Job vacancies at Mind in Furness
Posted by Simon, 27th June 2019, views: 2214
Current job vacancies (closing date 4pm on the 5th July 2019)
Mind in Furness is an independent local mental health charity (registered charity number 1143600) affiliated to the national charity Mind and providing wellbeing services from locations in Barrow and Millom
We currently have 2 x vacancies for an exciting new project based in Barrow.
Active Monitoring - Senior Practitioner, 21 hours, £20000pa (pro rata £ 12000 for 21 hours)
Active Monitoring - Practitioner, 16 hours, £19000 pa (pro rata £8686 pa for 16 hours)
These posts are funded for 1 year of delivery pending positive
opportunities for further funding. The above links will display the relevant job descriptions for each vacancy. The following documents are applicable to both roles.
Active Monitoring is a psycho-educational programme designed to provide early intervention provision within the Primary Care arena. With growing demands on Therapeutic Services resulting in increasing waiting lists it is getting more difficult for people to access the help they need in time. This role will involve working directly from a GPs surgery delivering the Active Monitoring programme, the service delivers a ‘watchful waiting function’ and proactively works with individuals on agreed pathways to support early intervention via a facilitated self-help model.
Previous experience of supporting in primary care and an understanding and empathy of the needs of people experiencing mental illness would be an advantage.
Applications can be requested by email from karen.dobson@mindinfurness.org.uk or by calling 01229 827094.
We do not accept CV’s without a completed application form.
Closing date for applications – Friday 5th July at 4pm.
These posts are subject to enhanced DBS checks. Mind in Furness is an equal opportunities employer.