Consumer roles
Sometimes people are attracted to careers in the sector because they have experienced mental health and/or addiction problems themselves, or they have known someone who has experienced a mental illness. Personal experience of mental illness or addiction brings a greater understanding and empathy for mental health service users and can be a desirable, and sometimes essential, criterion within mental health job descriptions.
We have included links to roles below and profiles for two workers who are using their personal experience of mental illness postively in the sector.