Mental Health Recovery Worker

BHT Sussex is looking for a Mental Health Recovery Worker (akin to a Support Worker job title) to join our team at Archway, Sackville Gardens 24hr residential care services for adults with mental health support needs.

Archway is regulated by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) and have a rating of ‘Outstanding’

A quote from an Archway client:

“Archway has changed my life for the better. Being at Archway has made me more confident, aware of my own circumstances and helped me move away from a bad time”

Position: Mental Health Recovery Worker

Location: Hove, Sackville Gardens

Salary: £25,815 (Includes £1,294 Antisocial hours enhancement and £9.39 hourly sleep-in night rate)

Hours: 37 hours (average) per week over a 2-week rolling rota, including fortnightly weekends

Contract: Permanent

Closing Date: 27th October 2025

Interview Date: 14 November 2025

About the Archway Service:

*This role being advertised is to work at the Sackville Gardens sites*

Archway is comprised of three 24hr residential care homes in Hove for those with mental health care and support needs:

57 Sackville Gardens (Step-Down) is a 5-bed service providing short-term (up to 16 weeks), intensive support for people who are medically fit to leave hospital and need support to develop their independence to move into longer-term accommodation.

59 Sackville Gardens is a 5-bed service next door to Step-Down providing long term placements for people requiring 24-hour residential care and support with the aim of helping clients move on to less supported accommodation.

9 Portland Road is a 9-bed service providing long term placements for people requiring 24-hour residential care and support with the aim of helping clients move on to less supported accommodation.

The service is overseen by an Operational Manager with a Deputy Manager for the two Sackville Gardens properties and a Deputy Manager for the Portland Road property. There is out of hours on call support and advice for evening and weekends.

Archway is a residential service offering 24-hour support for those with mental health care and support needs. The service provides holistic person centred and recovery focused care, which encourages independence by focusing on clients’ strengths and goals. We work closely with Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust adult community mental health services to meet the needs of clients. We help bridge the gap between hospital and the community by encouraging people to develop a greater understanding of what keeps them well, safe and motivated, and we value collaborative working and co-production. The support the service offers to clients includes 1:1 support via a keyworker and team support, medication administration, the provision of food and meal support, wellbeing activities, and support to identify future accommodation opportunities.

As a service we are passionate about providing safe and homely accommodation with care and support to help empower clients to better manage their mental health and wellbeing and live enriching and meaningful lives.

About the Role:

As a Mental Health Recovery Worker, you will be working for a people-led organisation whose mission and values are to inspire change across Sussex.

Mental health Recovery Workers provide practical and emotional support in a range of areas to assist clients to develop confidence and life skills to live independently. You will ensure the day-to-day running of the service is carried out efficiently and effectively. This will involve providing support to develop client’s daily living skills, assist clients to grow in confidence and independence, help to identify suitable future accommodation options and move on plans, and dispense medications and monitor the self-administration of those clients who able to manage their own medications.

You will provide person-centred and holistic support to clients with mental health care and support needs. You will develop professional relationships based on trust and accountability that enable clients to identify and achieve their personal goals and develop skills for more independent living.

You will receive training to develop your skills and knowledge every year to aid your development and form part of a collaborative and considerate team.

This role will have a combination of early (9-5pm) and late shifts (12-8pm) and one sleeping night shift (4-10pm, sleep, 8-10am) over a two-week rolling rota, with alternate weekends (Sat and Sun) off. The service is staffed 24 hours a day with a mixture of team working and lone working. Sleeping night shifts are for emergency support only, therefor interruptions to sleep are ordinarily irregular. There is a Deputy Manager based on-site Mon-Fri and an Operational Manager that works across sites. There is on call advice and support during the evenings and weekends.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build positive, trusting relationships with clients and carry out key working responsibilities for an allocated caseload.
• Support clients using trauma-informed, recovery-focused, and person-centred approaches to understand their mental health and identify actions that promote and sustain wellbeing.
• Use person-centred, recovery-focused, and trauma-informed approaches to support clients in developing coping strategies, building independence, and engaging with the community.
• Assist clients in developing essential life skills such as self-care, cleaning, shopping, and cooking.
• Collaborate with key clients to develop person-centred support plans that identify individual, recovery-focused goals, drawing on personal strengths, resources, and available support.
• Create and update risk management and safety plans that promote autonomy and self-help, while outlining wider support and contingency measures to minimise risks.
• Assist clients in developing and implementing a move-on plan that supports their transition to accommodation suited to their individual needs.

• Assist in the efficient domestic running of the project, including health and safety, meal provision, and the provision of safe and homely environments.
• Promote client engagement and co-production.
• Participate in a rota including daytime, night-time sleeping hours, weekends, and bank holidays.

• Contribute to the ongoing development and improvement of service delivery using a psychologically informed framework.

Person Specification:

To be successful in the role of Mental health recovery Worker you will need to have great communication skills and be committed to the values of BHT Sussex. Some of the key skills and experience you will need to bring with you include:

• Experience providing emotional and practical support for vulnerable adults who have complex mental health needs.

• Ability to deliver person-centred and co-produced support and risk management planning.
• An understanding of housing management and health & safety within a residential setting.

• A commitment to empowering clients and promoting their choice and independence

Rota and shift work:

The position is based on a two-week rolling rota with fortnightly weekend working which would be discussed during interview stage.

Shifts times:

Early: 09:00-17:00

Late: 12.00-20.00

Night shift: Awake 16:00-22:00. Sleeping: 22:00-08:00. Awake for 08:00-22:00. Total shift 18hours

In return:

In recognition of our commitment to staff, BHT Sussex has been awarded Gold Accreditation from Investors in People. We are also signed up to the Disability Confident employer scheme and have made the Mental Health at Work commitment.

You will also receive a fantastic benefits package including:

• 5.5% stakeholder pension scheme and life assurance scheme
• Medical cash plan with Medicash
• Access to BHT Sussex Learning & Development
• Free and confidential employee assistance helpline for both personal and work-related concerns
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Free new starter 28-day Network Saver Brighton bus pass
• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days per annum pro rata, rising 1 day for each year of service to a maximum of 32 days pro rata
• The opportunity to participate in well-being and fundraising activities throughout the year

BHT Sussex is an equal opportunities employer using a fair and open recruitment process that fully complies with the requirements of the Equality Act 2010. We are committed to encouraging equality, equity, inclusion, and diversity within the workplace. As an employer we are committed to promoting and supporting our people’s social, physical and psychological health at work. Please let us know if you require any special arrangements or reasonable adjustments if called for interview. BHT Sussex welcomes applications from individuals with lived experience.

BHT Sussex reserves the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applicants for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.

An Enhanced with Adults DBS Check (Disclosure and Barring Service) is required on all successful applicants as a condition of employment for this post.

You may also be interested in this role if you have experience in the areas such as Residential Care Work, Counselling, Therapy, Support Worker, Mental Health, Mental Health Support Worker, Housing Worker, Housing, Support Worker, Recovery Worker, Care Worker, Social Housing, Caseworker, Outreach.