At a Glance
- Tasks: Help recruit and support group members, promote inclusivity, and facilitate engaging sessions.
- Company: Waythrough, a leading provider of mental health and support services.
- Benefits: Meaningful work, training opportunities, and travel expense reimbursement.
- Other info: Join a diverse team dedicated to breaking down barriers in communities.
- Why this job: Make a real difference in people's lives while developing your skills.
- Qualifications: Good knowledge of boundaries, confident communication, and team collaboration.
The predicted salary is between 27000 - 30000 £ per year.
Responsibilities
- Help recruit people into the session and promote an overview of the group.
- Attend the group and support people.
- Share a group agreement at the start of each session, including respect and confidentiality.
- Respect people’s differences.
- Report any concerns, including safeguarding that may arise in the group.
- Work closely with the group worker to plan and evaluate sessions.
- Support people accessing the service to develop their own skills and interests.
- Support the Group Worker with tasks linked to the running of the group, including planning, set up, and evaluation.
- Potential to take the lead on facilitating groups.
- Potential to develop new groups and shape how these are offered to people accessing the service.
- Help with occasional group outings and events as needed.
Skills and Qualifications
- Good knowledge of boundaries.
- Confident at engaging group discussions.
- Assertive manner to challenge inappropriate behaviour.
- Confident IT skills; some online training through e Learning modules as required for the role.
- Professional, honest and committed.
- Good time keeping.
- Able to work as part of a team, on own initiative and to instruction.
- Understanding of Waythrough; information is available on our website, and inquiries can be made by calling a specific project.
- A genuine interest in being part of the mission, vision and promise of Waythrough.
- Ability to maintain professional boundaries, adhere to Waythrough policies and media guidelines, engage in supervision, and complete relevant training.
- About Waythrough
Waythrough provides specialist support across mental health, alcohol, drugs and related areas.
We deliver high-quality, evidence-based services designed around the real needs of the people we serve.
We support around 125,000 people through over 250 services each year, supported by our 3,500 staff and volunteers.
What We Offer
- Meaningful work with opportunities for development.
- Discounts from various schemes and training opportunities, including personal development.
- Induction and role-specific training, supervision and support from experienced staff.
- Travel or other expenses reimbursement where applicable.
- Experience that can support personal or career development.
- Inclusion and Application
Waythrough is an equal opportunities employer.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds and communities, including those with lived experience relevant to the issues we support.
We are part of the Disability Confident Scheme and can make adjustments to enable fair participation.
If you need adjustments or support to apply, please email our recruitment team: recruitmentteam@waythrough. org. uk.
How to Apply
If you’re viewing this advert on an external platform, please click the link to view the full job description and submit your application.
This role has a stated closing date, but we reserve the right to close the advert early if there is a high volume of applications.
Notes
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 barriers to support, tackling poverty and disadvantage in communities through mental health, drug and alcohol, housing and related support.
We have around 260 services across England and nearly 3,500 staff and volunteers who run them.
Around 130,000 people are supported each year.
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