Specialist Intervention Coach

AQUARIUS ACTION PROJECTS

Lancashire

On-site

GBP 26,000 - 34,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 27–32d

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Enhanced sick pay

Birthday leave and extra days

Professional fee reimbursement

24/7 online GP

Employee Assistance

Recognition awards

Recommend a Friend

Cycle to Work

Blue Light Discounts

Free will writing

Wellbeing initiatives

Job summary

Waythrough is seeking a Specialist Intervention Coach in Blackpool to monitor and develop practice, ensuring staff teams are equipped to handle challenging needs. You will lead on crisis intervention and work with health partners to improve throughput and outcomes.

The role requires QCF in Health and Social Care (level 3 or equivalent) or willingness to study, plus strong recovery and mental health knowledge. Flexibility and comprehensive caseload management are essential.

Qualifications

QCF Health and Social Care Level 3 or equivalent is required or willingness to work towards.
Strong understanding of recovery and co-production.
Significant understanding of Mental Health Issues.
Substantial experience in Housing and Social Care.
Experience dealing with high-risk clients and managing resources.
Experience conducting investigations and writing reports/recommendations.
Substantial experience in managing caseloads.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to manage conflicting demands and priorities; flexible to service needs.

Responsibilities

Provide high-quality intensive support using psychotherapeutic intervention and support the staff team.
Collaborate with Lancashire Care Foundation Trust and Lancashire Teaching Hospital to support throughput and outcomes.
Deliver the guided intervention model and brief interventions as required.
Maximise multi-agency approach for complex cases.
Make decisions based on expert knowledge, training and crisis service experience.
Provide strong leadership in formulating support plans.
Ensure accurate data entry to MI & reporting systems.
Support management of the risk load within service locations and advise on capacity.
Receive regular supervision from line manager.
Support and direct Crisis Recovery Workers, Peer Support and Volunteers.
Monitor staff caseloads and ensure regular caseload management.

Skills

QCF Health and Social Care Level 3

Recovery & co-production

Mental health understanding

Housing & social care

High-risk caseload management

Investigations & reporting

Caseload management

Communication skills

Time management

Flexibility

Education

QCF Health and Social Care Level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Specialist Intervention Coach

Location: Blackpool Light Lounge, 259 Whitegate Drive, Blackpool, FY3 9JL

Working Hours: 37 hours per week. The service is open 10am-10pm Monday - Sunday. A typical week would look like 9:30am-5:30pm Monday - Thursday, 9:30am-5pm on a Friday. However, flexibility is required to work outside of the typical hours, due to service need.Contract Type: Fixed Term - Maternity Cover until 01/09/2027Salary: £25,877.80 - £34,240.03 per annum

Please note that due to this post being maternity cover, the start date is expected to be in January 2027.

About Waythrough

Make a real difference in your community

About the role:

To monitor, develop and share good practice across staff teams to ensure individuals and teams are better equipped to work with a greater range of challenging support needs.

Key duties will include:

To provide high quality intensive support using psychotherapeutic intervention and support the staff team in delivering these.
Work collaboratively with Lancashire Care Foundation Trust and Lancashire Teaching Hospital to support throughput into the service and achieve the required outcomes.
Work to deliver the guided intervention model and brief interventions for Waythrough as a requirement of the service expectations.
Seek to maximise multi agency approach for complex cases.
Have the autonomy and ability to make decisions pertaining to cases based upon expert knowledge, training and experience in Crisis services.
To provide strong and effective leadership in formulating support plans.
To ensure data entry to MI & reporting systems is accurate, timely and in line with quality assurance requirements.
To support the management of the ‘risk load’ within a given service/location including making recommendations to the Service Manager on whether there is capacity to manage additional risk when assessing Service Users, ensuring safe working practices are put in place to support the Service User appropriately.
To accept regular support and supervision from line manager.
To support and direct work of Crisis Recovery Workers, Peer Support and other Volunteers within Waythrough agreed policies and procedures.
To monitor caseloads of staff within the team and ensure all staff receive regular caseload management in order to maximize efficient use of staff time and to ensure appropriate support is provided.

About you:

QCF in Health and Social Care, ideally level 3 or equivalent, or willingness to work towards.
Good understanding of recovery and co-production.
Significant understanding of Mental Health Issues.
Substantial experience of work within a Housing and Social Care background.
Substantial Experience is dealing with ‘high risk’ clients and managing resources effectively.
Experience in carrying out investigations and writing reports and recommendations.
Substantial experience in managing caseloads.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to manage conflicting demands and priorities on time.
To be flexible to work around service need.

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