A fantastic opportunity has arisen for a Peer Support & Volunteer Coordinator to work as part of a team in a brand new service providing a safe, welcoming and compassionate place for people who are experiencing mental health distress.
Southwark Community Sanctuary is a safe, welcoming, and supportive space for anybody aged over 18 experiencing emotional distress and struggling to cope. Based in Southwark, the Southwark Community Sanctuary will offer a variety of support options dependent on people’s needs. For some, it will be a place of quiet respite, for others an opportunity to meet like-minded people and share lived experience. It will provide an opportunity to develop coping techniques, and link people in with other services in their local community.
We are available to provide support during Monday to Friday, from 5pm until 11pm, and during weekends and bank holidays, from 1pm to 11pm, We support people in person at the Community Sanctuary, online via video chat, or on the phone.
If you have not heard back within two weeks of the closing date, you have been unsuccessful at this time.
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At Together we value and encourage diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We are committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self, welcoming applications from people from diverse communities and backgrounds who share our values. As an employer, we are committed to making any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.
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The Role
The role involves supporting people experiencing mental distress providing a welcoming, safe and compassionate environment. Southwark Community Sanctuary offers a supportive environment for people in the evenings and weekends as an alternative for A&E. Workers will support people to devise safety plans, work on coping techniques, identify personal goals and connect people to resources in their local area.
Key Responsibilities
Generic Tasks
To be aware of and follow Together’s Safeguarding policy
We have a firm commitment to encouraging fairness and diversity and inclusion in our work force and we welcome applications from everyone including those with disabilities, BAME backgrounds and different ages. As an employer, we are also willing to make any reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process.
Female* Senior Assistant Psychologist
Too many people pass through the criminal justice system without their mental health needs being recognised. With more than 70% of the prison population experiencing some level of mental distress, it’s crucial that specialist services exist to ensure that people get the care and support they need to break the cycle of offending. This is where you come in.
We are seeking an experienced Senior Assistant Psychologist to provide assessments and psychological interventions as part of a newly commissioned pan-London Women’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement service to reduce custodial sentences and improve the wellbeing of women in the criminal justice system with mental health needs. This is a London Pathways Partnership (LPP) service, jointly provided by Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust, Central and North West London (CNWL) NHS Foundation Trust and Together for Mental Wellbeing.
The Women’s Mental Health Treatment Requirement (MHTR) Service is funded via a partnership between the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC), NHS England and NHS Improvement (NHSE/I), Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and Office of Health Improvement and Disparities. MHTRs were introduced by the Criminal Justice Act in 2003, recognising that for many individuals who offend, mental health and substance misuse issues underpin their offending behaviour. Treatment requirements offer courts an alternative to short custodial sentences and aim to prevent reoffending by addressing underlying vulnerabilities and improving quality of life. This service aims to increase the use of primary care treatment requirements as part of a community sentence, offering psychologically informed interventions and advice. The MHTR Service provides the courts with the information and confidence to sentence to robust and effective treatment requirements.
As a successful candidate you will have good report writing skills, be able to deliver bespoke psychological interventions tailored to the women’s needs and have the capacity to work in a busy court environment. Working hours will mainly be 9-5, Monday to Friday, but we will require some flexibility over working hours between 9am to 8pm during weekdays to ensure the service is responsive to service user and stakeholder need. Your weekly hours will not exceed 37.5hrs.
We strive to recruit a staff team reflective of the population we serve and welcome applications from those with protected characteristics, including women and minoritised ethnic groups. For this post some of the intervention work will be delivered in Women’s centres across London and due to access requirements this post will only be open to female applicants.
*there is an Operational Requirement for this role to be fulfilled by a female (determined compliant under ACAS guidelines for recruiting applicants with a protected characteristic to do a certain job)
We reserve the right to close this post early once we receive sufficient applications so please apply early if you wish your application to be considered.
Female* Community Link Worker
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Health and Advocacy Service based in HMP Bronzefield. This service aims to identify and work with people going through the criminal justice system who have mental health needs and other vulnerabilities to support their access to appropriate services whilst in custody and in the community. This role offers the opportunity to work with women on remand with a variety of needs including prenatal and perinatal needs, making a real difference to their lives whilst in custody and beyond.
