Mental Health Support Worker

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Young Women’s Outreach Project

  • Career category: Programme/ Project design & management
  • Job type: Job
  • Experience level: 0-5 years
  • Organisation type: Civil Society
  • Remote option: No
  • Right to work requirements: Right to work required in advance
  • Remuneration: £10,400 GBP / yearly
  • Work schedule: Part-time/ Pro-rata
  • Length of contract: Temporary/ Fixed-term
  • Deadline: 28/09/2023
  • Location: United Kingdom, Gateshead
Youth
Key Responsibilities & Duties

  • To support the Mental Health Coordinator to deliver evidence-based mental health interventions and activities on a one-to-one and small group work basis in a variety of settings.
  • Ensure interventions enable young women and young mothers to make informed choices about issues that affect their mental health and emotional well-being.
  • To develop and deliver mental health workshops and small group work wellbeing activities alongside Youth Engagement Workers
  • To assess the needs and suitability of young people for the settings and support they will access.
  • To support existing youth groups with a mental health focus, enabling them to share knowledge and skills they have learned through their own experience and interventions at the Young Women’s Outreach Project, both within their group and our wider community of young women.
  • To support activities delivered through the “Jam Jar Fund” in conjunction with the Mental Health Coordinator.
  • To promote a safe and friendly environment for young women to establish a relationship of trust.
  • To signpost and refer young women and young mothers to external organisations, for example, Children and Young People’s Service.
  • To contribute towards monitoring, evaluating and reporting for Managers,

Trustees and Funders. Facilitate the participation of young women within the service and feedback on their views.
  • To keep accurate and up-to-date records
  • To promote the Young Women’s Outreach Project’s Mental Health & Wellbeing services to external agencies, existing partners, service users and potential clients.
  • Advocacy for young women with professionals and carers, including linking with external agencies and professionals
  • To work strictly within the organisation’s Safeguarding and Confidentiality

Policies at all times, promote a positive culture of safeguarding young women and young mothers.
  • To attend regular supervision with the Mental Health Coordinator Health and safety assessment of the building and activities with young people.

Work within processes to ensure safe working and following lone working procedures.
  • To undertake other duties as appropriate, this job description is not a definitive list of responsibilities but identifies key components of the role.

Essential Experience, Knowledge and Skills
Minimum of 3 years of experience working with young people
Minimum Level 3, recognised Youth Work or relevant Mental Health Qualification
Able to identify and assess the needs of young women and young mothers.
Ability to work in a self-directed way and as part of a diverse team, demonstrating appropriate communication and advanced interpersonal skills
Able to work flexibly and to develop E practice and services offered.
Ability to collect reporting data, compile case studies and monitoring information
Understanding of youth work methods or therapeutic group work and experience of delivery of these sessions/programmes.
Experience in managing safeguarding risk in a confidential, voluntary sector setting.
Knowledge of current and relevant legislation.

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