Rethink Mental Illness
Mental Health Recovery Worker
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Join Our Team as a Mental Health Recovery Worker
Location: Avonmouth, Bristol
Hours: 2 x Part-time positions available – 7 hours per week, with the potential to work additional hours.
Enhancement Additional Payments:
- £0.86 - Unsocial Hours
- 1.5 x hourly rate - Bank Holiday
Full-time equivalent salary: £24,545 per annum (Pro-rated for part-time hours)
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for an experienced and caring Mental Health Recovery Worker to join our dedicated team at Bristol Men’s Crisis House.
All our Accommodation services aim to support people to achieve maximum independence, and to move on to more independent accommodation. Bristol Men’s Crisis House service is an up to 14 night stay for men experiencing a Crisis.
We adopt a person-centred approach and involve people in every aspect of their support. This means offering a safe supportive environment whilst allowing individuals to engage with their community and make positive life choices, with active support to allow individuals to engage with positive risk taking.
What I will do and achieve:
- Help individuals rebuild confidence and independence
- Support service users in achieving personal goals
- Provide one-to-one guidance and work alongside mental health agencies
- Build respectful, honest relationships while maintaining professional boundaries
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What we’re looking for:
- Experience supporting people with mental illness or in a social care setting (paid or voluntary)
- Great listening skills, empathy, patience, and kindness
- Ability to work with digital systems (Microsoft applications, email, internet)
- A commitment to our values and willingness to learn
If you have transferable skills and a passion for helping others, we’d love to hear from you!
Why join Rethink Mental Illness?
We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, valued and able to be themselves. You'll benefit from:
- An inclusive culture, with colleague-led staff networks for Disability & Neurodiversity, Race & Ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, Gender Equality and Menopause.
- Flexible working and 25 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with the option to buy or sell leave.
- Wellbeing support including our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions and Unmind.
- Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career.
- Financial and family benefits including a contributory pension, enhanced family leave and travel schemes.
- Recognition and rewards including discounts, cashback offers and a Blue Light Card.
- Referral bonus where you can earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.
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Our commitment to inclusion
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We're also committed to becoming a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider supported by a multi-year equity, diversity and inclusion programme of work. For more information please view Revised EDI Plan - Rethink.
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and want everyone to have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and experience. If you need reasonable adjustments during recruitment or when in your role, please let us know and we will work with you to understand what support you need.
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