Mental Health Befriending and Mentoring Service Worker
BAND are pleased to be a partner in ‘Support First’, a project run by Urban Outreach and funded from The Big Lottery Fund – Help through Crisis Programme.
The Project will provide holistic, intensive community-based support to individuals who have a range of complex social and lifestyle needs which are resulting in a disproportionate use/demand on emergency services.
Other partners involved in Support First are Bolton Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Greater Manchester West Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, North West Ambulance Service and Greater Manchester Police.
BAND will be offering a volunteer supported befriending and mentoring service for beneficiaries of the project who have a mental health condition as part of their presentation.
BAND is looking for a person to deliver the befriending and mentoring service. The successful candidate will have the knowledge, skills and experience to build mutually respectful professional relationships with people who are referred to the service, all of whom will have multiple and/or complex needs.
He or she will have experience of supporting volunteers and will have a commitment to and passion for supporting people to make meaningful and sustainable changes to their lives.
‘Support First’ Mental Health Befriending and Mentoring Worker
Hours: 21 hours per week
Salary: Based on NJC Scale 5 point 22 (£10.74 per hour)
Closing Date: 3p.m. on Friday 27th May 2016
Interviews: Wednesday 8th June 2016
BAND welcomes applications from people with lived experience of a mental health condition.
For further details or application form: www.band.org.uk, e-mail admin@band.org.uk or call 01204 380643
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