Salary: £19,748.31 to £20,921.95 per annum (£32,475 to £34,405 full time equivalent) - Solent Mind Crisis Services Band B (includes unsocial hours enhancements)
Hours: 22.5 hours per week – (3 shifts) (Working evenings on a rota basis, 4pm to Midnight shifts, with weekend/bank holiday working essential)
Location: Southampton
About the role
You will play a vital part in helping people experiencing or at risk of a mental health crisis, in partnership with our mental health nursing and allied health care professional colleagues from Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust.
You will provide safe and appropriate support for users of The Lighthouse. You will also support people to develop and use techniques and skills to support their wellbeing.
This post will involve 4pm-12 midnight shifts on a rota basis which will include weekends and bank holidays. Unsocial hours enhancements have been applied in line with the NHS enhancement rates for all hours worked on weekends/bank holidays and after 8pm weekdays.
About you
You will need to have personal, lived experience of a mental health issue, as well as the compassion and confidence to calmly and effectively support people who are distressed and/or in crisis, in person and by telephone and text.
Please explain in your personal statement how you meet each of the criteria from the person specification.
Equal Opportunities
We welcome applications from all of the communities in which we work. We also positively encourage applications from people with mental health problems to apply for a role within Solent Mind. Appointments are made on merit.
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