At a Glance
- Tasks: Support individuals facing mental health challenges and help them regain control of their lives.
- Company: Waythrough, a leading mental health and social support charity in England.
- Benefits: Generous annual leave, pension scheme, life assurance, and professional development opportunities.
- Other info: Join a diverse team dedicated to creating lasting change and supporting 130,000 people annually.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in your community while building meaningful relationships.
- Qualifications: Compassionate communication skills and ability to motivate others.
The predicted salary is between 13.45 - 13.45 £ per hour.
- Casual Recovery Worker
- Working Hours: Casual
Please note: The salary listed reflects the full earning potential for this role. Starting salaries depend on experience and progression within the band.
About Waythrough
Waythrough was formed in 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship.
Together, we’ve created one of the largest mental health and social support charities in England.
Every year, we support around 125,000 people through nearly 200 services – and it’s all made possible by our 3,500 brilliant staff and volunteers.
Make a real difference in your community Are you passionate about helping others live safer, healthier, more independent lives?
Join our team at Waythrough and support people facing challenges around mental health, substance use, housing or domestic abuse.
This is more than just a job – it’s a chance to build meaningful relationships and create lasting change.
About the service
Pendle is a mental health crisis recovery house.
We offer support for those in crisis from a range of 3-7 days.
We are a seven bedroom facility, with 24 hour staffing.
Day staff work in a shift pattern of earlies, days and lates.
Waking night staff cover a twelve hour period.
About the role
Assist people using our services to
- Manage and improve their own physical and mental well-being
- Develop life-skills and coping tools to better manage their own mental health, through group and 1:1 interventions.
- Live more fulfilling lives and develop new meanings and purposes
- Take control over their life, through their own choices and decisions
• Ensure the safe running of the service
- Assess resident wellbeing and welfare on an ongoing basis
- Keep our service compliant with legal regulations
- Provide a safe, respectful environment
- Keywork: Oversee your own caseload of sessions Concentrate on the person and their individual needs, choices and aspirations, rather than on diagnostic categories or labels
- Work with individuals to develop agreed, meaningful and achievable person centred plans with positive outcomes that meet the individual’s aspirations
- Complete a range of activities during and around sessions
- Ensure positive risk assessments are created and implemented in line with our policies and procedures
- Signpost people we support to other services for additional support
- Maintain the health and safety of the building
- Support the team with daily planning
- Manage your own workload: Plan and carry out your core areas of responsibility
- Complete accurate and timely computerised records via our database
- Liaise with external agencies - such as community mental health teams, multi-disciplinary teams and carers - building relationships and projecting a positive image of the service
- Effectively monitoring and managing your own wellbeing through debriefing and discussions with your manager and colleagues
- Keep up to date with organisational developments
To Succeed in This Role, You’ll Need
- Ability to communicate effectively at all levels
- Ability to respond compassionately to sensitive and complex issues
- Able to motivate, support and advocate for people using services
- Able to work effectively unsupervised and as part of a team
- Able to keep good and accurate records
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload
- Good interpersonal and listening skills
- Able to keep good and accurate records
- Ability to plan and prioritise workload
- Able to demonstrate a commitment to self-development & training
- Able to demonstrate personal & professional integrity
- Able to work under pressure
- Good IT skills, including in Word, the use of databases and email
- Able to work flexibly to meet the needs of the Service and people using services
- Able to participate in a 24 hour/7 day week shift rota, undertake on call duties and stay away from home at night
What We Offer
We value the people who make a difference every day. Alongside meaningful work, you’ll enjoy a comprehensive benefits package:
- 27 days’ annual leave, rising to 32 after 1 year (plus bank holidays)
- Pension scheme with 4.5% employer contribution, matched up to 6.5%
- Life assurance (3× annual salary)
- Enhanced sick pay and family-friendly pay
- Birthday leave and the option to buy up to 5 extra days’ annual leave
- Professional fee reimbursement for relevant qualifications
- 24/7 online GP access and Employee Assistance Programme
- Recognition and long service awards via our Way to Go and Aspirations portals
- £500 Recommend a Friend bonus
- Cycle to Work scheme and Credit Union membership
- Discounts via Blue Light Card, Charity Discounts, Extras and Tickets for Good
- Free will writing service and wellbeing initiatives throughout the year
- Inclusion and accessibility
Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support.
We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme - all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.
Inclusion and accessibility
Waythrough is proud to be an equal opportunities employer.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, especially those with lived experience of the issues we support.
We have signed up to the Disability Confident Scheme - all applicants are welcome, and adjustments can be made to enable fair participation.
Waythrough launched in October 2024 following the merger of Humankind and Richmond Fellowship.
In April 2026, Aquarius, our former subsidiary partner, merged with Waythrough.
Our vision is to break down the barriers that stop people getting the support they need to live a life they value.
We tackle poverty and disadvantage in communities, through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have 260 services around England – and nearly 3,500 amazing staff and volunteers who run them.
Every year our services support around 130,000 people.
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