Community Mental Health Prescriber at First Stop Darlington
Contract Type: Fixed term
Role Type: Employment
Hours: Part time
Application deadline:
Based: Darlington
Salary: £27,500 Pro Rata
Salary Type: Fixed Salary
Location: County Durham
Role description: Project Support
Community Mental Health Prescriber x 2
Hours pw 30 hours per week each
Salary £27,500 pro rata
Fixed Term 12 months.
DBS This post requires an Enhanced DBS Disclosure
First Stop Darlington (FSD) and Tees Valley YMCA (TVYMCA) each have an exciting new post for a joint project funded by the Primary Care Network and in partnership with Darlington Healthwatch Darlington (HWD).
We are each looking for enthusiastic and caring individuals with a passion for supporting people struggling with their mental health. We need people who are comfortable and confident to work on their own but are also dynamite at team work.
This project is new and funded through the Primary Care Network. Both posts will work closely with GP Surgeries and offer support to patients identified by healthcare professionals as needing additional support to engage effectively with their treatment plan, or to support them while they await appointments with mental health services. These roles will also include work in supporting people to attend their first appointments to help them be comfortable in a new surrounding and hopefully increase their engagement and successful outcome.
The TVYMCA will engage and support young people aged 16-25 years to access meaningful activities, to develop resilience skills and improve coping mechanisms. The worker linked to TVYMCA will, where possible adopt a whole family holistic approach to improving the wellbeing of the young person. TVYMCA have many projects to help the individual to improve their confidence and mental health.
The worker linked to FSD will liaise with our Mental Health Support Worker to identify and recruit individuals that will benefit from our Mindset Programme and Support Groups. This programme is designed to support people with past trauma to work towards leaving that trauma in the past and moving forward with a positive mindset about their future. They will also adopt a whole family approach where appropriate, working alongside the TVYMCA worker.
Both posts will be responsible for putting together a plan to help individuals engage with the best services to meet their individual needs. Individuals will be expected to do some weekend and evening work, though this will be kept to a minimum.
If you: -
are self-motivated but also enjoy working within a team
can competently and confidently share your skills with people who may have diverse needs or struggle with anxiety in a non-judgmental way.
have the passion, energy, and empathy to join our teams in achieving our vision
we want to hear from you
Please contact TVYMCA email: awennington@teesvalleyymca.org.uk
Please contact FSD by email: tracy.freeman@firststopdarlington.org.uk or by telephone on 01325 254463 to request the Job Description and Specification.
Applications must be in by close of business on 13th June 2025
Interviews will be the week commencing 23rd June 2025.
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