Senior Support Worker

Job summary

We are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic Senior Support Worker to join our service! Options for Change is a standard Intensive Intervention and Risk Management Service (IIRMS), part of the OPD Pathway delivered by Midlands Partnership University Foundation NHS Trust, in partnership with the Probation Service. The service works directly with a small number of people on probation who have screened onto the OPD pathway, who are considered high-risk individuals when leaving prison, to support them to succeed in their transition to living in the community.

You will work as a member of the team contributing to the running of a community drop-in service for service users. You will use your strong interpersonal skills to support people to engage in the service. Taking a trauma informed approach to the role, you will help to empower people on probation to achieve their goals and aspirations. You will be responsible for carrying out assigned tasks as part of the IIRMS service, working autonomously and flexibly.

We can offer you a strong commitment to training, supervision and appraisals to support your CPD whilst you are in post. This role provides a great opportunity to understand the role of a qualified psychologist working in a probation setting to improve the psychological outcomes for people on probation. We welcome applications from anyone who enjoys teamwork and working with people with complex needs.

Main duties of the job

You will be an integral part of a small team, working under the supervision of a qualified psychologist, collaboratively working with people on probation.

The post is for a full-time Senior Support Worker (working 37.5 hours per week) for Options for Change IIRMS in Leicestershire. You will be required to travel to locations within Leicestershire and sometimes to neighbouring counties. There may also be some scope to work from home.

You will have a duty of care to those in need, providing high quality, inclusive and non-judgemental assessment and support. You will be motivated to support service users to develop the social networks and skills that they require to develop positive coping mechanisms, to guide them towards reintegrating successfully into the wider community.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications