Breathing Space - Wellbeing Worker

Together; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 25,000 - 26,000; Part time

Job summary

Together UK is seeking a Breathing Space Wellbeing Worker to support individuals in Berkshire West. You will help service users set goals, access community resources and navigate housing, benefits, and appointments.

The role emphasises compassionate, non-judgemental guidance with flexibility to work in clients' homes and local settings. The position is a fixed-term contract with a focus on improving mental health, reducing loneliness and increasing social participation through person-centred

Qualifications

• Experience or life experience supporting vulnerable individuals.
• GCSE/Level II in English or equivalent.
• Basic email and word processing skills.
• Non-judgemental attitude and empathy.

Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain trust with service users.
• Help users set and achieve personal goals.
• Work flexibly at home or in the community.
• Value lived experience to support others and improve services.
• Reach marginalised groups in the community.
• Carry out assessments to determine urgency of needs.
• Refer to other services as needed.
• Conduct risk assessments to keep users safe.
• Support housing stability and navigate benefits.

Skills

Empathy and active listening

Communication skills

Relationship building

Home/community visits

Basic IT skills

Teamwork

Education

GCSE English (or Level II)

Job description

Breathing Space - Wellbeing Worker

Application Deadline: 16 November 2026

Department: Operations

Employment Type: Fixed Term Contract

Location: Berkshire West Breathing Space

Reporting To: Zahra Akhtar

Compensation: £ 24968.26 per annum (basic salary) plus £ 880 per annum (geographical allowance)

Description

£ 24968.26 per annum (basic salary) plus £ 880 per annum (geographical allowance)
(Fixed term contract due to service contract retender)
To assist service users to live their best lives by assisting them - directly and through others - to exercise choice in order to: improve their mental health and wellbeing; reduce loneliness; increase social participation; work towards goals; develop their independence.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships of trust with service users, in order to build engagement
• Help service users to set, prioritise and achieve personal goals, to increase hope, motivation and ambition
• Work flexibly with service users in their homes and/or in the community
• Value the lived experience of service users and enable them to use that experience to support each other and improve their Together service
• Help to reach people in the community who are most in need, including those in marginalised or minority populations
• Carry out assessments and determine urgency of service user needs
• Work with professionals from other agencies and make onward referrals, linking service users into other community opportunities
• Carry out risk assessments, in order to keep service users safe and improve the quality of our support
• Motivate and support service users to maintain safe and secure housing, deal with financial issues, navigate the benefits and education systems
• Assist service users to; manage friendships and family relationships; manage their lives by helping with bills, forms, mail and appointments, accompanying service users to appointments as and when necessary
• Adhere to the Together policy on lone working
• Make timely records which are concise, accurate, written for the service user to understand, using Together computer-based systems
• Write clear word processed and handwritten reports (training provided) and records in English
• Participate in mandatory and job-related courses and learning activities
• Maintain professional boundaries in all aspects of work with service user

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

Essential:

• Experience in supporting vulnerable individuals gained from paid work and/or voluntary and/or life experience
• Minimum of GCSE or Level II qualification in English, or equivalent
• Basic competence in the use of email and word processing software
• Demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude and able to be empathetic towards service users and create a trusting environment
• Able to work in partnership with services users and establish and maintain professional boundaries in working with service users
• Able to establish and maintain a safe environment
• Willing and able to undertake domestic tasks with, and for, service users as necessary
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills relating to welfare benefits, education and relationships
• Open to - and willing to participate in - formal and informal job related learning
• Willing and able to collaborate with colleagues and other organisations
• Able to use email and computerised systems for service user records and reports
• Able to travel; have access to car/public transport
• Able to work a varying pattern of shifts on a 24 hour 7-day week rota, with notice

Desirable:

• Lived experience of mental distress
• NVQ Level II in Health and Social Care, or equivalent