Mental Health Advisor

Mental Health Line First Responder – Gosforth 

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

Salary: £22,118.80 – £27,219.91 plus enhancements.

Following an exciting new contract award, we are looking for Mental Health First Responders to join our Crisis team at our Head Office in Great Park, Gosforth! 

The role:

As a Mental Health First Responder (MHFR), 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).

If you are interested in learning more about this role and visiting our head office, we encourage you to attend one of our recruitment sessions on Thursday 25th or Friday 26th January 2024. We will also be interviewing at the events should you wish to on the day.

Please book your slot below:

book onto our recruitment event

If you’re not able to attend an event but you are still interested, then please submit your application.

About you: 

We would love to hear from you if you have the following experience:

• 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:

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream – ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Vitality 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 LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.