24 hour service working days/nights and weekends, enhancements paid for unsocial hours.
Main duties of the job
As a Mental Health Advisor, you will provide initial telephone support to North Yorkshire, York and Selby residents experiencing mental health distress and crisis as part of the national implementation of NHS 111 Mental Health (Option 2).
About you:
We would love to hear from you if you have the following experience:
* Demonstrable experience of working 1:1 with service users with complex needs
* Demonstrable experience working within Health, social care or VCSE systems
* Awareness of Health and Social care systems.
* Awareness of national and local organisations and other resources that can support individuals to improve and maintain good mental health.
* Awareness of recovery in the context of mental health
* Awareness of the effects of stigma and discrimination
* Awareness of issues surrounding homelessness, financial inclusion or substance misuse
What we offer in return:
We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:
* 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years service) and the option to purchase or sell days
* Enhanced pension
* Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
* Vitality Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistance Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
* Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
* Plus, many more great benefits on offer
Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.
We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.
Once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Job responsibilities
As a Mental Health Advisor, you will provide initial telephone support to North Yorkshire, York and Selby residents experiencing mental health distress and crisis as part of the national implementation of NHS 111 Mental Health (Option 2).
Person Specification
Experience
* Demonstrable experience of working 1:1 with service users with complex needs
* Demonstrable experience working within Health, social care or VCSE systems
* Awareness of Health and Social care systems.
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.
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