Are you experienced in mental health first aid and risk management, and safeguarding management?
Are you passionate about mental health recovery through activity and a strengths-based approach?
We are seeking a calm and resilient practitioner with excellent interpersonal skills to be a core member of our multidisciplinary team. Outstanding observational, analytical and organisational skills are a must.
Growing Well is a farm-based mental health charity originating near Kendal in South Cumbria, and with sites in Tebay and now Egremont (opened April 2024).
The horticultural context is key to our charity as it provides a safe, supportive working environment to nurture mental health recovery for those people experiencing moderate to severe mental illness. Growing Well works with people on a weekly basis to help rebuild a sense of purpose, to engage in meaningful and fulfilling activity and to build hope for the future.
The role of the Mental Health Support Coordinator (West Cumbria) is to:
* Lead the beneficiary support service within Growing Well (West Cumbria).
* Participate, from time to time and for a specific purpose, in field work (no practical experience necessary), providing additional 'in activity' monitoring and support of individual volunteers and ensuring the smooth integration of our transferable life skills programme.
* Share external networks, mentoring and training for the benefit of volunteers, colleagues and commercial customers.
All staff are expected to:
* Be involved in all aspects of the Growing Well community
* Uphold the values of Growing Well, including those of honesty, inclusion, equality, participation, empowering individual agency
* Be an effective communicator and encourage openness
* Contribute to providing an environment that is physically and emotionally safe
To apply, please view the full Job Description and Person Specification on our website, and submit a letter of application and a current CV to Hannah Wright at hannah [at] growingwell [dot] co [dot] uk
Application deadline: 5pm, Wednesday 5th March.
Interviews will take place on Friday 7th March.