Mental Health Recovery Facilitator

Mental Health Recovery Facilitator
Post no: 661
Contract: Permanent
Working base: Flitwick (HQ) MK45 & Queensway Clinic, Milton Keynes MK2
Salary: £26,600 per annum, FTE (£21,747.30 per annum actual for 30.25 hours per week)
Hours: 30.25 hours per week
Work pattern:
Monday: 9am - 3pm HQ
Tuesday: 9am – 3pm MK
Wednesday: 4pm – 10pm MK
Thursday: 9am – 3pm MK
Friday: 9am – 3pm HQ

About Us:

Mind BLMK works across our communities to support positive mental health and wellbeing. Working closely with a range of partners, we offer a number of activities from our wellbeing centres and local venues to make a difference to the mental health and wellbeing of people in Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes, and our aim is to make sure that no-one has to face a mental health problem alone.

About our Services

Our Crisis Café and Recovery Lounges are safe, non-judgmental spaces that you can come to if you would like tools and techniques to prevent your mental health worsening or you find yourself in mental health distress in the evenings.

The Crisis Recovery Service aims to support individuals to identify and resolve practical issues which are negatively impacting their mental health.

About the Role

The Mental Health Recovery Facilitator will support individuals recovering from crisis with a personalised, holistic support package designed to address their immediate mental health and wellbeing needs and support their access to wider networks in order to build long term resilience and manage their recovery.

The successful candidate will have experience working with people to improve their mental health and wellbeing, the ability to support service users to achieve positive outcomes in relation to their individual needs and wishes and have knowledge of local community activities, leisure facilities and wider services to support with issues such as unemployment, debt, caring and housing.

Entitlements/benefits:

• 25 days (pro rata) Annual Leave plus Bank Holidays (pro rata)
• Auto-enrolment NEST pension scheme (employer contributes 3%, employee contributes 5%)
• Optional Health Plan
• In-house and external Learning and Development as appropriate for the role.
• Flexible Working On request (in line with Mind BLMK policy on Right to Request Flexible Working)

If you have a passion for working in mental health and possess the required skills, we would love to hear from you.

Closedown: 5pm on Friday 1st May 2026
Please note: We reserve the right to close this advert early if enough suitable applicants apply.
Start date: ASAP

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.

Mind BLMK has been committed to the Mindful Employer charter and the Disability Confident Employer Scheme since 2008.

Please note: Mind BLMK follows Safer Recruitment practices and we are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults. Therefore all our roles are subject to an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

No agencies please.