Mental Health Recovery Worker (Oxford)

About the Role

• Deliver recovery activities and facilitate mental health support in indoor and outdoor spaces, for individuals and groups.
• An interest in horticulture, arts and crafts.
• Support people in setting and achieving personal goals, promoting independence and social inclusion.
• Co facilitate group sessions and goal based interventions, adapting approaches to meet diverse needs.
• Maintain compliance with safeguarding, health and safety, and information governance requirements.
• Monitor outcomes, evaluate progress, and implement improvements as needed.
• Plan and deliver structured recovery activities.
• Encourage participation and engagement, fostering a positive and inclusive environment.
• Use strengths based approaches to support mental health recovery and personal development.

What You'll Bring

• Positive attitude, resilience, and enthusiasm for Restore's mission.
• Experience in delivering group and individual support within health, social care, or related sectors.
• Strong communication, planning, and organisational skills.
• IT literacy and willingness to travel across Restore's service area.
• Experience supporting people to improve their mental health is desirable.

Skills, Knowledge, Experience and Behaviours

The most important qualities to succeed in this role will be your positive attitude, resilience and enthusiasm for the work of Restore and your team.

Essential Criteria

• Positive attitude, resilience, and enthusiasm for mental health recovery work.
• Experience in delivering group and individual support within health, social care, or related sectors.
• Good communication skills (written, verbal, motivational).
• Enthusiasm for allotment management, horticulture, arts and crafts.
• Ability to plan, prioritise, and organise work.
• IT literacy (proficient in Word, email, and data input).
• Willingness to travel within Restore's service area.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience working independently and in a team.
• Oversight of recovery plans and outcomes in health or social care settings.
• Motivational interviewing, coaching skills or qualification.
• Experience supporting people with complex and diverse needs.

All the above skills, knowledge, experience, and behaviours will be tested at application and interview.

Closing deadline: midnight Sunday19th July 2026

Interviews on will be held on Tuesday 28th July 2026