Mental Health Recovery Worker

Mind BLMK; Luton; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 26,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual Leave (pro rata) 25 days

NEST Pension scheme

Health Plan

Discount schemes

Learning & Development

Flexible Working

Job summary

Mind BLMK is seeking a Mental Health Recovery Worker to support individuals in the community through 1:1 sessions and structured interventions, with a focus on deescalating crisis when needed. The role sits within the Recovery Lounge team alongside volunteers, offering a safe, non-judgmental environment outside normal hours.

The successful candidate will bring experience with mental health needs, contribute to performance targets, and build relationships across diverse communities.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with individuals experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues.
• Ability to establish and maintain constructive working relationships with a wide range of people.
• Experience delivering a service against performance targets.

Responsibilities

• Assess needs and offer one-to-one support to service users to improve mental health and wellbeing.
• Provide clarity on services and pathways available in the area.
• Support individuals through focused 1:1 sessions and structured interventions.

Skills

Communication skills

Motivational skills

Negotiation skills

Job description

The Mental Health Recovery Worker supports individuals within the community, to improve mental health and wellbeing, through focussed 1:1s and structured interventions. At times this may mean deescalating crisis. The role will be part of a larger Recovery Lounge team made up of Mental Health Recovery Workers, Peer Support Workers and volunteers. About the Recovery Lounge Service Our Recovery Lounges offer a safe, welcoming and non-judgmental environment outside of normal working hours for those who feel in mental distress or crisis. The role will involve assessing needs and offering one to one support to service users to enable them to begin the process of improving their mental health and wellbeing and to providing clarity on services and pathways available in the area.

The successful candidate will have experience of working with individuals experiencing mental health and wellbeing issues, experience of working in a small service within a wider organisation, including delivering a service against performance targets and have the ability to Establish and maintain constructive working relationships with a wide range of people. They will have good communication, motivational and negotiation skills and understand the wellbeing needs of and working with people with mental health needs, including those from culturally diverse communities.

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone. Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008. If you need any adjustments during the recruitment process, please let us know. Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

£24,811.13 per annum, pro rata (£8,214.50 per annum, actual for 12.25 hours per week) Part-time (12.25 hours per week, 5:00pm - 11:00pm (Wednesday and Saturday) ) Permanent Membership Organisations

• Mental Health Social Welfare, 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
• Optional Health Plan
• Employee discount schemes (Blue light card and tickets for good)
• In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
• Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)

If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.