Mental Health Support Coordinator - Southdown Housing Association : Job Details

Would you like to work for an established non-profit organisation that has great values, offers brilliant benefits, and takes a person-centred approach to everything they do?

Improve outcomes for people struggling to access wellbeing and community services by working with primary care clinical staff to provide short-term, targeted, and holistic support.

The Mental Health Support Coordinator (MHSC) Service works in close partnership with Primary and Secondary Clinical Services and other key providers in the area to ensure integrated pathways for clients and in particular clients who face more complex situations. The service will bring together the PCN, Southdown and Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, working in partnership through a multidisciplinary team approach.

You will be:

·Providing short term support to a caseload of clients with complex needs utilising a strength based and person-centred approach to support them to engage and achieve their outcomes.

·Improve patient wellbeing through increasing access to non-clinical services by using motivational & coaching techniques with patients.

·Facilitating smooth pathways into services using advocacy, good communication, collaborative working with services.

·Promote and support the implementation and development of the service by building and maintaining professional positive relationships in GP practices by attending GP, Multi-Disciplinary Team and SPFT clinical triage meetings where appropriate.

·Using GP and partners’ IT systems to record and monitor client information and managing a caseload of patients.

To succeed in this role, you will need an excellent understanding of complex mental health needs and wellbeing with experience of supporting this client group orequivalent transferable skills and a genuine passion for supporting people to explore their needs. You will receive a comprehensive induction followed up with regular training - we will invest in you to give you all the tools you need to achieve. You will join a supportive, flexible team and be working for one of the leading providers of mental health services in Sussex.

Our ValuesSouthdown is a psychologically informed organisation where the well-being and happiness of our employees’ matter. We’re committed to creating a positive and compassionate work environment where employees feel valued, respected, and inspired to do their best. In addition, we’re a family-friendly employer that recognises the importance of a work-life balance. If you share our values and want to work for an organisation that helps change lives for the better, we want to hear from you.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and are fully committed to supporting Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) and welcome applications from all candidates that meet our job specifications. If you feel there is a barrier that potentially prevents you from applying, do get in contact with us, as we are always happy to discuss (or arrange a discussion with the recruiting manager) to explore if any reasonable adjustments can be made to support your application.

Closing Date: 12th December

Interviews to be held: 18th / 20th December