Rethink Mental Illness is hiring a Mental Health Support Worker to join our inspiring and friendly team at Romsey Avenue, Nuneaton.
30 hours over 4 days – rota basis – shifts are 8 hours and include sleep ins from 11pm to 7am. Shifts will include some weekend, bank holiday, morning, afternoon and evening work.
Overview of a Mental Health Support Worker Role
As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will offer people affected by mental illness the support and help they need to regain their confidence and get involved in everyday social and workplace activities. You will be working closely with service users to achieve their own personal goals and access all the support they need on their recovery journey.
Essential Skills and Experience Required
* Experience providing support to people with a mental illness; or experience providing care and/or support services within another social care setting in either a paid or voluntary capacity.
* Transferable life/work experience: you bring valuable experiences from your personal or professional life that can be applied to this role.
* Listening and empathy: you are a good listener, empathetic, understanding, kind, patient, and willing to learn.
* Values alignment: you can demonstrate behaviours consistent with the values of our charity, including hope, understanding, expertise, equity, commitment, passion, and openness.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
We are committed to diversity and inclusion and welcome applications from people of all backgrounds, including those with lived experience of mental illness, LGBTQIA+ individuals, neurodiverse people, people with disabilities and those from ethnically diverse backgrounds. We are proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
Our Anti‑Racist Commitment
We aim to become a truly anti‑racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider. Our anti‑racist statement and Race Equality Action Plan demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress. You can read more about our progress here.
We reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
For more details, please visit our website.
Contact: recruitment@rethink.org
#J-18808-Ljbffr