You will be working closely with Women in Prison (WiP), the prison based healthcare team and Probation to support vulnerable women in a forensic setting who often get overlooked, may feel unheard, and who without services like ours, may not have appropriate care in place before being released into the community. You will be in a position to support and deliver early intervention and services for women and girls in contact with the Criminal Justice System including Diversion and Out of Court Disposals, and make a positive difference in their lives by reducing reoffending, and making physical and mental healthcare services more accessible. You would also be involved in Together for Mental Wellbeing’s women’s champion strategy group where you will be part of initiating change and learning to our current practice.
Key functions include:
Offer short-term liaison and support through:
About you?
The successful candidate must have experience of working in the criminal justice system and delivering mental health services, and have good knowledge of women’s needs and service user leadership. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to challenge, motivate, influence and inspire your colleagues at all levels.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team. You will also benefit from being part of a dynamic growing organisation, committed to the development of its workforce.
To apply for any of the roles please send a recent CV and a supporting statement of no more than 2 A4 pages, to explain how you meet the role requirements.
It’s an exciting time to join us!
Together for Mental Wellbeing is one of the UK’s oldest and most respected charities.
These are the values that we live by at Together for Mental Wellbeing to deliver our services:
What is special about working for us?
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our award-winning London liaison and diversion services across our capital.
Liaison and diversion is the national flagship programme from NHS England created to address heath inequities and to offer people better health and justice outcomes.
You will be expected to work in close collaboration with our partners in health and social care. You will assess, liaise, refer, and provide guidance for individuals who have come to the attention of criminal justice agencies.
This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team. You will also benefit from being part of a dynamic growing organisation committed to the development of its workforce.
We are committed to supporting CPD for our staff and we also provide a comprehensive induction and training package to those who join.
You will be a registered health care practitioner with interest and training in mental health (Allied Health Professions: Mental Health Nurse; Psychologist, Social Worker; Occupational Therapist).
You will have experience in undertaking specialist mental health assessments and have a sound knowledge of the Mental Health Act/Capacity Act and criminal justice systems.
You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to challenge, motivate, influence, and inspire your colleagues at all levels.
Location – London Based
“Our team consists of people with a breadth of clinical experiences, we work to make a difference to truly vulnerable people and we pride ourselves on partnership working” – current team member.
This job is an opportunity to make a difference and shape lives!
Collaboration. Choice. Integrity. Resilience. Continuous improvement.
These are our values that we hold as an organisation. Aligned with yours? Then keep reading…
We are seeking eight Forensic Mental Health Practitioners to provide assessments and 1:1 psychological interventions within our new Integrated Offender Management (IOM) mental health service across London.
Integrated Offender Management (IOM) is the national multi-agency arrangement that manages the most persistent, repeat offenders. In London the recently revised London IOM framework focuses partner agencies on repeat offenders who also pose at least a medium risk of violent reoffending. The aim of this framework is to improve the consistency and effectiveness of this work to reduce the number of victims in London, especially those of serious acquisitive and violent crime.
You will be part of a dedicated and dynamic team with a specific focus on delivering tailored support to individuals currently on licence with HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS).
As a successful candidate you will be able to:
This is a full time (37.5hrs per week) permanent position and the successful applicant will have a mental health qualification and experience working within mental health and/ or criminal justice services, as well as experience delivering 1:1 interventions. We hope to recruit a staff team reflective of the population we serve and welcome applications from those with protected characteristics, including women and minority ethnic groups.
We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the support they need to make positive changes in their recovery journey. You really can make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make changes, when they do not always believe in themselves. The Criminal Justice service has multiple projects working within courts, prisons, probation and the community, aiming at providing mental health support in all these stages of the criminal justice system. We’ve seen impressive growth over the last two years extending our remit of work and this is something we’re highly motivated to continue.
What you need to know about Together:
Together is England’s oldest mental health charity and since we were formed in 1879, we have believed that people with mental health issues have the right and the abilities to lead independent, fulfilling lives as part of their communities. We offer a wide variety of support to help people deal with the personal and practical impacts of mental health issues. The services we provide include supporting people in criminal justice settings who’ve experienced mental distress, one-to-one support in the community, supported housing and 24 hour accommodation services and advocacy.
