Recovery mentor for the Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Helsingør

Do you have personal experience with mental illness and recovery? And would you like to use your experiences to support other people in their recovery process and the path to a meaningful daily life?

We are seeking an engaged recovery mentor for our F-ACT team Helsingør. Can you see yourself in a part-time position and are you motivated to help others in their recovery process – then we would very much like to hear from you!

Your role and tasks

You must be involved in strengthening the individual's recovery process and contribute to the process.

Your tasks are to

• ”Build a bridge” between the treatment site, the local community and the individual
• Support and motivate patients by e.g. being available for spontaneous conversations
• Use and share relevant experiences from your own illness and recovery journey
• Be responsible for planning and participating in group treatment with your colleague
• Plan, facilitate and participate in conversations with patients and relatives with focus on hope and possibilities for the future
• Actively participate in the interdisciplinary work in your team, e.g. at team meetings and conferences

You will work in an interdisciplinary environment together with among others doctors, nurses, psychologists, secretaries, recovery mentors and social worker.

Our work with F-ACT

The Psychiatric Outpatient Clinic in Helsingør consists of 2 F-ACT teams and a residential care team, which deliver flexible outreach and outreach treatment to patients who need an interdisciplinary treatment offer. There is a relaxed and informal tone in the department. Our daily life is characterized by collaboration, dynamism and job satisfaction.

The outpatient clinic is part of Psychiatric Center North Zealand, located at 3 addresses in respectively Hillerød, Frederikssund and Helsingør with almost 20 departments and specialized outpatient units.

We offer

• Opportunity to gain knowledge, insight and experiences with the F-ACT method
• The employment automatically gives access to the mandatory peer training in Region Hovedstaden Psychiatry (RHP)
• An individually tailored introduction program with structured introduction and training to ensure you get off to a good start
• Supervision in the department and with the other recovery mentors in RHP

Who are you?

There are no specific professional qualifications required, but rather relevant personal competences and maturity. You have your own experiences with mental illness. You have or have had a psychiatric diagnosis, and you have been affiliated with hospital psychiatry, preferably both in inpatient and outpatient treatment.

In addition, you have your own experiences with and knowledge about mental difficulties, rehabilitation and recovery from a mental illness. You have been engaged in your recovery process in a way where you can involve and at the same time distance yourself from your own lived experiences, and you are able to assess in which situations involving your own experiences can be beneficial for others.

We expect that you

• have an validating approach to other people
• are able to create and maintain developing relationships
• are responsible and conscientious
• are engaged and innovative
• have good collaboration skills, can participate in interdisciplinary team collaboration and contribute with your own perspective

In order to be considered for the job, you must have your own car, as part of the work takes place in patients' homes.

Salary and terms

The position is 20 hours per week during daytime. We want you to start on December 1, 2026 or as soon as possible after agreement.

You will be employed under the “Protocol on employees employed based on patient and user experience”, under the collective agreement for social and health care personnel. You are during employment covered by the applicable working hours rules established between the Regions' Salary and Tariff Board and FOA.

Want to know more?

If you want to know more about the position or the team, you are very welcome to contact team coordinator Eva Hvolby at tel. 29 77 92 76 or email: [email protected] .

Chief Nurse Janny Sørensen, email [email protected]

You can also read and hear more about Psychiatric Center North Zealand on www.psykiatri-regionh.dk or Region Hovedstadens Psychiatry as a workplace at "Job in Psychiatry" .

Ready to apply?

Send your application and CV via the link on the page no later than October 19, 2026. We look forward to reading your application and expect to conduct interviews on Wednesday October 28, 2026.