Mental Health Navigator

Shaw Trust; Maidstone; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A community health organization is seeking a Mental Health Navigator in Maidstone to support individuals with complex mental health needs. The role involves providing holistic support and ensuring a seamless care experience. Candidates should have experience in community mental health and strong communication skills. This role offers flexible working options and generous benefits including 25 annual leave days and an enhanced pension scheme.

Benefits

25 days annual leave

Paid volunteering leave

Enhanced pension scheme

Life Assurance

Learning and development opportunities

Health and wellbeing initiatives

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Significant experience in community mental health or wellbeing setting.
• Understanding of local services and support.
• Awareness of social factors affecting mental health.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred, holistic support.
• Deliver personalised trauma-informed care.
• Remove barriers to access across services.

Skills

Strong communication

Compassion

Knowledge of mental health systems

Job description

Overview

Shaw Trust is one of the strategic partners for the newly established Kent & Medway service, Mental Health Together (MHT); this is the transformed multi‑agency offer, which brings all the services and agencies that support people with varying mental health needs much closer together. This ensures that people get the right care, without having to navigate service boundaries and without repeatedly telling their story.

Role

The Mental Health Navigator is one of several new roles that is part of a new joined‑up model of care that bridges the gap currently existing between primary (GPs) and community mental health (KMPT). This role will support people with complex mental health needs by providing person‑centred, holistic support and ensuring a seamless experience from first contact.

Responsibilities

• Provide person‑centred, holistic support.
• Deliver needs‑led and personalised trauma‑informed care.
• Remove barriers to access and thresholds across services working together.
• Involve service users and carers as equal partners in their support.
• Build in involvement and co‑production at all levels of service design and delivery.

Qualities

You will be one of the first people that people using Mental Health Together will meet, so you must be committed to ensuring that this first experience is positive, be a strong communicator and show compassion.

Team & Collaboration

As part of a multidisciplinary team across different organisations, you will value partnership and collaboration, recognising the different skills and understanding that each person brings to the team.

Experience

This role is ideal for individuals with significant experience working within a community mental health and/or wellbeing setting, supporting people with complex mental health needs to achieve their goals. You should have a good understanding of how mental health systems work, insight into local services and support, and awareness of how social factors can affect mental health.

Working Hours

This is a 30 hour position. Working days can be discussed, but will typically fall within Monday – Friday, 09:00 – 17:00.

Benefits

• 25 days annual leave per year (plus bank holidays), with incremental increases post 3 years' service up to 28 days, and the option to purchase additional holiday.
• 2 days paid volunteering leave each year.
• An enhanced pension scheme after 6 months.
• Life Assurance at 3 times your annual salary rate.
• Access to a suite of learning and development opportunities including paid apprenticeship and masters’ level qualifications, and management development programmes.
• Opportunities to connect with employee diversity networks (LGBTQ+ Support Network, Racial Equality Network, Disability Equality Network, Neurodiversity Peer Support Network, Women’s Network, Managing Network, Menopause Network Group).
• Health and wellbeing initiatives including internal support, employee assistance programme and health cash plan.
• Opportunity to request flexible working from day one.

Diversity & Inclusion

Shaw Trust is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive working environment where every employee feels that they belong and can progress in their career. We are proud to be certified as National Equality Standard, are Disability Confident Leaders, and support the guaranteed interview scheme and Access to Work scheme.

Strategy

Our Strategic Directive 2030 can be found at https://www.shawtrust.org.uk/content/uploads/2020/09/Vision-2030-Strategic-Directive-5-9.pdf