SALARY: £26,577 per annum plus benefits

CONTRACT: Permanent, full-time

HOURS: 37.5 hours per week

LOCATION: Gloucester House, Southmead Hospital, Bristol

CLOSING DATE: 9am Friday 17th of July 2026

INTERVIEW DATE: held week commencing 27th July 2026

Established in 1983, BRISTOL MISSING LINK (incorporating Next Link and Safe Link) is a leading provider of women’s support services in Bristol.

We have a rewarding opportunity available for a Female* Facilitated Discharge Worker to join our North Bristol Crisis Team based at Gloucester House, Southmead Hospital, Bristol.  You will join us on a Permanent Contract on a full-time basis working 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm) and in return you will receive a competitive salary of £26,577 per annum plus benefits.

In return for joining us, we will offer you:

• Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
• 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
• Excellent development and training opportunities
• Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
• Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
• Cycle to Work Scheme
• Long Service Awards
• Health and wellbeing programme 

About the role:

As our Female* Facilitated Discharge Worker, you will be part of the Crisis Service working with and supporting men and women. This involves working with and alongside organisations within the Bristol Mental Health Partnership. This is a hub and bespoke service with a 24-hour hub (providing a full crisis service across the city). The Facilitated Discharge Workers are responsible for acting as the link for inpatient wards, community teams and supporting safe discharges, while maintaining a safe level of risk. The successful candidate will liaise closely with service users and ward staff prior to discharge to identify potential barriers and reducing the length of admission.

You will be based at Gloucester House, Southmead Hospital, which is where the north Crisis Team is located. You will be employed by Missing Link and seconded into our Bristol Mental Health Partnership and will therefore be operationally managed by Avon and Wiltshire Partnership (AWP).

Key duties and responsibilities of our Female* Facilitated Discharge Worker:

• Build trusting and collaborative relationship with the service user
• Work closely with carers, families and children and other services directly involved with service users, carers if appropriate
• Work with service users and their support network, in the community on practical issues for example preparing accommodation, obtaining food, electric etc prior to discharge.
• Carry out the role adhering to Mental Health Bristol Partnership’s policies, procedures, values, code of conduct and current legislation using a Recovery orientated, psychologically informed, equalities-based approach
• Implement recovery plans and work jointly with the Assessment and Recovery Team, in partnership with service users and ensuring best practice.
• Coordinate support, refer and liaise effectively with all professionals, agencies and other parties involved in service user’s support.
• Provide specialist support to women and men using the service, and guide other team members regarding women’s mental health issues
• Attend bed management meetings communicating appropriate information
• Promote and facilitate service user involvement and inclusion within the community and in line with Mental Health Bristol Partnership objectives
• Manage caseload, documentation and time effectively, ensuring up to date, clear and accurate record keeping in line with policies, making best use of supervision, training and staff development
• Collaborate with other team members to maximise service performance, meet targets and Service Level Agreements
• Promote effective communication and teamwork
• Maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high expectations for recovery. Use lived experience (if appropriate) to positively support the individual’s recovery

This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.

What we are looking for in our ideal Female* Facilitated Discharge Worker:

• Experience working with people with mental health needs, or people with complex and multiple needs (for example, homelessness, alcohol/drug dependency, long term conditions, domestic abuse and sexual violence)
• Experience of support planning and managing risk assessments
• The ability to maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high expectations for recovery
• Manage caseload, documentation and time effectively, ensuring up to date and clear record keeping in line with policies and procedures
• A current, full driving licence and access to an appropriate vehicle is essential

How to apply:

Please download the application pack below and complete the application form.  Please submit your application by 9am Friday 17th of July 2026.Interviews will be held week commencing 27th July 2026. Please do not send CVs.

or contact us by email: [email protected]