Money & Me Navigator

Money & Me Navigator
Hours:Full-time, 37.5 hours per week
Contract:12 Months
Salary:£27,596 per annum
Location:The Angel Centre, Salford M3 + Local outreach

About the Service

We know that poor mental health can make earning and managing money harder, and that worrying about money can make our mental health worse. Could you help and empower people to navigate and improve this?

Mind in Salford are looking to recruit a Money & Me Navigator to proactively identify people with mental health issues whose lives are being impacted due to ?nancial concerns and provide support those who are less likely to come forward for support or reluctant to access mental health care due to stigma or discrimination.

You will provide one to one and/or group support, using trauma informed approaches, to empower people with mental health issues whose lives are being impacted due to ?nancial concerns. By doing this, you will support people to become more resilient and better able to deal with problems they may have in the future.

About You and the Role

Your main duties and responsibilities will include but are not limited to:

• Manage a caseload of clients accessing one to one support, providing goal orientated support, for up to 8 weeks to help people build their skills and resilience to take control
• To set up, develop, and facilitate group sessions for people with mental health and financial problems and deliver a predetermined course
• To work with clients within Money & Me in relapse prevention and to provide waitlist initiative/holding services to clients awaiting higher interventions when required
• To follow a set programme including referring people to higher levels of intervention mental health or financial when required

The skills and knowledge that are important to us are:

• Working collaboratively with staff and volunteers
• Experience of developing a business and/or projects
• Building/maintaining good relationships
• Good organisational and management skills

Working for Mind in Salford

Mind in Salford is an independent, user focused charity providing vital services to make a positive difference to the wellbeing and mental health of local people. We represent the voice of Salford in campaigning to dispel stigma and influence political, social and cultural change around mental health.

Working for Mind in Salford you will find we put individuals first and are deeply committed to helping people struggling with their mental health get both support and respect.

We provide face to face training to enhance your knowledge of mental health and access to a learning platform with a wide range of courses in many different subject areas.

Benefits:

• You will have the opportunity for flexible working in line with the needs of the service.
• Generous holiday entitlement, which includes three days leave over Christmas and equates to 30 days per month.
• Extra day annual leave for Birthday.
• Wellbeing leave of three hours per month.

Closing Date and time for applications: Monday 2nd December 2024 at 5:00 pm
Interviews will take place on W/C 9th December 2024 at the Angel Centre, M3.

Interested?

If you would like to find out more, please click the apply button. You will be directed to our website to complete your application for this position.

An enhanced DBS check and comprehensive references will be required.

We welcome applications from people with disabilities and encourage those with lived experience of mental or emotional distress to apply.

No agencies please.

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