Mental Health Support Worker

at  Rethink Mental Illness

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE AND SKILLS:

• Transferable life/work experience relevant to this role.
• Good listening skills, empathy, understanding, kindness, patience, and a willingness to learn.
• Ability to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Charity’s values.
• Experience in supporting people with mental illness or providing care/support services in a housing setting (paid or voluntary) is a plus.
• Excellent administration, organisation and planning skills.
• Competent in the use of IT systems including Microsoft applications, email and internet.

IMAGINE BEING PART OF AN ORGANISATION WHOSE COMMON PURPOSE IS TO HELP THOSE WHO ARE SEVERELY IMPACTED BY MENTAL ILLNESS. WE BELIEVE THAT EVERYONE SHOULD BE TREATED WITH RESPECT AND DIGNITY – AND THAT’S WHY EQUITY IS ONE OF OUR CORE VALUES.

Our Gloucestershire service offers independent, quality housing to tenants with mental health needs. We support people to achieve personal goals, offer emotional and practical support with day-to-day living, and help develop skills to live independently in the community in order to build a meaningful quality of life as defined by them.

OVERVIEW OF THE ROLE PURPOSE:

Working with an allocation of tenants, you will support vulnerable individuals who experience mental ill health in promoting independence and empowering sustainment of tenancies. You will be required to assess the needs and risks of tenants and work in a person centred and personalised manner in order to enable individuals to sustain their tenancy.