Recovery Navigator (Mental Health Support Worker)

Recovery Navigator (Mental Health Support Worker) Erdington / Handsworth

£23,400 per annum

Are you interested in kick starting your career in mental health? Keen to support your community and have a rewarding role? If you have some experience in the field of mental health or feel as though you would succeed in this industry, we encourage you to apply for our client's role of Recovery Navigator. They are looking for multiple individuals for both Hubs, the successful applicants will be based at one of the locations.

About the role:

Based from their in Erdington or Handsworth, you will receive in depth training and guidance in order for you to provide support to people that need help managing their mental health and wellbeing. Once a thorough training and an induction has been completed, your role will include:

• Managing a caseload and working with individuals on their recovery journey, with a person-centred approach.

• Advocate for individuals so that they can maintain control of their lives.

• Use a recovery tool to holistically access health and wellbeing.

• Maintain a good up to date knowledge of services and resources for signposting.

• Positively seek feedback from all those who contact the service.

• Assist in the planning and development of therapeutic sessions.

• Deliver sessions with support from team and volunteers.

• Conduct 1-2-1’s with individuals to identify areas of support needed for their recovery.

• Regularly reflect on your own practice and adopt a positive approach to enhance the experience of those accessing our services.

• Support and mentor volunteers working within the service.

• Actively encourage service users to be involved in the development of our client and their services.

• Seek to deliver a high-quality service, ensuring professionalism in your approach.

• Contribute to new ideas, methods and processes from the team and other sources.

• Be flexible in your approach to teamwork and engage in other activities as requested of you to ensure successful functioning of the team.

• Uphold health and safety best practices.

• Ensure all practices are in keeping within Birmingham Mind’s values.

About You:

• Experience of working in the mental health sector, or other sectors that have a transferrable skillset will be considered, e.g. charities, care, prison, SEND

• Interest in working 1-2-1 with people with mental health difficulties as well as delivering workshops for wellbeing and social support (full training will be provided)

• Understanding of Safeguarding procedures & GDPR regulations

• Confident when working with different groups of people

• Calm and considered approach to managing challenging situations and well as the ability to regulate your emotional response.

• The majority of hours will be within 9-5, Monday to Friday, however you will be available to work the occasional evening and weekend session

Salary & Benefits:
Salary for this role is £23,400. Benefits include 33 days holiday (including Bank and Public Holidays), working from home up to 2 days a week, defined contribution pension scheme, Paycare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme.

Our client encourages those that have lived experience of mental health difficulties to apply regardless of work experience.

Closing date for applications is 12th June 2024