Mental Health Carers Specialist Advisor

Job description

Mental Health Carers Specialist Advisor Location: Field-based (Cornwall & Isles of Scilly) Hours: 24.5 Contract: Permanent Salary: £17,181.44 Make a difference to carers’ lives – every single day At Rethink Mental Illness, we believe everyone severely affected by mental illness deserves a better quality of life. As a Mental Health Carers Specialist Advisor, you’ll play a vital role in supporting unpaid carers — people who are often the backbone of mental health support. This is more than a job. It’s an opportunity to build meaningful relationships, empower carers, and ensure no one feels they are navigating mental health challenges alone. What you’ll be doing: You’ll provide practical and emotional support to unpaid carers supporting someone with mental illness. Using a person-centred, strengths-based approach, you’ll help carers build confidence, access the right services and improve their wellbeing. You will: You’ll also play an important role in creating a safe, inclusive and responsive service, shaped by the voices and experiences of carers. - Deliver one-to-one support, helping carers identify goals and create personalised support plans - Provide information, advice, guidance...