Mental Health Support Worker
Home Group Limited
Mental Health Support Worker
£24960
Home Group Limited, Cherry Orchard, Worcester
- Full time
- Temporary
- Onsite working
Posted 3 weeks ago, 23 May | Get your application in now before you miss out!
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 22b2cde6d84b4945b44b0f0bf412e9a9
Full Job Description
- 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. There's no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to work together with colleagues too.
- You'll join the team working on a rota basis covering the service between 8am to 6pm, including weekends. You'll manage your own diary within this though!
- Although you'll lone work, we do get together regularly for training and team meetings.
- As it's a community-based role you'll 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!
- You're able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
- You'll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.
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 work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
- Recognise every customer is different and you're able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
- To get from A to B, you'll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we'll pay your mileage!
- 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. We'll 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 you're ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us!
- Colleagues really matters to us, that's why we're the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
- Learn more about our benefits on our website.
Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You'll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!, You'll join Sophie our manager, and our Dispersed and Outreach team, we're super passionate about what we do! Sophie can often be found planning her next trip around the world or getting stuck into DIY projects. We're 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. We're a supportive bunch and like to get together socially on a regular basis.,
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, Disability Confident
About Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
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!