Rethink Mental Illness are an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness.
We are hiring a BANK Housing Support Worker to join our Staffordshire Housing Service.
If you are looking to work more flexibly BANK work could be ideal for you - you may be retired, looking to do additional shifts around your current role or would like to work around your family commitments.
Our housing services provide a supportive home environment that paves the way to greater independence and recovery. We help people to maintain their tenancy as well as providing access to social activities, further education, employment, and training.
As a BANK Housing Support Worker you will:
Provide valuable tenancy support and information as well as helping individuals to develop basic living skills, regain control of their lives and manage their homes appropriately. The successful candidate will be responsible for liaising with partner agencies, housing providers and voluntary organisations to signpost tenants to services and facilities that are right for them. The role also involves tenancy sign ups and ensuring vacant properties are ready for re-let as well as good health and safety of the schemes we manage.
Essential skills and experience required for this role:
* I have transferable life/work experience to apply to this role.
* I am a good listener, empathetic, understanding, kind, patient and willing to learn
* I can demonstrate behaviours consistent with the values of the Charity.
Are you a good listener, empathetic, understanding, kind, patient and willing to learn? In your application we would love to hear how you would bring these skills to life in your role and why working for a Mental Health charity is for you? Are you a good listener, empathetic, understanding, kind, patient and willing to learn? we would love to hear from you.
Caring for our people.
We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:
* Wellbeing support: We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments
* Taking time for you: You are entitled to holiday pay in accordance with the Working Time Regulations.
* Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme. You are automatically enrolled into our pension when you meet the earnings threshold
* £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member
Who we are?
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 and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”
It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in ouranti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in ourRace Equality Action Plan which demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer (or questioning), Intersex and (asexual) (LGBTQIA+), people with a disability, and people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) backgrounds.
We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.
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