Befriending and Volunteer Coordinator

5 months ago

North West London, United Kingdom Rethink Mental Illness Full time

We are looking for an experienced and Passionate Befriending and Volunteer Coordinator

The Brent Mental Health service is commissioned by CNWL to bolster community mental health support to adult patients and service users (18+). within the Brent borough alongside statutory services. Brent is spilt into 3 locality hubs which the service will work across.

The service has 4 main aspects of delivery which are
- Befriending service utilising volunteers
- Peer Navigation Support
- Substance Misuse Support
- Mental Health and Recovery Workshops

The service will be integrated with CNWL to work as one multi disciplinary team to deliver services to people who are known to CNWL services.
- **Appointments will be at the minimum of the band.**:

- **London Allowance is paid for roles that are based within the Greater London area only.**

Please see further details on our website

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**Don’t meet all requirements?**

If the role sounds exciting to you but your experience, skills or qualifications don’t exactly match every single requirement, we still encourage you to apply, you may be just the right person for our position

**Caring for our people.**

We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:

- ** PULSE: our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. **Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards.
- ** Wagestream**: gives you instant access to up to 50% of your pay. Also provides a library of expert tools, tips and articles plus, helps you start building a rainy-day pot straight from your salary.
- ** Wellbeing support**: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have a BUPA Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.
- ** Taking time for you**: we work flexibly -you get to choose where you work, managing your own diary. We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays, as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave.
- ** Planning for the future**: We have a contributory pension scheme.
- ** Structured Corporate Induction**: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
- ** £300 when you introduce a Friend**: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family member.

**Who are we?**

We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy - delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.

**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 for our Black, Asian and minority ethnic and our 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.

**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 demonstrate our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation.

If you have any questions about the position, please contact
- Our work to achieve this is guided by seven core values:

- ** Commitment**:

- ** Equity**:

- ** Expertise**:

- ** Hope**:

- ** Openness**:

- ** Passion**:

- ** Understanding**
To see our full list of vacancies click **here**

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