Recovery Worker
Location: Kendal, Cumbria
Salary: £24,570 per annum
Hours: Permanent, 37.5 hours per week
About the Role
You're caring, flexible, and creative. You thrive under pressure, know how to connect with people at all levels, and enjoy helping others to live as independently as possible. Join Waythrough's Chapel View as a Recovery Worker.
About Chapel View
Chapel View is a mental health, supported housing, and community-based service operating on a recovery model. We support individuals with mental ill health to access local community services, including outreach, peer support, and supported housing. We serve residents aged 18 and upwards.
Our Philosophy
We believe recovery is unique to each individual. With the right support at the right time, recovery is possible for everyone. Your role will be to help and inspire service users to maintain their tenancy and independence, developing personal support plans to help them achieve their goals, whether in domestic skills, finance management, work, leisure, or education.
Candidate Requirements
No relevant experience is required as full training will be provided. Candidates with understanding of mental health issues or lived experience are welcome. Your caring, compassionate nature, empathy, and enthusiasm are most important. You should be comfortable working independently and in a team, willing to participate in a weekly rota, and available for on-call duties.
Application Process
If interested, please apply through the following link to be redirected to our website:
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Additional Information
We value diversity and welcome applications from those with lived experience, and from Black, Asian, or Minority Ethnic groups.
This is a rolling recruitment process. Candidates will be interviewed as shortlisted.
We offer a wide range of apprenticeships for learning and development, available to permanent staff who have passed probation.
About Waythrough
Formed in October 2024 from the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship, Waythrough supports people affected by substance use or gambling, with a focus on mental health, alcohol, and drugs. We provide high-quality, evidence-based services designed around individual needs, aiming to break down barriers to support.
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