Mental health charity ‘sorry’ for banning job applicants who receive psychological support

Exclusive: The charity blamed the wording on ‘an administrative error’ and said it has since been withdrawn

Katy Stepanian said the charity should have known better (Supplied)

A mental health charity has “sincerely” apologised after one of its job adverts barred applicants who were receiving any kind of psychological support from applying.

In the specification section for a peer support worker role, Mental Health Matters said anyone who had “direct engagement with mental health/other secondary support services” or had done in the past two years was ineligible.

The charity – which says on its website that it has “over 35 years of experience in delivering high-quality mental health and social care services” – blamed the wording within the advert for the £22,000-a-year role on “an administrative error” and said it had been withdrawn.