🧾 About Kevin

Founder | Recovery and Work Support Specialist | Lived Experience Practitioner

I’m Kevin, founder of Mind on Side — a support service built on lived experience, honesty, and real recovery.

I know first-hand how hard it is to rebuild your life after addiction. The mental battles don’t end when the using stops — they just change. Getting back into work, dealing with anxiety, finding routine, and facing stigma can feel overwhelming. That’s why I created this service.

As a Recovery and Work Support Specialist, I work with people who are navigating addiction recovery or mental health challenges and are either:

  • in work and struggling to stay well

  • looking to return to work

  • or preparing to take that first step

Through Mind on Side, I offer trauma-aware, person-centred coaching funded through Access to Work. That means my clients can get practical, emotional support — like building routines, managing triggers, handling interviews, or adjusting to the workplace — without needing to pay privately.

I don’t just bring qualifications — I bring experience. I’ve been through this myself. I support people with no judgment, no pressure, and no pretence — just steady, consistent help that works in the real world.

Getting Support Through Access to Work

If you’re in recovery, living with a mental health condition, or managing ongoing challenges that affect your work — you may be entitled to fully funded support through the UK government’s Access to Work scheme.

✅ What Is Access to Work?

Access to Work is a government-funded programme that pays for extra support if you have a physical or mental health condition, or you’re in addiction recovery, and it affects your ability to work or stay in work.

💷 How Much Funding Is Available?

Access to Work can fund up to £66,000 per year (2024/25 figures) to cover practical or emotional support — including 1:1 coaching, workplace support, and tools that help you succeed in your job or move toward employment.

🆓 Will It Affect My Benefits or Wages?

No.
This is NOT a loan.
You don’t have to pay it back.
It does NOT affect your benefits or Universal Credit.
It’s separate from any other support you receive.

✅ It’s free help, funded directly by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP).

🤝 How Mind on Side Can Help

Mind on Side is an Access to Work-approved support provider.
I’ll help you:

  • Apply

  • Explain your situation

  • Complete the paperwork

  • Deliver the weekly support once approved

Everything is recovery-aware, trauma-informed, and designed around you.

✨ A Win-Win Opportunity

If you're eligible, this support costs you nothing.
It’s safe, confidential, and designed to help you succeed.

I’ve been through this journey myself — and I can guide you every step of the way.

📞 Let’s Talk

Email: info@mindonside.com
To ask a question, start an application, or talk things through.