Mental Health Navigator – Kent & Medway
Shaw Trust is proud to be a strategic partner in Mental Health Together (MHT) – a transformed, multi-agency service designed to make mental health support simpler, more joined-up, and person-centred. Our goal is to ensure people receive the right care without navigating complex service boundaries or repeating their story.
As a Mental Health Navigator, you’ll play a vital role in bridging the gap between primary care (GPs) and community mental health services. You’ll be one of the first points of contact for people accessing MHT, ensuring their experience is positive, compassionate, and tailored to their needs.
What you’ll do:
- Provide holistic, person-centred support
- Deliver trauma-informed, needs-led care
- Remove barriers to access and improve collaboration across services
- Involve service users and carers as equal partners
- Champion co-production in service design and delivery
About you:
- Significant experience in community mental health or wellbeing settings
- Skilled in supporting individuals with complex mental health needs
- Strong understanding of local services and social factors affecting mental health
- Excellent communication and teamwork skills
- Passionate about improving people’s experience of mental health services
If you’re committed to making a real difference and value partnership working, we’d love to hear from you.
This is an office-based position in Tunbridge Wells.
Please note: The successful applicant will be required to undergo and pass vetting checks prior to appointment
Employee Benefits
At Shaw Trust, you’ll not only make a positive impact on people’s lives—you’ll also enjoy a comprehensive benefits package, including:
- Generous annual leave: 25 days plus bank holidays, rising to 28 days with service, plus the option to buy extra leave.
- Paid volunteering: 2 days per year.
- Enhanced pension after 6 months and Life Assurance (3x salary).
- Learning & development: Access to apprenticeships, master’s-level qualifications, and leadership programmes.
- Health & wellbeing support: Employee Assistance Programme, health cash plan, and internal wellbeing initiatives.
- Inclusive networks: Join our diversity and peer support groups, including LGBTQ+, Racial Equality, Disability, Neurodiversity, Women’s Network, Menopause Support, and more.
Our Commitment to Inclusion
We are proud to be:
- National Equality Standard certified.
- Disability Confident Leaders, supporting guaranteed interviews and Access to Work.
- Menopause Friendly accredited, with regular peer support groups.
We welcome applications from all backgrounds, including those with lived experience of disability or social exclusion. If you have accessibility requirements or need more information, contact Resourcing@shaw-trust.org.uk.
Shaw Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy early if sufficient applications are received.
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