Established in 1983, BRISTOL MISSING LINK (incorporating Next Link and Safe Link) is a leading provider of women’s support services in Bristol.
We have a rewarding opportunity available for 2 x Female* Assistant Recovery Navigators to join our Community Rehabilitation Team based at Wellbridge House.You will join us on Permanent Contract, working full time 37.5 hours per week on a rota system including some evenings and weekends and in return, you will receive a competitive salary of between £24,242 to £26,240 depending upon experience plus benefits.
In return for joining us, we will offer you:
- Up to 30 days annual leave (depending on length of service)
- 3 extra holidays including International Women’s Day
- Excellent development and training opportunities
- Employer pension contribution (minimum 5% of your gross salary)
- Mindful Employer Plus Scheme
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Health and wellbeing programme
About the role:
The Female* Assistant Recovery Navigator Role within the Community Rehabilitation Service is part of NHS Mental Health Services Partnership in Bristol. Within this Partnership is Missing Link and Second Step. You will be employed by Missing Link and operationally managed by Second Step.
The role is within a community-based service providing specialist support accommodation. The service can accommodate up to ten residents and the post holder will help to ensure that the service is warm, welcoming and safe. The service model is intentionally flexible, and you will have the opportunity to work with colleagues within the Community Spoke, delivering a high-quality recovery led service to clients.
The role and accommodation is focussed on providing support that is psychologically and trauma informed to service users struggling with their mental health. The support includes delivering effective interventions and treatments to people with long term mental health needs, their carers (including friends and relatives) and their supporters in the community. The post holder will enable clients to meet daily health, social care and wellbeing needs, which are in line with personal recovery goals, as well as facilitating engagement with mainstream services.
Key duties and responsibilities of our Female* Assistant Recovery Navigator:
- Build trusting and a collaborative relationship with the service user.
- Work closely with carers, families and other services directly involved with service users.
- Contribute towards the co-production, implementation and review of recovery plans, risk assessments and other self-management tools, in partnership with service users in line with best practice.
- Ensure that safeguarding policies and procedures are fully adhered to and that a Think Family approach is embedded within working practice.
- Assist service users to make informed decisions about their emotional wellbeing, maximising their independence and providing advocacy role where appropriate.
- Ensuring safe service delivery, safeguarding service users, carers and families.
- Work in a culturally sensitive way for all service users, tailoring the service to meet their individual needs, challenging stigma and discrimination, advocating for person if appropriate, and ensuring up-to-date community knowledge. Work with a range of needs e.g. from young people to older people, LGBT service users, disabled people and with people with a range of backgrounds and ethnicity.
This is not an exhaustive list of your duties and outlines the general ways in which it is expected you will meet the overall requirements of this post.
What we are looking for in our ideal Female* Assistant Recovery Navigator:
- Knowledge of the care and support needs of people with mental health needs.
- Some experience of working with vulnerable people either in a paid or voluntary capacity (for example, homelessness, alcohol/drug dependency, long term conditions, domestic abuse and sexual violence).
- Experience of managing competing needs and priorities.
- Knowledge of health and safety procedures.
- Knowledge of equal opportunities.
- The ability to maintain hope and optimism for the individual with high expectations for recovery.
- Manage caseload, documentation and time effectively, ensuring up to date and clear record keeping in line with policies and procedures.
How to apply
Pleasedownload the Application Pack from our website and complete the application form. Please submit your application by 9am on 1st December 2025. Please do not send CVs. Interviews will be held week commencing 8th December 2025.
Missing Link is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse, and expects all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Missing Link is committed to Equal Opportunities. *Due to the specific requirements of this role, this post is exempt under the Equality Act (2010), Part 1, Schedule 9 (Genuine Occupational Requirement.)
