Wellbeing Activities Worker

Wellbeing Activities Worker St Mungo’s
• Oxford, England, UK

Are you passionate about empowering people to improve their mental wellbeing and support for ongoing recovery? We have an exciting opportunity for a Wellbeing Activities Worker to join our Oxford team. This new role is all about expanding the support we offer to clients focusing on mental wellbeing and ongoing recovery.

Your work will help connect people with their communities, reduce the risk of hospital admission and rough sleeping, sustain people's tenancies and enable clients to reconnect with and explore new hobbies by providing holistic mental health and wellbeing support.

As a Wellbeing Activities Worker you will work across different settings within the community: clients’ accommodation and day centres to engage and support people experiencing homelessness.

• Design and deliver 1:1/group sessions and activities to promote good mental wellbeing such as healthy cooking, exercise, mindfulness, gardening, creative projects, volunteering and community‑based activities.
• Empower clients to access opportunities, attend appointments and build confidence, resilience and social networks.
• Collaborate with colleagues and clients on recovery plans and help set and achieve goals that improve mental wellbeing; may include identifying training, volunteering and employment opportunities.
• Manage clients’ budgets and personalisation funds and maintain accurate records such as risk assessments and case notes.
• Recruit and supervise peer volunteers and ensure client voices help shape service delivery.
• Build strong partnerships with local mental health and wellbeing services.
• Normal working hours will be Mon‑Fri onsite.

We are looking for someone who can work creatively and inspire clients to take positive steps to improve their mental wellbeing. If you bring the below we would love to hear from you:

• Experience of inspiring and empowering vulnerable people with complex needs to identify and achieve goals that aim to improve their wellbeing.
• Team working and collaboration skills to work across different services to overcome barriers for those facing multiple disadvantages.
• Understanding of homelessness and the challenges that impact engagement in wellbeing support.
• Strong communication and organisational skills with the ability to manage your time and build relationships with clients, colleagues and partners.
• Knowledge of action planning and confidence using IT systems for administration and reporting.
• Experience delivering activities in both 1:1 and group sessions.

Above all you will be passionate about helping people rebuild their lives and ready to create new opportunities that make a real difference.

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10am on 7 January 2026

20‑21 January 2026

Our purpose is to end homelessness and rebuild lives. For the past 55 years we have been on the ground every day and every night supporting people to recover from homelessness and advocating for change. We support around 28 000 people each year and our work means that more than 2 700 people have somewhere safe to stay each night.