Tina's story
Tina accessed NHS Talking Therapies’ employment service after experiencing stress and burnout at work. She describes the support she received as ‘life-changing’.
Read more about Tina's storyWorking at Solent Mind will give you a friendly and flexible working environment, excellent benefits, training opportunities and above all: a place where you can use your lived experiences to really make a difference.
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Here are just some of the benefits you can expect as a Solent Mind employee:
25 days annual leave rising incrementally to 30 days per year for staff on permanent full time or part time contracts and pro-rata for part time staff. 1 day off for your birthday (celebration day) and 2 wellbeing days per year (pro-rata for part time employees).
The benefit of enhanced maternity, paternity, adoption and shared parental leave payments: 6 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption and 4 weeks full pay for paternity.
Vivup’s Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) offers 24/7 support, including access to 6 counselling sessions per issue, with counsellors available 7 days a week from 8am–8pm. The Your Care wellbeing platform also provides wellbeing resources including blogs, videos and CBT workbooks and allows you to set personal goals and complete health assessments.
You’ll be able to speak to a doctor online or by phone within 48 hours for advice, reassurance, and even private prescriptions if needed.
A Specsavers voucher for a full eye test and help towards the cost of glasses specifically for VDU use or a financial contribution towards an eye test and the cost of glasses specifically for VDU use with your existing eye test provider.
Option to join a health cash plan (employee-funded), starting from just £5.98/month.
An interest-free season ticket loan for travel to work and access to a Cycle to Work Scheme, open to all members of staff after completing three months service.
Enjoy 10% staff discount at Mayfield Garden Centre.
Lifestyles and electronics discounts via Vivup.
Blue Light Card membership discount.
We offer flexible working to promote a healthy work life balance.
Possibility to have a salary exchange in our pension programme. Statutory 3% employer contribution and 5% employee. Being a member of the pension scheme also gives you 1 x salary in death-in-service benefit.
A dedicated learning and development budget that supports the training of our staff; covering both current role requirements and future development needs identified through appraisals and supervisions.
Join working groups across the organisation and share your experiences, passions and contribute to our policies and strategies, from Equality and Diversity to Environmental and green issues.
Become part of a friendly, welcoming and understanding team where you can truly bring your whole self to work, mental health challenges included.
We encourage all staff to share their experiences if they want to, as we start conversations and challenge the stigma associated with mental illness. You don't have to share anything if you don't want to, but if you do, we can give you the platform and support to share your story.
See below the list of our current vacancies.
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Role Details:
About the role
You will provide strategic and operational leadership for Dorset Mind’s services across Dorset, ensuring that services are safe, high quality, cohesive, person-centred and well embedded in the communities they serve.
You will lead the development of a strong Dorset locality offer, with a particular focus on service quality, performance, integration, stakeholder confidence and commissioner relationships. You will ensure services meet contractual expectations, demonstrate impact, respond to local need and contribute to Dorset Mind’s wider strategic aims.
You will have a central role in building trusted relationships with commissioners, statutory partners, voluntary and community sector organisations, people who use services, carers, staff and volunteers. You will also act as a senior ambassador for Dorset Mind, ensuring the organisation is visible, credible and recognised as a high quality partner in the local mental health system.
About you
We are looking for an experienced senior leader with a strong track record of leading and developing high-quality services within health, social care, mental health, public health or the voluntary sector. You bring both strategic vision and operational expertise, with the ability to lead complex services, drive continuous improvement and ensure excellent outcomes for the people and communities you serve.
You will have experience of managing service performance, quality, budgets and teams while building trusted relationships with commissioners, funders and partner organisations.
You will be an inspiring and inclusive people leader, able to motivate, support and develop managers and teams to deliver their best. You are comfortable balancing strategic thinking with hands-on operational oversight, using data, insight and feedback to improve services, demonstrate impact and inform decision-making.
