Full time salary: £21,898.50 (pro-rata for part-time hours)
Hours: 15 hours (ideally 9:30am – 2:30pm Tuesday – Thursday)
Contract: Permanent
Holiday Entitlement: 25 days per year rising to 27 days after 2 years pro-rata
Location: Worthing or Southwick base with the expectation to work across Worthing and Adur.
West Sussex Mind Values:
Excellence, Equitable, Open, Together, Curious, Unstoppable
Winner of National Mind Anti -Stigma Award 2021
Overview:
We have an exciting opportunity to join our Families in Mind team supporting the mental health and well-being of parents and carers of young children across Worthing, Adur and Arun. Do you have personal experience of caring for children alongside managing difficulties with your own mental health? This might include personal experience of post-natal mental health issues, using mental health services and an understanding of mental health recovery.
The successful candidate will:
- Support the provision of face to face or video conference structured group sessions to parents around mental health and well-being
- Facilitate and develop the giving and receiving of peer support
- Contribute to the achievement of parent's goals and be an active member of the staff team.
There are currently groups offered across Worthing and Adur on a Tuesday – Thursday and the role could be delivered in school hours. We would welcome some flexibility around working hours across weekends occasionally as we support service users to access various community events.
Please see the Job Description, Person Specification and Competencies for further detail.
How to apply:
Please find below an application form, guidance notes, competency framework, job description and person specification.
If you would like to have an informal discussion prior to applying or have any questions after reading the documents, please email: kim.anthony@westsussexmind.org
Closing date: Midday on Wednesday 7th June
Interview date: Thursday 15th June at our Worthing Office
Please email completed applications to: recruitment@westsussexmind.org
Please note we are unable to provide sponsorship for this post, you must therefore be able to demonstrate your eligibility to work in the UK.
This post is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy at any time once we receive sufficient applications and encourage all interested applicants to apply at their earliest convenience to avoid disappointment.
No agencies or CV's