Senior Health Link Worker

Do you enjoy the challenge of working with clients experiencing multiple disadvantages? Are you a holistic and dynamic practitioner? Are you interested in joining a small team embedded within a multi-disciplinary partnership primary care service for individuals experiencing homelessness?

We are seeking a motivated individual who can demonstrate the skills required to develop trusting relationships and support individuals experiencing multiple disadvantages and facing significant systemic barriers to accessing and engaging with support and healthcare. The successful candidates will be working within the Health Link Team alongside partner teams within the Homeless Health Service as well as a wide range of external agencies coordinating tailored support, identifying creative solutions, and empowering individuals to access and engage with health services more independently.

Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the South West offering housing, support and hope to people with mental health and other support needs. Our vision is that we believe in a world where everyone affected by their mental health can create a positive future. We promote mental health and wellbeing by supporting people and communities to build brighter futures.

The Health Link team works with people who are homeless, at risk of repeat homelessness or who are vulnerably housed in order to improve their health, recovery and maximise engagement with healthcare and related services. The team specialises in working with people who experience chronic, complex health needs and multiple disadvantages, and who face systemic challenges which impact on engagement with health services.

Health Link works with individuals who are frequent attenders of A&E services.

• Two years significant experience of working with homeless
• people.
• Experience of working with people with multiple needs i.e.
• mental health and alcohol/drug dependency.
• Experience of providing housing or health related support,
• including risk assessment and support planning
• Proven experience of providing housing or
• health related support
• Proven experience of mental health issues
• and/or services, either as a user, carer or

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.