of staff, in Gloucester House, Southmead

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

We are 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. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

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

In The Job You Will Be

All the relevant skills, qualifications and experience that a successful applicant will need are listed in the following description.

• 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
  
  

In Return We Offer

• A salary from £25,359 - £27,449. Plus £2,060 per annum for working nights.
• 26 days annual leave rising to 31, plus Bank Holidays
• Workplace pension contributions
• Internal CPD training
• Family Friendly Policy
• Travel expenses
• Flexible Working Policy
• Work mobile phone and laptop
• Cycle to work scheme
  
  

Closing date: Tuesday 1st April 2025

Interview date: tbc

The ability to travel to several appointments daily (including in rural areas with limited/ unreliable public transport) is essential

For more information and to apply please see our website www.second-step.co.uk. 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Entry level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Health Care Provider

• Industries

  Mental Health Care

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