ASSISTANT TEAM LEADER (COMMUNITY CAF?)
SPECIFIED PURPOSE CONTRACT ? **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** MONTHS PART
TIME (**APPLY ON THE WEBSITE** HOURS PER) AT GRADE V, POINT 1,
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CATCHMENT AREA
Community Healthcare West is partnering with Mental Health Ireland to
continue to develop and deliver a Community Caf? to provide an out of
hours service for people with lived experience of mental health
challenges. MHI are seeking to recruit an Assistant Team Leader to
assist the Team Leader and to manage the Peer Connectors, to include
setting out rotas for staff and Line Management.
The post is guided by the National Framework for Recovery in Mental
Health (**Apply on the website**), Sharing the Vision, and is in line
with Living Life Well / Goal 5 of Mental Health Irelands strategy ?
Empowerment ? from Ideas to Actions (**Apply on the website** ?
**Apply on the website**).
The Mental Health Services of Community Healthcare West provides a
secondary mental health service to adults in Galway Mayo & Roscommon.
Services are primarily community oriented and recovery focussed with
multi-disciplinary community mental health teams working in defined
geographical catchment areas. Specialist teams provide a
multi-disciplinary service in Mental Health & Intellectual Disability,
Psychiatry of Later Life and Rehabilitation and Recovery.
The key purpose of the Community Caf? is to provide out-of-hours
mental health services and supports in a caf? environment. This will
occur in an accessible, safe and inclusive space. The aim is to
provide a service to individuals, their family and carers who need
support with ongoing management of mental health challenges. The role
will also involve recovery working practices to assist with navigating
local services and re-engaging with the mental health services.
Individuals who present to the Community Caf? will be supported
through A&E, if necessary, and under conditions to be set by the Team
Lead.
THIS INITIATIVE HAS THREE AIMS:
* To add out-of-hours capacity to support those with mental health
distress
* To demonstrate a socially innovative model for mental health
services and potential for extension to other areas
* To deliver a Peer Support service that is solution focused /
person centered based on expressed need and developed through
consultation and coproduction.
THE INITIATIVE WILL IMPLEMENT SOME SIGNIFICANT INNOVATIONS IN PATHWAY
DESIGN:
* To provide significant engagement and contact with individuals
outside of typical service working hours
* To support some individuals through A&E each evening the Community
Caf? is open where appropriate and necessary
* To demonstrate the process of co-production used during the design
and delivery of the service
* To initiate an evaluation of the service and produce a case study
to support and justify further investment, enhancement and extension
of the service
This position is a **Apply on the website** month fixed term contract,
the post is based in Community Caf? Galway City Centre
Please forward a CV and covering letter of application to **Apply on
the website**
INTERVIEWS WILL BE HELD ON WEEK COMMENCING MONDAY, **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE**TH JANUARY **APPLY ON THE WEBSITE**. SHORTLISTING WILL APPLY.
CLOSING DATE FOR APPLICATIONS IS THURSDAY, 6TH JANUARY **APPLY ON THE
WEBSITE** AT 4PM. APPLICATIONS RECEIVED OUTSIDE THIS TIME WITH NOT BE
CONSIDERED.
We need : English (Good)
Type: Permanent
Payment:
Category: Health
