Location: Stewart Gardens, Dawlish
Job Type: Full Time (35 Hours) Permanent
Salary: £24.544.91 per annum
DBS Requirement: Enhanced DBS with Adults Barred List check required.
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that people severely affected by mental illness should have the opportunity to live fulfilling, independent lives. We're looking for a compassionate and motivated Mental Health Support Worker to join our team at Stewart Gardens in Dawlish, supporting people on their recovery journey.
If you're a great listener, genuinely care about people, and want a role where every day brings the chance to make a positive impact, we'd love to hear from you.
About the service
Stewart Gardens is part of our Devon Supported Housing service, providing housing-related support to people leaving hospital or residential settings who have low to medium support needs. Using a recovery-focused approach, we empower people to build confidence, develop independence, and achieve their personal goals.
What you'll be doing
As a Mental Health Support Worker, you'll work closely with the people we support, helping them take positive steps towards greater independence and wellbeing. Your role will include:
- Providing person-centred support tailored to individual goals and recovery plans.
- Building positive, professional relationships based on trust, respect and encouragement.
- Supporting people to access local services, community opportunities, education, employment and social activities.
- Undertaking needs assessments, support planning and risk management activities.
- Working collaboratively with healthcare professionals, external agencies and community partners.
- Maintaining accurate records and contributing to service quality and outcomes monitoring.
- Promoting wellbeing, independence and self-management skills.
- Supporting with personal care where required, including assistance with washing, dressing, toileting, eating and drinking.
What we're looking for
We're interested in people who share our values and are committed to supporting others, whether you have previous experience or transferable skills from another role.
You'll be:
- Empathetic, patient and caring.
- A strong communicator and active listener.
- Passionate about supporting people to achieve their goals.
- Able to work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
- Committed to delivering high-quality, recovery-focused support.
It would be great if you also have:
- Experience supporting people with mental health needs.
- Experience within health, social care or a related support setting.
- Experience delivering personal care.
- Knowledge of mental health recovery approaches and support planning.
Ready to apply?
If you're looking for a rewarding career where you can make a meaningful difference to people's lives every day, we'd love to hear from you.
Join Rethink Mental Illness and help people find hope, rebuild confidence and move forward in their recovery journey.
Why Work With Rethink Mental Illness?
At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe that when you feel supported, you can make the biggest difference. That’s why we offer a range of benefits to help you thrive:
- Inclusive Culture: Join staff networks that champion diversity and inclusion.
- Wellbeing Support: Access our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, and the Unmind mental health app.
- Recognition & Rewards: Enjoy discounts, cashback offers, and celebrate achievements through our PULSE platform.
- Flexible Working & Generous Leave: Starting at 25 days annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with options to buy or sell extra days.
- Learning & Development: Grow your career with structured onboarding and training opportunities.
- Financial & Family Support: Contributory pension scheme, enhanced family leave, and travel benefits like season ticket loans and cycle-to-work schemes.
- Referral Bonus: Earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.
Diversity, Equity, Inclusion
Diversity is important to us, and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.
We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background - regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.
Becoming a truly anti-racist organisation
We have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider - and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our anti-racist statement . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our Race Equality Action Plan which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.
