RISE Crisis Support Worker

At present, the Trust is unable to offer Skilled Worker visa sponsorship for this post. Applicants must have the Right to Work at the time of application. You must hold a valid UK driving license. An exciting opportunity has arisen for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join the Think Family Outreach Team (TFOT) within the Children and Young People's Mental Health Service (CYPMH) across Coventry and Warwickshire. TFOT is a friendly team providing high-quality support to CYP and their families in mental health crises. We deliver compassionate, responsive care and are looking someone who shares our passion for improving outcomes for CYP. You will support CYP experiencing MH crises and complex needs. Working alongside experienced professionals, you will provide emotional wellbeing support, contribute to therapeutic interventions, risk management and recovery-focused care, whilst developing your own skills and experience within a supportive team. The role involves working across CWPT bases, community settings and acute hospital wards throughout Coventry and Warwickshire, supporting CYP and their families at times of significant need. You will work collaboratively across health, social care and partner agencies to deliver high-quality, person-centred care. The service operates 7 days a week between 8am and 8pm. We offer regular supervision, training and development opportunities, shadowing across professional disciplines and a strong focus on staff wellbeing., As a Band 3 Support Worker within the Think Family Outreach Team (TFOT), you will provide compassionate, person-centred support to children and young people experiencing mental health crises, helping to support recovery within the community. Working alongside a multidisciplinary team, you will build therapeutic relationships with young people and their families, deliver emotional and practical support, contribute to risk management and care planning, and promote positive outcomes, resilience and independence. You will support children and young people across a range of settings, including acute paediatric wards, community environments and TFOT's Day Provision service. The role includes facilitating therapeutic activities and group interventions, supporting young people during periods of crisis, and working closely with families, carers and partner agencies to ensure coordinated, high-quality care. TFOT operates a 7-day service between 8:00am and 8:00pm, providing flexible support across Coventry and Warwickshire. Staff work a variety of shift patterns across these hours; however, the role does not involve long-day shifts.

This rewarding role requires excellent communication skills, the ability to respond appropriately to changing risks and clinical presentations, and a commitment to safeguarding, recovery-focused practice and delivering outstanding care to children, young people and their families.

We are a part of an exciting expansion of Rise specialist services and the transformation of local service provisions for CYP in Crisis across Coventry and Warwickshire. We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities. These include:

• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• flexible working opportunities
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle.
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support groups
We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.