A skilled communicator and relationship builder, you will be confident representing Dorset Mind with a wide range of stakeholders, influencing across systems and developing effective partnerships that improve outcomes for local people. You will have a strong understanding of community-based mental health services, safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion, and the wider factors that affect mental health and wellbeing.
Most importantly, you will share Dorset Mind's commitment to delivering person-centred services, championing the voice of people with lived experience and making a meaningful difference to mental health and wellbeing across Dorset
About us
Dorset Mind and Solent Mind are mental health charities in Hampshire and Dorset. They are part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind. We are working closely together with a view to a full merger in the near future.
For further details on this role please email:
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment at interview and you will need to provide proof of your right to work in the UK before you start your employment.
Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a relevant Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below to see the full details and apply for this role through our recruitment portal.
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Role Details:
About the role
Solent Mind is a partner in the Primary Level Mental Health Service, supporting the three GP practices in the city of Winchester (St Clements, Friarsgate and St Pauls) and in Winchester Rural North and South. We offer an enhanced service to patients with a range of mental health issues through a collaborative and integrative approach.
This service has been developed to enhance the mental health care which the GP’s are able to offer their patients through a collaborative and integrative approach across the three practices and associated services.
About you
We are looking for someone with experience of supervising a team of staff and of working with people who may be vulnerable with diverse and complex needs. You will understand the impact of mental health issues on individuals and communities and awareness of safeguarding, equality, diversity and inclusion issues.
You will have excellent communication skills both verbal and written and experience of working with IT systems including Customer Relationship Management Systems.
We require you to have the ability to problem solve and to introduce and embed new ways of working. Teamwork is essential in this role, working as line manager for your team and also within Solent Mind as a whole.
About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind. Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.
For further details on this role please email:
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment at interview and you will need to provide proof of your right to work in the UK before you start your employment.
Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a relevant Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below to see the full details and apply for this role through our recruitment portal.
You will need to create an account if this is your first time applying for a role with us. We recommend using a browser for this if you can.
Role Details:
About the role
Solent Mind delivers Wellbeing services across Hampshire, including Eastleigh, Winchester, Fareham and Gosport and the New Forest. This post is based in the Eastleigh locality. The Wellbeing services provide a range of support, including one to ones, courses and workshops delivered both within the centres and via digital platforms.
The Senior Wellbeing Advisor will support clients through one-to-one assessments, facilitating educational courses and social/activity groups, with the aim of enabling people to achieve their goals in a person-centred and inclusive approach.
About you
You will have experience working with vulnerable people with diverse needs, and experience delivering courses/ group sessions.
You will have a good communication, teamwork and IT skills.
Please demonstrate in your supporting statement how you meet the essential requirements from the person specification.
About us
Solent Mind is the largest mental health charity in Hampshire. It is part of a network of 125 local Minds in England and Wales, which are independent charities affiliated to Mind. Solent Mind has its own board of trustees and raises its own funds to deliver its services, support and training tailored to the needs of people living in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth, and the Isle of Wight. Solent Mind has a gold award for Workplace Wellbeing Index 2022/2023 and has signed up to be a Mindful Employer.
For further details on this role please email:
NOTE TO APPLICANTS - You will be asked about gaps in your employment at interview and you will need to provide proof of your right to work in the UK before you start your employment.
Unfortunately, we cannot sponsor this role as we do not hold a sponsorship licence. Any offer for this role will be subject to a relevant Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check and receiving your references.
We welcome people from all the communities we work in to apply for a role within Solent Mind, especially those with experience of mental health problems. Offers are made based on merit.
Please submit your application as early as possible, as we may close this advert before the advertised closing date.
HOW TO APPLY:
Please click on the ‘Apply Now’ button below to see the full details and apply for this role through our recruitment portal.
You will need to create an account if this is your first time applying for a role with us. We recommend using a browser for this if you can.
Sue's experiences of accessing mental health services has empowered her to give help and hope to others through Peer Support.
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Tina accessed NHS Talking Therapies’ employment service after experiencing stress and burnout at work. She describes the support she received as ‘life-changing’.
Read more about Tina's story