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Thurrock and Brentwood Mind; Southend-on-Sea; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

35 days annual leave

Pension scheme

Discount schemes (including corporate,

Blue Light Card

Employee Assistance Programme via Bupa

Mindful Employer

Job summary

Thurrock and Brentwood Mind is seeking a Peer Community Connector for the Healthy Mind Service. The role is 37.5 hours per week, permanent, with flexible working to meet service need. It covers Mid and South Essex, predominantly South East Essex including Southend.

The organisation values lived experience of mental health difficulties, promotes early intervention, resilience and social connection, and supports a healthy work-life balance with competitive salaries and generous leave.

Job description

Peer Community Connector (Healthy Mind Service)

37.5 hours per week, permanent (the post holder will be expected to work flexibly to meet service need)

Location: Mid and South Essex (predominant allocated area of working will be South East Essex to include Castle Point, Rochford & Southend)

Are you looking for an opportunity to make a real difference?

Our vision at Thurrock and Brentwood Mind is of a society that promotes and protects good mental health for all, and that treats people with experience of mental distress fairly, positively, and with respect – we won’t give up – and our valued employees bring this vision to life.

Healthy Mind is a flexible, accessible, and person-centred community mental health and wellbeing service that promotes early intervention, resilience, and social connection for adults with emerging or non-clinical mental health needs, reducing the risk of escalation and supporting individuals to manage their mental health effectively within their community.

At the core of peer support is the value placed on the use of lived experience of mental health difficulties, to foster hope, resilience and recovery.

Are you an expert by experience, a positive role model and enthusiastic/passionate about the value of peer support? If you would like to be part of our empowering Healthy Mind Service, we want to hear from you! Join us – with your help, we can make an even greater impact.

Thurrock and Brentwood Mind is a successful independent registered Charity, helping to improve the lives of people with mental health problems. We are affiliated to national Mind, and we are proud to be part of a network of over 100 local Mind organisations.

Our Charity Values are at the heart of everything we do:

Respect - put people first

Integrity - do the right thing

Collaboration - stronger together

Evolve - keep learning and adapt

Responsible - own it and find creative solutions

We are Investors in People accredited and value the people that bring our vision to life via competitive salaries, 35 days annual leave (increase with service), pension scheme, access to discount schemes (inclusive of corporate gym membership and a Blue Light Card), ongoing support, training and development opportunities, Employee Assistance Programme via Bupa, a family ‘feel’ team working environment and flexibility to support a healthy work/life balance. We are also a Mindful Employer, and are proud to champion the lived experiences and unique perspectives of our employees and volunteers.

This post comes under the terms of Mind’s Equal Opportunities Policy. To ensure that our workforce reflects the diversity of our service users as well as the communities that we live and work within, we encourage and welcome applications from all sections of the community.

This post is exempt under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act. Any provisional offer of employment made will be subject to receipt of a satisfactory enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), to include an annually renewed DBS Update Service subscription.