Looking for a job you love? Are you keen to use your own lived experience of mental health challenges to empower others? Are you enthusiastic and passionate about the value of Peer Support?
The Crisis House (based in Basildon) is part of the 24/7 Mental Health Crisis Response and Care Service, offering short term support to help service users manage a mental health crisis, in a welcoming residential environment.
If you would like to be part of a recovery focused and empowering safe space, enhancing mental heath support in Mid and South Essex, we want to hear from you! Join us – with your help, we can make an even greater impact.
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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 vision 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.
Our Charity Values are at the heart of everything we do:Respect – put people firstIntegrity – do the right thingCollaboration – stronger togetherEvolve – keep learning and adaptResponsible – 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 (pro-rata/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 Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS), to include an annually renewed DBS Update Service subscription.