Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ 3 or equivalent, combined with a commitment to undertake continuing personal development

Experience

Essential

• Minimum of three years working with people with mental health problems

Desirable

• Experience of emotional distress
• Experience of mental health services as a service user/carer

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS, AND COMPETENCIES

Essential

• Ability to listen effectively and communicate at all levels
• Basic written communication skills to enable completion of records, etc
• Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users
• Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings
• Ability to form positive therapeutic relationships with service users and carers
• A keenness to make a positive contribution to improving the quality of life for people with mental health problems
• Ability to acknowledge diversity and promote anti-discriminatory practice/equal opportunities
• Ability to provide practical support with daily living activities

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).