Support Worker

4 months ago

Darlington, United Kingdom Humankind Charity Full time

**Vacancy No**
- VN3183

**Employment Type**
- Full-Time

**Contracted hours**
- 37.00

**Work Pattern**
- Monday to Friday

**Location Postal Code**
- DL1 5LV

**Location Region**

**Location Country**
- United Kingdom

**Location**
- Darlington Police Station

**Job Details**

**Who are we**
Humankind is one of England’s most successful home-grown charities? We provide free, confidential support for alcohol, drugs, housing, or mental health in friendly local places across the UK. We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in our service users and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.**About the role**
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Liaison and Diversion Team as a support worker, based at our Durham Service. Our aim is to improve the lives of people who come into contact with the criminal justice system and have learning or mental health needs, or who are experiencing other vulnerabilities.
- The role includes sign posting and identifying ways you can support the people you work with to help them to make a difference. You will be working in a multi-disciplinary team so you will be able to give the very best support whilst enhancing your own practice.
- We are committed to fair chances for all and making sure everyone can access the help and support they need to realise their potential. By joining our teams of passionate individuals, you will be contributing to making this happen. You can really make a difference by believing in the people you will be supporting and their ability to make positive changes when they don’t always believe in themselves.
- Support Work is a diverse and rewarding role, key duties you will undertake are:

- To work within a multi-disciplinary team to provide information, advice and guidance, referral and direct individual support to enable access to support services for adults, children and young people identified through custody based triage as having mental ill health, learning disability or substance misuse issues to promote mental and physical wellbeing.
- To deliver time limited support interventions to adults, children and young people to promote engagement within wider support services.
- To appropriately engage individuals with peer support and promote engagement with those with lived experience.
- To develop and maintain strong links with partners and stakeholders such as police, court, probation services, mental health teams, substance misuse services and learning disability providers alongside a range of health and wellbeing services.
- To support ongoing development of the Liaison and Diversion service within both the criminal justice system and wider health and social care networks.

Please click this link to read the full job description and person specification**About you**
You will have a passion for making a difference and fair chances for all should be at the core of everything you do.
- If you feel that you would fit with our values & ethos, are passionate about supporting people, but maybe don’t feel you have the experience required, talk to us about your transferrable skills. For the right people, we can provide development to help you to realise your potential and career aspirations.**Who will you be working with.**
You will be working as part of our Liaison and Diversion Team. The team is a multi-disciplinary criminal justice team comprising of colleagues from Humankind, Spectrum and Tees, Esk and Wear Valley NHS. The team includes Nurses, Mental Health Nurses, Navigators, Support Workers, Peer Apprentices and Volunteers and specialist workers. We are a supportive and welcoming team, who are passionate about supporting and promoting recovery for those we care for and within our local community.-
**What can Humankind offer you**
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Generous annual leave entitlement (27 days, plus bank holidays, increasing to 32 after 1 years’ service)- Annual leave purchase scheme- Enhanced occupational sick pay- %
Enhanced employer contribution to your workplace pension- Death in service benefit- Free Will writing- Eyecare vouchers- ️
Blue light card discount- Fantastic learning and development opportunities, including free training courses- Work-life balance
- flexible working and family friendly policies- ️
- Happy, Healthy You - our wellbeing offers for our workforce- Employee Assist Programme and Humankind Support Networks

Humankind offer a wide range of in-house and external training opportunities. Personal and professional, development is a key priority across the organisation. All staff across the organisation will be in receipt of regular supervision and annual Personal Development Reviews.**Humankind is an equal opportunities employer**
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