Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Community Navigators to become part of team BSMHFT whilst delivering a randomised controlled trial of the Community Navigator programme which aims to reduce loneliness and depression for adults with treatment resistant depression in secondary mental health services. The role is for three days a week and there is a possibility of job sharing. The post holder(s) will work with Community Mental Health Teams in either Longbridge, Warstock Lane or Zinnia.
Interested applicants should have experience of working with and supporting people with serious and or enduring mental health, addiction issues or other vulnerable groups, be able to work collaboratively within a team and have the ability to form and maintain positive therapeutic relationships with service users.
The post will be hybrid working across Trust base and home settings. The post holder will work with local clinical teams, the Principal Investigator and the national study team. The trial is in it's final year of recruitment and the end date of October 2024 is subject to funding and may need to be stopped earlier.
Main duties of the job
- To support mental health service users with developing more social contact and activity in their local community, and helping to reduce loneliness
- To provide up to 10 sessions of support over 6 months to individual service users with enduring depression or anxiety.
- To help service users to review people they know and places and activities they currently enjoy and support them in making and carrying out plans to increase their activity and social contact.
- To work independently, visiting service users at home or meeting them in the community.
- To link appropriately with involved clinical teams, writing up written records of contacts with service users and feeding in to care planning and management as required.
- The post is set up in the context of a nationally-funded research study and will involve providing information and feedback about your work to the research team.
- To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental health conditions and learning disabilities.
* * * Previous applicants need not apply * * *
* * * Applicants with lived experience are welcomed * * *
About us
Welcome to Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Our 4000 clinical and support staff help us to improve mental health wellbeing and meet the needs of the 70,000 people we serve each year. We provide a range of mental healthcare services across Birmingham and Solihull, as well as specialised services nationally. We also offer medical, nursing and psychology training and are proud of our international reputation for both research and innovation.
Our population is culturally diverse, characterised in places by high levels of deprivation which create an increasing demand for our services and a necessity for us to make sure everyone can access the help they need. We are a team of compassionate, inclusive and committed people working together to provide excellent care to support our community. If you are looking for a place to belong, where you can make a real difference to people's lives, join our team where our warm welcome is waiting for you.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information about the main responsibilities please view the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (with a minimum of 5 A - C qualifications - which must include Maths and English).
- Diploma in Mental Health Practice or NVQ level 3 in Mental Health with post qualification evidence of further study / additional training to diploma level or NVQ 4 in Mental Health or equivalent level experience or Evidence of extensive and current experience of working with service users who have severe and or enduring mental health, addiction issues or other vulnerable groups.
Desirable
- Level 1 safeguarding child and vulnerable adults certificates
- Level 2 safeguarding children certificate
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of supporting people with serious mental health problems, either in a work role or supporting family/friends.
- Previous experience of working in a Health or Social Care or other relevant setting in a paid or voluntary position
- Ability to form and maintain positive therapeutic relationships with service users
Desirable
- Significant experience of a work role helping others to engage in community activities.
Knowledge
Essential
- Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data
- Knowledge of the needs of people with complex mental health problems and barriers to recovery, including an understanding the value of community engagement in service users' recovery.
Desirable
- Good knowledge of resources and community activities within the Birmingham and Solihull
Person Specification
Qualification and Training
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level or equivalent (with a minimum of 5 A - C qualifications - which must include Maths and English).
- Diploma in Mental Health Practice or NVQ level 3 in Mental Health with post qualification evidence of further study / additional training to diploma level or NVQ 4 in Mental Health or equivalent level experience or Evidence of extensive and current experience of working with service users who have severe and or enduring mental health, addiction issues or other vulnerable groups.
Desirable
- Level 1 safeguarding child and vulnerable adults certificates
- Level 2 safeguarding children certificate
Experience
Essential
- Significant experience of supporting people with serious mental health problems, either in a work role or supporting family/friends.
- Previous experience of working in a Health or Social Care or other relevant setting in a paid or voluntary position
- Ability to form and maintain positive therapeutic relationships with service users
Desirable
- Significant experience of a work role helping others to engage in community activities.
Knowledge
Essential
- Competent using computers and keyboards for entering personally generated data
- Knowledge of the needs of people with complex mental health problems and barriers to recovery, including an understanding the value of community engagement in service users' recovery.
Desirable
- Good knowledge of resources and community activities within the Birmingham and Solihull
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Additional information
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
