Mental Health Advisor in Newcastle upon Tyne

Mental Health Advisor – Gosforth

24 hour service working days/nights and weekends, enhancements paid for unsocial hours.

Salary: £24637.56 plus enhancements

The role

As a Mental Health Advisor, you will provide initial telephone support to North Yorkshire, York and Selby residents experiencing mental health distress and crisis as part of the national implementation of NHS 111 Mental Health (Option 2).

About you

• Demonstrable experience of working 1:1 with service users with complex needs
• Demonstrable experience working within Health, social care or VCSE systems
• Awareness of Health and Social care systems.
• Awareness of national and local organisations and other resources that can support individuals to improve and maintain good mental health.
• Awareness of recovery in the context of mental health
• Awareness of the effects of stigma and discrimination
• Awareness of issues surrounding homelessness, financial inclusion or substance misuse

What we offer in return

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) pro-rata for part-time and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream-ability torelease earnings, giving youinstant access to your pay
• Smartclinic Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQIA+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.

In order to streamline our recruitment process, once we have received a sufficient number of applications, we reserve the right to expire vacancies, so please submit your application as soon as possible.