Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham – Service Coordinator (Mat Cover) - Community Suicide Prevention Hub

About the role

Mind in Tower Hamlets and Newham have been awarded a three-year grant from City Bridge Trust to deliver a new and exciting new project in Tower Hamlets to develop and deliver a Peer led project for people with lived experience of mental health. The project will work with hidden communities to improve the health and social outcomes for people living with mental health.

We are looking for an experience and highly motivated support worker, who has experience of working within diverse communities to deliver engaging and recovery-based support within a community setting. The ideal candidate will have the following:

• Experience of working in collaboration with people with lived experience
• Experience of recovery and goal focused support
• The ability to work with Peers to set up groups and activities for people with lived experience
• Ability to work within the principles of co-production
• Experience of working with volunteers
• Personal experience related to mental health
• A health and social care/Advice and Guidance qualification or equivalent
• Trained in Disability Awareness
• Experience of working with multi-cultural communities
• Excellent IT skill, Microsoft Word, Excel and database management
• Ability to speak a second language (Bengali, Somali, Polish etc.)

The benefits of working for the organisation include 30 days annual leave, rising to 35 days after 5 years of service, training opportunities, good Company Pension Scheme, Death in Service Benefit and an Employee Assisted Programme

The post is subject to:
An enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service check
Proof of being double vaccinated in line with the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (Regulated Activities) Regulations 2021
We welcome applications from all sections of the community.

How to apply

To apply for this role, the application pack can be downloaded via our website; https://www.mithn.org.uk/get-involved/work-for-us/ alternatively you can request an application pack by email to: [email protected] , quoting reference SCSPH2022c

Closing Date: 5pm, Tuesday 1st February 2022
Interview Date: Monday 7th February 2022