Work for us
We are very aware at Mind in Croydon that people really are our main asset. Attracting the right recruits and retaining them is of paramount importance and ensures that our clients get the best possible service. The benefits we can offer are a flexible and genuinely family-friendly environment – many of our staff work part time, some job share and there are opportunities to take time off in lieu in order to fit the requirements of the job around one’s home life. A lot is talked of ‘home life balance’ – at Mind in Croydon this is a reality.
We always welcome applications from people with lived experience of mental health problems and make reasonable adjustments where this is necessary.
Our Values
Training and Development
We have a highly trained human resources department which believes that good people management is essential. All staff receive a full induction programme in line with the new ‘Care Standards Act’. This involves both internal induction to all our projects and external visits to related agencies so that staff are familiar with our ‘partners’ within the borough of Croydon, and understand how we work with them. There are regular supervisions, appraisals and staff are fully trained and encouraged to become experts in their field. Recently we have enabled individual members of staff to train for Diplomas in Social Work, Diplomas in Counselling and the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development’s Diploma in Human Resource Management.
We have a number of policies to ensure we meet best practice guidelines generally. It is also our aim to actively encourage diversity in aspects such as ethnicity, age, and disability, to ensure that our staff complement our client group.
Current Vacancies
IMHA Advocacy Worker
Reporting to: Advocacy Service Manager
Responsible for: No staff
Salary: £27,508 to £30,404 per annum, pro-rata dependent on experience
Hours: 36 hours per week, Monday-Friday, 9am-5p
Contract: Permanent (Full-Time)
Location: Orchard House, 15A Purley Road, South Croydon, CR2 6EZ and other locations such as Bethlem Hospital, Monks Orchard Rd, Beckenham BR3 3BX.
Purpose of the role:
General Advocacy – to provide independent issue-based advocacy to informal inpatients and residents of Croydon. IMHA Advocacy – to provide statutory representation to inpatients or those living in the community when subject to compulsion under the 1983 Mental Health Act (2007) and to exercise, as instructed by clients, the powers given to IMHA’s under that legislation.
IMHA Advocacy Worker – Job Description and Person Specification
Mind in Croydon is an equal opportunities employer. No job applicant or employee will be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We encourage applications from those with Lived Experience.
To apply please send your CV and a Covering Letter to hr@mindincroydon.org.uk explaining:
- Why would you like to apply for this role?
- How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?
- What value you can add to the service?
Closing date for applications is 15th December 2023
We will be actively interviewing as applications come in.
Recovery Space Worker (Evening)
Recovery Space Worker (Evening)
Reporting to: Recovery Space Manager
Responsible for: None
Salary: £29,679.43 per annum
Hours: 36 hours per week (full time) worked within a 7-day rota (7 days a week/365 days a year)
Hours of work – 3.00pm – 11.00pm, with the flexibility of working some day shifts and finishing at 6.00pm to meet the needs of the service.
The current service operates a daytime service, 9.00am – 6.00pm and evening service 3.00pm – 11.00pm (client access from 6.00pm)
(This will include weekend work, approximately one in three weekends or more.)
Contract: Fixed Term until 31st March 2024 (likely to be extended), Full-Time
Location: Main place of work will be: Fairfield House, 10 Altyre Road, East Croydon (and other locations that may be used in the future)
Working for the leading mental health charity in Croydon – Mind in Croydon, this role will be working in our Recovery Space (Crisis Café) for Croydon Clinical Commissioning Group. This service is an opportunity to make a real difference, and to give clients the support they need at the time they most need it. The aim of the service is to divert people, who would be better supported elsewhere, away from Accident and Emergency (A&E) and other crisis services in Croydon. The Recovery Space will operate in the evenings with people triaged by the Emergency Department of Croydon University Hospital or from the Crisis Assessment Team (CAT).
The Recovery Space, which operates from our social Networking Service in the heart of East Croydon, provides a non-clinical, warm and welcoming setting to support and hold individuals during the evenings. Mind in Croydon will operate the Recovery Space during the hours of 6.00pm – 11.00pm, 7days a week on a rota, 365 days of the year (work hours will be 3.00 – 11.00pm).
We are looking for someone who has solid experience in the mental health field as well as the ability to work well within a team, has clear professional boundaries and able to input into the development and growth of the service.
Mind in Croydon is an equal opportunities employer. No job applicant or employee will be discriminated against on the grounds of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex or sexual orientation.
We encourage applications from those with Lived Experience.
Recovery Space Worker – Job Description
To apply please send your CV and a Covering Letter to hr@mindincroydon.org.uk explaining:
- Why would you like to apply for this role?
- How your skills and experience relate to the competencies in the Person Specification of the job description?
- What value you can add to the service?
Closing date for applications is 31st January 2024
We will be actively interviewing as applications come in.
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