Please see the 19th edition of our Wellbeing Information & Tip sheet here. This week it has been Alcohol Awareness Week and the tips sheet provides more information about the relationship between alcohol and mental health and some tips about how to manage your wellbeing.

We hope you find one or two new ideas in this tips sheet.

We would love to hear what’s worked for you. Please e-mail us at info@mindcharity.co.uk to share your tips with us. If you are happy for us to share this information anonymously via our website and social media, please let us know in the e-mail.

Please go to this web page for other editions.

Brighton and Hove Independent Mental Health Advocate (IMHA)
£24,102 per annum,
Full Time (35 hours per week)

Mind in Brighton and Hove empowers and supports people who have experience of mental health issues in Brighton and Hove, West and East Sussex. Our Advocacy Services take action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need.

We are seeking to appoint 1 full time Advocate for the Brighton and Hove area. This role involves providing Independent Mental Health Advocacy, working within the framework of the Mental Health Act 1983 to support people to understand their rights under the Act and participate in decisions about their care and treatment across the area of Brighton and Hove. These posts require experience of managing a client case load, excellent communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a range of professionals, whilst retaining independence.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including 29 days’ leave (pro rata) per year excluding bank holidays, 3% pension contribution and access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme.

All successful applicants are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance

Full job details and application forms can be found on our website: https://www.mindcharity.co.uk/get-involved/vacancies/

Closing date:                     Midday on Monday 30^th November 2020
Interview dates:              Tuesday 8^th December and Wednesday 9^th December

Mind in Brighton and Hove is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to recruiting the best possible people to each position in our organisation and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Mind encourages applications from everyone, irrespective of age, disability (including experience of living with mental health issues), gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.

T: 01273 66 69 50
e: info@mindcharity.co.uk

Brighton and Hove Community Advocate
£24,102 per annum (pro rata £14,461).
Part time (21 hours per week)

Mind in Brighton and Hove empowers and supports people who have experience of mental health issues in Brighton and Hove, West and East Sussex. Our Advocacy Services take action to help people say what they want, secure their rights, represent their interests and obtain services they need.

We are seeking to appoint a part-time Community Advocate for the Brighton and Hove area.

Advocates are responsible for the provision of independent, professional mental health advocacy within the community. This post requires an understanding of advocacy, experience of managing a client case load, excellent communication skills and the ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with a range of professionals, whilst retaining independence.

In return, we offer a range of benefits including 29 days’ leave (pro rata) per year excluding bank holidays, 3% pension contribution and access to a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme.

All successful applicants are subject to Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) clearance

Full job details and application forms can be found on our website: https://www.mindcharity.co.uk/get-involved/vacancies/

 Closing date:                     Midday on Monday 30^th November 2020
Interview date:                Tuesday 15^th December or Wednesday 16^th December

Mind in Brighton and Hove is committed to equal opportunities and values diversity in its workforce. We are committed to recruiting the best possible people to each position in our organisation and aim to recruit a workforce that reflects the communities we serve. Mind encourages applications from everyone, irrespective of age, disability (including experience of living with mental health issues), gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership and pregnancy and maternity.

T: 01273 66 69 50
e: info@mindcharity.co.uk

Since April 2019 we have been working with staff from GP practices across the City to improve how they support young people who self- harm or experience suicidal thoughts. Over 350 children and young people fed their views into the project and as a result of this feedback action plans have been developed and are being implemented in 6 Practices across the City. Find out more about what is changing at the Pavilion Surgery as a result of this project in this case study.

The NHS in Sussex would like to know about your experiences of health and care during the COVID-19 pandemic so it can shape and inform the way services are provided in the future.

Have you been affected by delays to your care, either because your appointment or treatment was delayed or postponed or because you decided to wait until the pandemic had eased before having your treatment or appointment?  Click here to tell us about your experiences and any decisions or changes you have made as a result. (yoursaysussexhealthandcare.uk.engagementhq.com/delayed-care)

Have you made changes to your fitness and exercise during COVID? What have you stopped doing? What have you started doing? Click here to tell us about your changes (bit.ly/BDwellbeing)

Since the lockdown period due to Covid-19 began, people have made many changes to their lives and what they saw as “normal”. We would like to know more about the changes you made due to Covid-19, whether you think they are good for your wellbeing, or not.

Today is the final day of Advocacy Awareness week! We hope you’ve enjoyed our daily news items and found the materials we’ve shared interesting. In response to what our clients often ask us, we have developed a Self-Advocacy Tip Sheet. We appreciate that there is no voice that can better explain how you feel, what you think, or express your views, than your own. So our team of Advocates have collated these tips and ideas for you to use to help you feel more confident to self-advocate.

However, if you feel you do need free, independent and professional mental health advocacy support you can always refer to our Advocacy services.

Remember we are also running a campaign to get people talking about and celebrating advocacy. It would be great to hear about what advocacy means to you! We’d love to hear your examples of how advocacy has helped you, or someone you know. Tell us using the hashtag #MyVoiceHeard on twitter, or email us at info@mindcharity.co.uk. If you are happy for us to share this information anonymously via our website and social media, please let us know in the e-mail.

Click on the following links for other Advocacy Awareness Week posts:

• Empowering
• Independence
• Person Centred Approach
• Why Listening Matters