Mental Health Support Worker

Mental Health Support Worker

Worcestershire (Worcester & Kidderminster)

Fixed Term Post (6 months), Full Time (37.5 hpw)

Pay £12 per hour (£23,464 per annum)and great benefits including Health Cash Plan

Home, a place where you belong

Want to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customers life for the better? As our Support Worker, youll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex Mental Health needs to develop their skills to live more independently in the community. Youll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!

Typical day as our Support Worker

• Assisting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans.
• Working with a with a Mental Health Diagnosis.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews.
• Cuppas, chats and catch ups. Theres no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to work together with colleagues too.

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? Youll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!

You bring

• Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail
• Experience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children
• The ability to workon your own initiative, remaincalm under pressure and havea resilient approach
• Recognise every customer is different and youre able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
• To get from A to B, youll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that well pay your mileage!

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to?external?candidates for this role. This remains under regular review

Our team

Youll join Katie our manager, and our wider Worcestershireteam, were super passionate about what we do! Katie can often be found getting stuck into DIY projects. Were really proud of developing the service to being 1 of only 2 providers within Worcestershire who provide Mental Health Support to customers who live within their own homes. Were a supportive bunch and like to get together socially on a regular basis.

Job details

• Youll join the team working on a rota basis covering across the Worcestershire service where required. This could range from working within one of our 24/7 Supported Accommodation Services to working out and about within our Community Properties or within our customers own homes. Although youll have a base, youll be required to work across the service as and when needed to meet the needs of our customers.
• Although youll lone work, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
• As its a service and community-based role youll often be out and about in various locations such as supporting customers to attend their volunteering placements at local allotments or completing their weekly shop in Tesco. No two days are the same here!
• Youre able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• Youll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

A place where you belong

Great things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best.Together we make Home Group a great place to work!

Whats in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a me day to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. Well cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when youre ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, thats why were the10^thBest place in the UK for Wellbeing. Ourtools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more aboutourbenefitson our website.

Find out more

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Posted Date: 9/20/2024