Job Description

Lived Experience Recovery Worker

Location:

Macclesfield and Crewe

Salary:

24,937 per annum

DBS:

Enhanced with Adults Barred List

Are you passionate about making a difference for people severely affected by mental illness?

At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe in the power of lived experience to inspire hope and recovery. We're looking for someone who has personal experience of mental illness and recovery to join our Involvement, Recovery & Wellness Centre team, working in partnership with Cheshire and Wirral Partnership NHS Foundation Trust.

What you'll do

Use your lived experience to provide one-to-one and group peer support. Coach and mentor individuals to self-manage their mental health and achieve their goals. Build strong, respectful relationships and work within clear professional boundaries. Help people access local services and community resources. Promote recovery, wellbeing, and empowerment through practical and emotional support.

What we're looking for

Personal experience of recovery from mental illness. Empathy, understanding, and great listening skills. Commitment to Rethink values: Passion, Openness, Hope, Expertise, Understanding, and Equity. Ability to work as part of a team and contribute to service improvement.

Experience in mental health support or social care is desirable but not essential - what matters most is your lived experience and willingness to learn.

Why join us?

You'll be part of a charity that CARES - we Connect, we're Accountable, we show Respect, we Evolve, and we deliver Success. We offer training, supervision, and the chance to make a real impact in people's lives.



Ready to use your experience to help others?



Apply today and help us lead the way to a better quality of life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.



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.