Male Outreach Crisis Worker

Are you looking for a new and exciting alternative career path within the care sector? How would you like to work for an innovative and market-leading organisation?

This is the perfect opportunity for a compassionate person with a desire to help others at their greatest time of need.

This Outreach Crisis Worker role is critical in providing victims of sexual assault with the dedicated support and care required. Acting as the advocate for patients who attend the centre, you will empower them to feel in control and where applicable, supportthem during the forensic examination process.

Each county has its own dedicated Sexual Assault Referral Centre (SARC), the service has been commissioned to improve the immediate medical response and aftercare offered to victims of sexual assault and rape. Mountain Healthcare are a specialist businessalready providing similar services to 20 other SARCs in locations across the UK.

This post will be based at the Sussex SARC.

We are looking for passionate individuals who will drive national awareness of the services which are available at the SARC, to support male victims, in order to increase user engagement.

In addition to outreach work, the Outreach Crisis Worker will provide front-line advocacy support for service users and be the main point of contact for all SARC activities.

This is a full-time vacancy of 37.5 hours per week, Monday - Friday (9:00am -5:00pm).

**This Outreach Crisis Worker role will include**:

- proactively engaging relevant stakeholders and partners to maintain good communication, identify gaps in service, and develop new pathways
- promoting the services available at the SARC to support male survivors through presentations, meetings, and participation with activities arranged with the wider communications team
- providing on-call support as a dedicated crisis worker to support male service users (through Police or self-referral processes)
- providing telephone support, administration, and management of the services at the SARC (for male clients)
- taking an active role and providing assistance with the collection of forensic evidence and examinations, including the use of the colposcope, medical care, and providing advocacy support

As an organisation that 'does the right thing', we believe you will be empowered to make a difference.

**Benefits**

**We offer**
- Enhanced sickness pay scheme
- Employee wellbeing programme
- Advanced rota planning for better work-life balance
- Pension Scheme
- Bonus Scheme
- Life Assurance
- Employee Assistant Programme
- Long Service/Team of the Month Awards
- A range of accredited and CPD training courses and masterclasses
- Funding for higher education courses after one years' service

**Essential Skills and Experience**

A full UK driving licence is essential to this role.

**Desirable Skills**

Whilst there are currently no associated qualification requirements for this vacancy, experience of dealing with victims of sexual assault, or a background in sexual health, GU medicine, counselling, social work, or any other related area of work would bedesirable though not essential as full support and substantive training will be provided.

**About Company**

Mountain Healthcare is a clinically led business, specialising in healthcare and referral services for vulnerable people. Commissioned by NHS England and the Police, our aim is to provide the best possible standard of healthcare, through excellent operationaldelivery, robust quality assurance and governance, as well as a focus on innovation.

As a leading provider of criminal justice healthcare services, our current contracts cover Sexual Assault Referral Centres, Police Custodial Healthcare, Healthcare in Secure Children's Homes, and clinical telephone advice. We provide high-quality holisticcare to vulnerable individuals.

Mountain healthcare prides itself on providing a healthier work/life balance and we recognise achievements with awards and bonuses We offer a highly competitive salary along with some great benefits.
We are unique in that although we are a nationwide company with over 400 employees, we still maintain that family feel and ensure everyone feels like a valued member of our team. We are passionate about our values which are to 'Be Kind' and 'Do the right thing'.We believe we can make a real difference to those who are vulnerable within the criminal justice system and would love like-minded individuals to join our team.