37.5 hours per week Are you passionate about supporting people to gain the skills and confidence to live as independently as possible within the community? If so, read on About The Role In your role as Specialist Recovery Navigator, you will work collaboratively with people with mental health and complex needs. Using a person-centered approach, and working collaboratively with a multi-professional, partnership team, you will support individuals attain independence in daily living skills through personal plans and assessments. You will play an active role in supporting and motivating users, helping them to work towards their hopes and ambitions and providing them with the support to encourage integration within the community (with regards to any education, training, or employment opportunities) and their own families and friends. You will develop and maintain a database on housing providers across Birmingham who can offer accommodation to users. With demonstrable experience of working in the mental health field, you will demonstrate a good understanding of the obstacles that can be faced and how to overcome them to reach certain goals. You will have a good knowledge of housing pathways within Birmingham and be able to show creative approaches to housing challenges supporting people to explore options as they move on from inpatient services. You will be able to empathise with the daily struggles that people face and will have a commitment to user involvement and empowerment and support people to explore any education, training, or employment opportunities. As an ambassador for Birmingham Mind, you will share our values and ethos, as you deliver each support plan and remain focused on the result. About You It is essential that you have a flexible approach to working hours, as the successful candidate will be required to work shift patterns and be able to work evenings/weekends in line with service needs with alternative weekends with a mixture of early (7-3) and late (1-9) shifts- and mainly 9-5 hours during the week. Salary & Benefits Salary for this role is £24,809. Benefits include 33 days holiday (including Bank and Public Holidays), defined contribution pension scheme, PayCare which offers employees affordable cover for a range of healthcare treatments, an Employee Assistance Programme which includes free counselling and a comprehensive training programme. Birmingham Mind encourages those that have lived experience of mental health difficulties to apply regardless of work experience. Closing date for applications is Sunday 3rd November 2024 INDLOW If you think you are the right match for the following opportunity, apply after reading the complete description. We were founded in 1962, and are a Registered Charity and Company Limited by Guarantee, affiliated to. If you would like to know more about our History, you can do so by downloading our booklet. Our Services are individualised, person centred, and deliver valued outcomes, as we passionately believe that everyone has the right to live lives that are meaningful and which enable them to reach their full potential as individuals. We work in active partnership with a range of local organisations to deliver services and challenge the stigma that surrounds mental distress.