Job Details:
Service Lead: Community Mental Health Crisis Service

Job Description

Our peer led crisis service in Bury provides peer support and practical support, face to face or via telephone on a one-to-one or group basis for adults experiencing a mental health crisis in our community. The service started in 2021 and has received year on year funding increases due to the success we have had. We are expanding our service so we now have a vacancy for a new Service Lead position within our team.

The Service Lead position is an exciting opportunity to join our well respected metal health charity and help shape this growing service. This is very much a lead from the front role, our service leads hold frontline responsibilities as well as their management responsibilities. You would be the 'go to' person on a day to day basis when on shift in the crisis service. You would be responsible for:

• Overseeing the day to day functioning of the service
• Line-managing, nurturing and developing your team
• Working with your fellow Crisis Service Leads, and the senior leadership team of the charity, to develop and evaluate the service
• Provide therapeutic face to face, and occasional telephone crisis support, through a mutual negotiation of the visitor’s needs, within the service.

We are looking to recruit someone with personal experience of mental distress as this is a peer role. The successful candidate will also have experience of working with people with mental health problems, which should include experience of working with people at risk of suicide and self-injury.

We are looking for someone with a great combination of skills. You will need to have proven experience of managing and leading a team or service, and great therapeutic skills, with the ability to support and develop a team. You'll be joining a friendly and supportive team which is committed to providing the best support possible.

If you are interested in applying or for more information please read the attached application pack.

• 34 hours a week
• £30,056 actual
• 24 month fixed term contract, subject to extension dependant on future commissioning
• Annual Leave Entitlement of 32 days
• Monthly Clinical Supervision and access to ongoing training opportunities paid by the organisation

Additional Information

• We are an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons from all backgrounds.
• At BIG we are committed to creating and fostering a culture that promotes safeguarding and the welfare of the individuals we support. Our safer recruitment practices support this by ensuring that there is a consistent and thorough process of obtaining, collating, analysing and evaluating information from and about candidates to ensure that all persons appointed are suitable to work with adults with care and support needs.
• This post is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Job Types: Part-time, Fixed term contract

Contract length: 24 months

Pay: £30,056.00 per year

Benefits:

• Life insurance
• EAP Programme

Schedule:

• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift

Experience:

• Mental Health: 3 years (required)
• Management: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person

EAP Programme

Life Insurance