Mental Health Support Worker (Recovery Navigator)
Handsworth, Birmingham
£23,400 per annum
37.5 per week
Are you interested in kick starting your career in mental health? Keen to support your community and have a rewarding role? If you have some experience in the field of mental health or feel as though you would succeed in this industry, we encourage you to apply for the role of Recovery Navigator at Birmingham Mind. We are looking for multiple individuals to join our team at Handsworth Hub; fulltime and part time roles available.
About the role:
Based from Handsworth Hub, you will receive in depth training and guidance to provide support to people that need help managing their mental health and wellbeing. Once a thorough training and an induction has been completed, your role will include:
- Managing a caseload and working with individuals on their recovery journey, with a person-centred approach.
- Advocate for individuals so that they can maintain control of their lives.
- Use a recovery tool to holistically assess health and wellbeing.
- Maintain a good up to date knowledge of services and resources for signposting.
- Positively seek feedback from all those who contact the service.
- Assist in the planning and development of therapeutic sessions.
- Deliver sessions with support from team and volunteers.
- Conduct 1-2-1's with individuals to identify areas of support needed for their recovery.
- Regularly reflect on your own practice and adopt a positive approach to enhance the experience of those accessing our services.
- Support and mentor volunteers working within the service.
- Actively encourage service users to be involved in the development of Birmingham Mind and its services.
- Seek to deliver a high-quality service, ensuring professionalism in your approach.
- Contribute to new ideas, methods and processes from the team and other sources.
- Be flexible in your approach to teamwork and engage in other activities as requested of you to ensure successful functioning of the team.
- Uphold health and safety best practices.
- Ensure all practices are in keeping within Birmingham Mind's values.
About You:
- Experience of working in the mental health sector, or other sectors that have a transferrable skillsets such as; charities, care, probation, prison, social services, SEND, residential, youth work etc.
- Interest in working 1-2-1 with people with mental health difficulties as well as delivering workshops for wellbeing and social support (full training will be provided).
- Understanding of Safeguarding procedures & GDPR regulations.
- Confident when working with different groups of people.
- Calm and considered approach to managing challenging situations as well as the ability to regulate your emotional response.
- Experience / understanding of working within diverse & multi-faith communities.
- The majority of hours will be within 9-5, Monday to Friday. However, every 3weeks you will be available to work one weekday evening till 7pm, and one Saturday session till 5pm.
Salary & Benefits:
Salary for this role is £23,400. Benefits include 33 days holiday (including Bank and Public Holidays), working from home 1 day a week, laptop & phone provided, monthly supervision, quarterly training & staff wellbeing days, defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme.
Birmingham Mind encourages those that have lived experience of mental health difficulties to apply regardless of work experience.
Closing date for applications is 21st October 2024