Citizens Advice Mid Mercia: Short-term Intervention Worker

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia is looking for a Short-term Intervention Worker

Citizens Advice Mid Mercia is a dynamic and ever-changing organisation with new services and teams regularly coming on board. As such we are looking for a full-time Short-term Intervention Worker to join our Short-term Intervention Service on a fixed-term basis.

Derbyshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, on behalf of Joined Up Care Derbyshire (JUCD), have funded 15-month 'Short Term Intervention' pilot for people aged 18+ with learning disabilities and / or are autistic living independently and receive little to no support who may be reaching crisis point and are at risk of a mental health hospital admission or family/carer breakdown.

The aim of this service is to provide a short-term intervention service for people with LD&/ASC who, at any time, are at risk of otherwise being admitted to a mental health inpatient setting. The service will be part of their local hospital avoidance pathway to prevent clinically inappropriate hospital admissions and to provide credible alternatives to hospital in the community.

The service will work closely with the local Intensive Support Team (IST) and the Specialist Autism Team (SAT) to deliver non-clinical interventions to support service users whilst clinical support is mobilised and delivered.

The service will be available across Derby and Derbyshire for 365 days per year, on a 24/7 basis where support will be mobilised to a person within 2 hours of their referral being accepted.

The Essentials

Salary – £26,754 pa

Hybrid Working –a few days per week from one of our offices, a few days from home depending on service needs

Job Types: Full-time (12 hrs shifts, 4on 4off), Fixed term contract

The full Job Description and Person Specifications are available on our website

Tasks

• Ensure adherence to all contractual targets and KPIs, reporting to the Crisis inreach Service Manager as required
• Provide practical support and ensure recording of service outcomes wherever appropriate
• Sit with service users to keep them safe and improve wellbeing whilst clinical teams mobiles and begin clinical support
• Work in accordance to shift patterns
• Work closely with the Intensive Support Team (IST) and the Specialist Autism Team (SAT)
• Dedicated time to complete individual/team development and debrief, service development, administration and reporting, and attendance at required meetings
  
  

Requirements

• Has experience of supporting and understanding the needs of individuals living with ASC and or LD /their families/carers and professionals in this sector;
• Has ability to meet the unique needs of the service users such as gender or culture.
• Is adaptable to environments and have an ability to be present in people’s homes for long periods of time
• Can demonstrate safeguarding knowledge and application
• Is in possession of a full driving licence and use of a car, or otherwise able to fulfil the travel requirements necessary
  
  

Full training and support will be given to the successful candidate to enable them to carry out their role. However, it is desirable if high-level de-escalation techniques and strategies, as well as restraint or emergency management, positive behaviour support (PBS) has been completed prior, for example, BILD accredited, PROACT-SCIP, MAPPA, NAPPI.

Benefits

• 28 days entitlement plus bank holidays pro-rata
• Full advice training is offered to all members of staff regardless of role to Advice Quality Standard (AQS)
• Opportunities for further training and continuous professional development
• Internal progression opportunities
• Supportive environment
• Option to buy & sell holiday allowance, subject to management approval
• Paid DBS application, where applicable
• 5% pension contributions
• 3 month’s full contractual pay for maternity, upon meeting qualifying criteria
• Potential additional permanent contracted hours, where the organisational need exists
• Being part of a great team / CAMM family
  
  

We value the health & wellbeing of our teams, and this is very important to us. As such, we offer time out breaks and a counselling line for all staff and volunteers.

To apply - please send your CV and cover letter, explaining why you would be suitable for this role

Thank you for your interest in our vacancy. The above role is advertised on a rolling recruitment basis. We reserve the right to close the advert once a suitable candidate has been appointed. If you do not hear back from us within 10 working days of the closing date, please assume that your application has been unsuccessful on this occasion. Please do not be discouraged from applying for other positions within our organisation.