Part Time Community Mental Health Officer

Part Time Community Mental Health Officer

Multicultural Richmond is a unique local organisation, independent, non-political, and unaffiliated with any faith or belief system. We are dedicated to ensuring that everyone can access and appreciate the diversity of ethnic heritage in the UK. Additionally, we support individuals in the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames who have experienced racial disadvantage or have faced difficulties accessing mainstream services due to linguistic or cultural barriers.

Job Opportunity

Role:                         Part-Time Community Mental Health Officer (22.5 hrs)
Location:                  Richmond upon Thames
Employer:                 Multicultural Richmond
Salary:                      £25,146 per year

Are you energetic and passionate about Mental Health, then this is an exciting opportunity for you. Multicultural Richmond is seeking to recruit a part time mental health officer to work within the Borough of Richmond. This is an opportunity to be in the centre of change for the ethnic minority population group in the borough at the same time developing this new role within this innovative project to reduce race discrimination and inequality in mental health services.

You will have the opportunity to work collaboratively with SWL Ethnicity & Mental Health Improvement Project (EMHIP)in Wandsworth, South London ICB, SWLSTG Mental Health Trust, Voluntary Sector and London Borough of Richmond Local Authority. You will also be able to collaborate with community mental health staff to provide psychosocial interventions to enable people to live well in their communities, and access specialist support when they need it.

The position is open to all applicants. We strongly encourage individuals from ethnic minority communities represented in the borough, who are passionate about mental health and equality to apply.

This role is subject to an Enhanced DBS check.

Multicultural Richmond is an equal opportunities employer.

To apply for this role please send your CV and a covering letter of up to 2 sides of A4 telling us how you meet the Essential and Desirable criteria in section of the Job description.

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