Bank Mental Health Support Worker

Rethink Mental Illness ,
Doncaster, South Yorkshire
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Would you like to work for a leading mental health charity? Do you want a rewarding career where you can really make a difference? If yes, join us here at Rethink Mental Illness. We have an exciting opportunity at our Crisis service in Doncaster, where you will join our friendly and inspiring team as a Bank Mental Health Support Worker. Your role will be a bank position working as and when required, based in the service. You will need to be able to work flexibly as you will be working as part of a rota which can include evenings, nights and weekends. Our Crisis service is a CQC registered recovery service helping individuals in crisis in a safe and supportive environment. We can provide emotional and practical support to help individuals get back on their feet for a period of up to 72 hours. Our support is person-centred recovery helping people to maximise their independence. Who are we? We're Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: "A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness." In everything we do, we seek to demonstrate our values: Passion, Openness, Hope, Expertise and Understanding. If these values resonate with you, we would love to hear from you. What will you be doing? You will be supporting someone to promote their recovery and independence, this can involve things like, * Self-management and the development of key skills to encourage continued health and wellbeing on discharge from the service and prevent future crises and admissions * Maintain extensive knowledge of and links with community resources including signposting to specialist services. * Priorities the individuals need, working to the recovery model to support them to work towards their identified goals * Working with other mental health professionals and the family/friends of the person Do you have what we are looking for? * Excellent communication * Able to work well within a team * Ability to use initiative Ideally, we would like you to have some experience and understanding of Mental Health and interventions however Support Work isn't all about qualifications. If you have a passion for making a difference to the lives of people living with a serve mental illness, you may be who we are looking for. What will you receive? You will have plenty of opportunities to enhance your abilities with the opportunity to make a real difference every day. In addition, you will have excellent development opportunities including funded training, career development and a range e-learning courses. You will also receive: * Salary of £8.75 - £9.59 per hour * Contributory pension scheme * Life assurance and employee assistance programme * 25 days annual leave rising to 30 days plus bank holidays * Your "Rethink Day" - 1 day's additional leave (pro rata) on your Birthday * Eyecare vouchers * Flexible working Don't just change jobs, change lives! The Recruitment Advisor looking after this role is Katie Wright . If you have any questions about the position, please feel free to drop her an email at or give her a call on 0121 522 7111 Just a couple of final things, We welcome applications from everyone, applicants with lived experience, LGBTQ+, people with a disability, or who are BAME are actively encouraged to apply. We are proud to have also been awarded Disability Confident employer status and therefore we ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible to everyone. We reserve the right to change the closing date without notice depending on the number of responses received

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