Our core principle at Together is service user leadership as we believe that benefits those people who are accessing support and has positive impact on all aspects of Together, and wider society. We want to be able to learn from people who have a range of views and who have experienced mental distress. By learning from the people who use our services in that way we aim to inform and influence Together from a Lived Experience perspective.
What We Can Offer You
We have two brand new Senior Forensic Mental Health Practitioner roles in our Integrated Offender Management (IOM) mental health service.
The Senior Forensic Mental Health Practitioner (FMHP) would be expected to work with management to develop and promote the Integrated Offender Management service. The Senior FMHP will also support management with induction and training of new staff.
The Senior Forensic Mental Health Practitioner will have front line responsibilities, holding a small caseload. The job holder will work with service users to offer psychologically-informed interventions. This work aims to assist service users to live their best lives by supporting them to exercise choice in order to: improve their mental health and wellbeing; stay safe; reduce loneliness; increase social participation; work towards goals; develop their independence.
The successful candidate will be part of a multi-disciplinary team and will benefit from being part of a dynamic and growing organisation.
It is essential that you have a minimum of three years’ experience as a Mental Health practitioner and you hold a qualification in mental health.
This is a full time role with offering flexible and hybrid working in line with the demands of the service.
We have two brand new Service Manager roles in our Integrated Offender Management (IOM) mental health service.
If you are an enthusiastic, motivated leader, we have an exciting opportunity for you as a Service Manager within our IOM service. You will be part of a dedicated and dynamic team with a specific focus on delivering tailored support to individuals currently on licence with HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS). Being compassionate, empathetic and able to create trust and psychologically safety with the Practitioners you supervise and the people who use our services are key attributes for the role.
The ideal candidate is someone with experience of safeguarding, crisis management and managing staff in a health or justice setting. You will have a mental health qualification, preferably to a master’s level. You will be expected to work autonomously and enjoy a varied and fast paced environment engaging multiple stakeholders to ensure excellent service user outcomes.
This is a brand new service and therefore part of the role will be working closely with the implementation manager to develop the service. We currently have two positions available for the two identified clusters (North and South) and this will be a pan London service. Each cluster will be responsible for managing relationships across a number of Borough Command Units (BCU’s) which will include multiple probation offices.
Some key tasks in the role are:
This is a full time (37.5 hrs a week) post. We are operating a hybrid model of work, part of your week would be office-based and part working from home. Your nominal basis would at our National Office in Lambeth North, but you would also be expected to visit your direct reports at their workplace regularly. This will also involve regular travel within your cluster
Can you support and enable people to take control of their lives and promote recovery and independence?
Do you want the opportunity to engage in a career which provides fulfilment and variety?
Together is an amazing organisation to work for with Lawn Court project being the pinnacle of our company. It’s not just because we’re one of the UK’s oldest and most respected mental health charities, it’s because we put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do – supporting and enabling them to take control of their lives and make a positive contribution to the community.
Lawn Court is a highly successful Residential Support & Recovery Service in Bexhill-on-Sea & due to our continued success we are looking to add to our staff team. Lawn Court is looking for an inspiring and compassionate person, who can work creatively alongside people with mental health needs on their journey towards greater wellbeing & independence.
Utilising your passion for empowering people with complex mental health needs, you will be supporting individuals to increase their independence & life quality. Experience is not essential as we offer excellent training opportunities and a chance to work within a dynamic, friendly working environment, competitive pay, career development & other benefits.
Due to the nature of our work, you will be expected to work waking night shifts from 21.30hrs – 07.30hrs the next morning.
Lawn Court is a highly successful Residential Support & Recovery Service in Bexhill-on-Sea & due to our continued success we are looking to add to our staff team. Lawn Court is looking for an inspiring and compassionate person, who can work creatively alongside people with mental health needs on their journey towards greater wellbeing & independence. Utilising your passion for empowering people with complex mental health needs, you will be supporting individuals to increase their independence & life quality.
Experience is not essential as we offer excellent training opportunities and a chance to work within a dynamic, friendly working environment, competitive pay, career development & other benefits. Because of the nature of our work, you will be expected to work early/late shifts, weekends and sleep-in duties for which a sleep-in allowance is paid in addition to salary.
“If this is you then we want you to join us in making a difference!!!!”