Carers Mental Health Support Officer

Organisation
Jami is a Mental Health charity that enriches and saves lives impacted by mental illness and distress in the Jewish community.
We are delighted to share that from the 1st of April 2024, Jami will become one with Jewish Care, therefore the postholder will be employed by Jewish Care from the 1st of April.
Since the start of the pandemic, demand for our services has grown exponentially. In 2021 we undertook a thorough review of the needs of the community, to develop a new strategy that will secure the Jewish community’s Mental Health provision. The new strategy sets out a huge agenda for change in scale and provision, which will be developed over the next five years while we continue to run our diverse set of highly professional Mental Health services:
• Advice and advocacy
• Treatment and support
• Education and campaigning
Jami currently supports over 1,400 individuals, delivering almost 50,000 separate service interactions each year, and reaches thousands more people through education, seminars, work in schools and other organisations. Through our social enterprise community café, Head Room, we raise Mental Health awareness while delivering Mental Health Support on the high street
 

Job purpose
At Jami, we are privileged to be able to support people in ways that are meaningful to them. We aim to improve people’s quality of life by ensuring people have their 2 voices heard, have access to resources, and are equipped with skills, knowledge, and support.
The carers and family support service provides 1-1 and group support with a multi skilled team, including carer peer support and volunteers. It provides assessment, signposting, advocacy emotional and practical support to carers and families of adults and children and young people with mental illness and distress.
In this role, you will manage the delivery of an accessible, safe, and effective carer and family support service team, within the available resources that meets service user identified needs.

Essential Training and Qualifcations

 · Relevant Health and Social Care qualification or 5+ years of relevant experience

Please see full JD attached.

Closing date for applications 22nd February 2024