Community Link Worker – London
Job Description
Job title: Community Link Worker – London
Company: Together for Mental Wellbeing
Job description: Community Link Worker – London Job descriptionThis job is an opportunity to make a difference and shape lives!Too many people pass through the criminal justice system without their mental health needs being recognised. With more than 70% of the prison population experience some level of mental distress, it’s crucial that specialist services exist to ensure that people get the care and support they need to break the cycle of offending. This is where you come in.An exciting opportunity has arisen to join our Award winning London Liaison and Diversion services across London. This role links closely with our L&D service which aims to identify and work with people going through the criminal justice system who have mental health needs and other vulnerabilities to support their access to appropriate services in the community.We currently recruiting in our Community L&D service South cluster team based in Wimbledon Magistrate’s Court.Key functions include:Offer short-term (often up to three months), outreach support through:
- Referring people to relevant services,
- Accompanying them to appointments
- Engaging them in 1:1 work to support their wellbeing and become well-equipped to achieve their personal goals.
- Contributing to the management of risk for the person, including raising safeguarding concerns for risk to self, others or from others.
About you?The successful candidate must have experience of working in criminal justice system and delivering mental services, and have good knowledge and understanding of peer support and service user leadership. You will need to have excellent interpersonal skills that will enable you to challenge, motivate, influence and inspire your colleagues at all levels.This is an excellent opportunity to be part of a highly skilled multi-disciplinary team. You will also benefit from being part of a dynamic growing organisation, committed to the development of its workforce.“Our team consists of people with a breadth of clinical experiences, we work to make a difference to truly vulnerable people and we pride ourselves on partnership working” – current team member.The above are a full time (37.5 hrs a week) posts, but we can consider part-time arrangements.We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the support they need to make positive changes in their recovery journey. You really can make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make changes, when they do not always believe in themselves. The Criminal Justice service has multiple projects working within courts, prisons, probation and the community, aiming at providing mental health support in all these stages of the criminal justice system. We’ve seen impressive growth over the last two years extending our remit of work and this is something we’re highly motivated to continue.To apply for any of the roles please send a recent CV and a supporting statement of no more than 2 A4 pages, to explain how you meet the role requirements.Our core principle at Together is service user leadership as we believe that benefits those people who are accessing support and has positive impact on all aspects of Together, and wider society. We want to be able to learn from people who have a range of views and who have experienced mental distress. By learning from the people who use our services in that way we aim to inform and influence Together from a Lived Experience perspective.What We Can Offer You
- You will be part of an organisation that values you. We will seek your input, encourage effort and facilitate growth and opportunity whilst caring about you and your wellbeing
- You will gain worthwhile personal development training, where you are encouraged to stay and grow to further your career progression with Together
- A Positive culture – we are proud of our leadership and management style that encourages teamwork, open and honest communication and has a strong purpose
- One-on-one supervision/manager meetings, peer learning groups, career or talent management guidance and dedicated learning time
The benefits of working for TogetherDownload the PDF to find out more about what you can get out of working for us.At Together we value and encourage diversity and inclusion within our workforce. We are committed to creating a workplace where you can be your authentic self, welcoming applications from people from diverse communities and backgrounds who share our values. As an employer, we are committed to making any reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process.Successful candidates will require an enhanced DBS check. To find out more, visit . Together is committed to equal opportunities and non-discriminatory practices. Charity No. 211091
Expected salary: £26932.5 per year
Location: London
