We have 1 FTE vacancy. Location: BANES, Swindon & Wiltshire
Second Step is a leading mental health charity in the Southwest offering housing, support and hope to thousands of people with mental health and other support needs.
We aim to inspire hope and deliver change for everybody and every community we work with.
Are you passionate about helping people move forward with their mental health and wellbeing?
Can you build strong relationships rooted in empathy, trust, and lived experience?
Do you want to work in a service focused on connection, equity, and recovery?
If so, you could be the person we are looking for.
About the Service
As part of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Partnership in Bath and North East Somerset, Swindon and Wiltshire (BSW), Second Step delivers community mental health support in collaboration with Alabaré, Missing Link and Nilaari. Together, we’re transforming mental health services by focusing on trauma-informed, person-centred, and culturally inclusive approaches.
The BSW Recovery College Tutor aims to deliver a range of health, wellbeing, and recovery courses within the Second Step Recovery College and assist management to develop and implement the wider organization education strategy.
About You
As a Tutor, you’ll work closely with the team in the Recovery College to deliver a list of specified courses to time and standard across BANES, Swindon, and Wiltshire. You’ll support people in these sessions to learn about the specific topic and help to apply this to their own lives. You’ll collaborate with health professionals, VCSE partners, and other support networks to provide seamless experience.
You will:
- To deliver a range of Health, Wellbeing and Recovery courses within the Recovery College, across a number of geographical areas, as directed by management. Travel across the BSW area will be required for this role
- To work within organisational policy and procedure.
- To deliver safe and accessible courses to people with engaging with the College.
- To assist with development and review of courses as directed by management. • To assist where appropriate, with College marketing activities.
- To operationally supervise a small number of volunteers engaged in Recovery College work.
- Assist management to develop and implement the wider organisational Education strategy.
- Any other duties commensurate with the role as required by management.
You’ll need:
- At least one years’ experience supporting people with mental health or complex needs.
- A teaching qualification or at least one years’ experience in this field.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work flexibly and build effective multi-agency partnerships.
- Confidence in IT systems and record-keeping.
- A deep understanding of recovery and trauma-informed practice.
- If applying as a Peer Tutor, an ability to draw from your own recovery journey in a safe and supportive way.
We especially welcome applications from those with lived experience and those from Black, Asian and minoritised communities.
Second Step offers an excellent annual leave package, access to our Employee Assistance Programme, a strong culture of support and inclusion, and a full induction programme with ongoing training opportunities.
So…if you think this describes you, what are you waiting for?
Why not apply now?
Closing date: Sunday 11th January 2026
Interview date: tbc
To apply please see our website. Second Step is committed to Equal Opportunities and welcomes applicants from all sections of the community and from who have personal experience of living with long term mental health needs and using mental health services. Unfortunately, Second Step is unable to sponsor applicants from outside the UK.