Mental Health Support Worker

Rethink; North East; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading mental health charity in North East England seeks a Mental Health Support Worker to provide essential support to individuals affected by mental illness. The role involves helping service users regain confidence and engage in everyday activities. Candidates should possess empathy, relevant experience, and share the charity's values of respect and dignity. This is a part-time position based in a residential care home.

Qualifications

• Experience of providing support to people with a mental illness or care services.
• Good listener, empathetic, kind, patient, and willing to learn.
• Demonstrates behaviours consistent with charity values.

Responsibilities

• Offer support to people affected by mental illness in their recovery journey.
• Help service users regain their confidence and engage in daily activities.

Skills

Listening and Empathy

Experience in mental health support

Values Alignment

Job description

Overview

Rethink Mental Illness is hiring a Mental Health Support Worker to join our team at Grove Court, Newcastle-under-Lyme. We are a charity dedicated to helping people severely affected by mental illness, with a focus on respect, dignity, equity and inclusion.

Grove Court is a 24-hour, 12-bed registered Residential Care Home supporting male and female residents with severe mental illness.

Role

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will offer people affected by mental illness the support they need to regain confidence and participate in everyday social and workplace activities. You will work closely with service users to help them achieve personal goals and access the support they need on their recovery journey.

Essential Skills and Experience

• You may have experience of providing support to people with a mental illness, or experience of providing care and/or support services within another social care setting (paid or voluntary).
• Transferable life/work experience from your personal or professional life that can be applied to this role.
• Good listening, empathy, understanding, kindness, patience, and willingness to learn.
• Behaviours aligned with our charity values: hope, understanding, expertise, equity, commitment, passion and openness.

About Us

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns, advice and information. Our mission is: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We value diversity and inclusiveness and aim to create a sense of belonging for all colleagues. We actively welcome applications from everyone, including people with lived experience of mental illness, LGBTQIA+ communities, neurodiverse individuals, people with disabilities, and people from diverse ethnic backgrounds. We are proud to be Disability Confident and signatories to inclusive equality initiatives.

Notes

Seniority level: Entry level

Employment type: Part-time

Job function: Administrative and Health Care Provider; Industry: Non-profit Organizations

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