Current Job Vacancies
Safespace Project Worker
Sessional Worker roles also available
We are looking for two Project Workers with suitable experience to join our Safespace team!
£25481 annual pro rata (£8855 actual) + 5% pension
12 hours per week evening shifts + 4 ‘floating’ hours per month
Fixed-term until 30th June 2022
Safespace provides out-of-hours emotional support every evening for adults in Calderdale. This can be a demanding role: you will take calls from the public and offer an appointment for telephone, online or face-to-face support, assisting people to understand what they are experiencing and exploring ways ahead. Callers may be experiencing isolation, low mood or any other emotional need through to thoughts of suicide: Safespace provides people with the time and space to talk with a view to ensuring that they are safe and supported, with ongoing actions agreed as appropriate.
You will work in a supportive team that includes volunteers who have personal experience of emotional distress as well as the wider Healthy Minds team across a range of peer support and recovery services.
Could this be you?
You will:
Safespace is an ‘out-of-hours’ service and is, therefore, open outside normal office hours. Project Workers will be required to work evening shifts 5.30-11.30pm (including weekend work). Safespace workers have an additional 4 ‘floating’ hours per month to allow flexibility to attend team meetings, supervision, etc. Sessional work covering staff on leave/sickness is also available.
You can apply for either of the following posts in one application:
Closing date: 9am Monday 21 June 2021
Sessional Worker roles also available
We are looking for two Project Workers with suitable experience to join our Safespace team!
£25481 annual pro rata (£8855 actual) + 5% pension
12 hours per week evening shifts + 4 ‘floating’ hours per month
Fixed-term until 30th June 2022
Safespace provides out-of-hours emotional support every evening for adults in Calderdale. This can be a demanding role: you will take calls from the public and offer an appointment for telephone, online or face-to-face support, assisting people to understand what they are experiencing and exploring ways ahead. Callers may be experiencing isolation, low mood or any other emotional need through to thoughts of suicide: Safespace provides people with the time and space to talk with a view to ensuring that they are safe and supported, with ongoing actions agreed as appropriate.
You will work in a supportive team that includes volunteers who have personal experience of emotional distress as well as the wider Healthy Minds team across a range of peer support and recovery services.
Could this be you?
You will:
- Have experience of supporting people in emotional distress and crisis
- Have knowledge of other support providers, particularly in Calderdale
- Have a flexible, creative and compassionate approach
- Have a good understanding of safeguarding and managing risk
- Work in harmony with colleagues, respecting others’ expertise and sharing your own
- Be able to work in evenings and weekends on an agreed shift pattern (shifts are 5.30 – 11.30pm), with occasional daytime team meetings with advanced notice
Safespace is an ‘out-of-hours’ service and is, therefore, open outside normal office hours. Project Workers will be required to work evening shifts 5.30-11.30pm (including weekend work). Safespace workers have an additional 4 ‘floating’ hours per month to allow flexibility to attend team meetings, supervision, etc. Sessional work covering staff on leave/sickness is also available.
You can apply for either of the following posts in one application:
- Project Worker: 2 x shifts per week, 12 hours shift work per week, plus 4 'floating' hours per month.
- Sessional Worker: occasional cover for Project Worker staff on leave/sickness. Same job description and person specification as the Project Worker role applies, but this role is non-guaranteed hours/sessional shift cover work.
Closing date: 9am Monday 21 June 2021
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Please read the accompanying documents carefully before applying or enquiring.
If you have questions that are not answered in these documents, please contact us. Your application will have to demonstrate how you meet all the essential requirements in the person specification in order to be shortlisted. |
APPLICATION PROCESS
Applications must be submitted electronically. Please follow these instructions carefully. A complete application consists of two documents: 1: Monitoring Form - this is kept separate from the rest of your application until shortlisting is completed. 2: Application Form. Submit both completed documents by the closing date to jobs@healthymindscalderdale.co.uk Using "Safespace Project Worker" as the subject line. Indicate in your application if you are interested in the Project Worker role, Sessional Worker role, or both. Please do not send CVs. |
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