Second Step

Family Safeguarding Mental Health Recovery and Wellbeing Specialist

The closing date is 13 October 2025

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Job summary

The Family Safeguarding Team is an innovative partnership model between Somerset County Council and a network of voluntary sector organisations. The wider Family Safeguarding Team is comprised of substance misuse, domestic abuse, adult mental health workers and childrens social workers. Workers from specialist organisations join together to form one team working with families. The Family Safeguarding Team focuses on working to develop parents strengths to positively change their behaviour and relationships in order to improve their childrens lives. By assisting parents to make positive changes more children can stay at home with their birth family and thrive, not just survive.

Main duties of the job

Family Safeguarding is part of Open Mental Health, which is a ground-breaking model bringing together NHS, Statutory and Voluntary agencies to deliver targeted and holistic mental health support. Open Mental Health connects people to community resources, builds resilience and improves wellbeing through targeted interventions and a coordinated approach around the individual with an ethos of no wrong door. The Family Safeguarding service is supported by a Clinical Psychologist and Systemic Family Therapist to offer support to both clients and colleagues. You will be supporting clients across the Mendip area and will be required to travel to deliver support.

About us

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and complex needs. Our goal is to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.

Details

Date posted

25 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£27,810 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

SEC1131679

Job locations

Council Offices

Shepton Mallet

BA4 5BT


Job description

Job responsibilities

Take on a caseload as guided by the Somerset Council Family Safeguarding Team Manager and develop and run personalised programmes of support for parents coming in to contact with the Family Safeguarding project, safely and effectively. Assess individuals against needs, strengths and risks as they come on to caseload and provide outreach services including home visits, deliver 1-1 key working sessions as well as semi and structured groups to support as a part of their personalised programme of support and activity. Provide psycho-social interventions to parents involved in the service drawing on CBT techniques, Motivational Interviewing, solution focused working, skills and behaviours coaching, parenting skills and boundary setting. Actively engage those people introduced, in recognised social, therapeutic, creative, practical and community activities. Share information within the Open Mental Health Network and develop and implement personal action plans as appropriate, always working within the boundaries of confidentiality and data protection.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Take on a caseload as guided by the Somerset Council Family Safeguarding Team Manager and develop and run personalised programmes of support for parents coming in to contact with the Family Safeguarding project, safely and effectively. Assess individuals against needs, strengths and risks as they come on to caseload and provide outreach services including home visits, deliver 1-1 key working sessions as well as semi and structured groups to support as a part of their personalised programme of support and activity. Provide psycho-social interventions to parents involved in the service drawing on CBT techniques, Motivational Interviewing, solution focused working, skills and behaviours coaching, parenting skills and boundary setting. Actively engage those people introduced, in recognised social, therapeutic, creative, practical and community activities. Share information within the Open Mental Health Network and develop and implement personal action plans as appropriate, always working within the boundaries of confidentiality and data protection.

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial mental health and therapeutic experience and associated qualifications.
  • A proven, successful track record and substantial experience of multi-disciplinary team working in a mental health or wellbeing environment
  • Experience of working with complexity and using a trauma informed approach
  • Proven experience of working with people with multiple needs (e.g. mental health, domestic abuse, alcohol/drug dependency, long term conditions)

Desirable

  • Experience of using psycho-social interventions such as Motivational Interviewing or Brief Solution Focused Therapy (not essential as training will be provided)
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Substantial mental health and therapeutic experience and associated qualifications.
  • A proven, successful track record and substantial experience of multi-disciplinary team working in a mental health or wellbeing environment
  • Experience of working with complexity and using a trauma informed approach
  • Proven experience of working with people with multiple needs (e.g. mental health, domestic abuse, alcohol/drug dependency, long term conditions)

Desirable

  • Experience of using psycho-social interventions such as Motivational Interviewing or Brief Solution Focused Therapy (not essential as training will be provided)

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Second Step

Address

Council Offices

Shepton Mallet

BA4 5BT


Employer's website

https://www.second-step.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Second Step

Address

Council Offices

Shepton Mallet

BA4 5BT


Employer's website

https://www.second-step.co.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Team Manager

Alex Carter

alex.carter@second-step.co.uk

Details

Date posted

25 September 2025

Pay scheme

Other

Salary

£27,810 a year

Contract

Fixed term

Duration

10 months

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

SEC1131679

Job locations

Council Offices

Shepton Mallet

BA4 5BT


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