Mental Health Support Worker Care Assistant

Mental Health Support Worker Care Assistant

2026-09-24T09:52:10

Wakefield

West Yorkshire

GB

WF1 3

Full Time

2026-10-22T12:24:21.013

20

30

Job Description

Are you looking for the next step in your Health Care journey? First Option Healthcare is currently recruiting for a compassionate & proactive Crisis Support Workers to join the rapidly growing team! Here at FOH we have got a great opportunity to work one on one with patients in regulated and unregulated environments. We are looking for Support Workers with minimum of 6 months experience working with adults or adolescents with the following:

• Eating Disorders


• Learning Disabilities


• Mental Health


• CSE


• Drug and Alcohol Abuse

Benefits

• Weekly payments


• Referral fee bonus


• Up to 3 months rolling rota

Duties and responsibilities

• Responding to psychological or emotional crisis in adults and adolescents, utilising de-escalation techniques and intervention strategies.


• Providing in-person crisis support in various settings, including homes, schools, hospitals, or community centres, fostering placements and unregulated settings.


• Establishing rapport and trust with clients and their families to assess risk, stabilise crisis situations, and ensure immediate safety and emotional support.


• Collaborating with clinical leads and multidisciplinary teams to ensure intervention plans are appropriate, with timely documentation and escalation of any changes in client condition or behaviour.


• Working with professionals such as schools, young offending and psychotherapy.


• Strong report-writing skills, with the ability to produce accurate daily records, clearly document exceptions and incidents, and demonstrate sound safeguarding knowledge and experience.

Unfortunately, we do not offer sponsorship for overseas candidates. INDESS

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Job Description: Are you looking for the next step in your Health Care journey? First Option Healthcare is currently recruiting for a compassionate & proactive Crisis Support Workers to join the rapidly growing team! Here at FOH we have got a great opportunity to work one on one with patients in regulated and unregulated environments. We are looking for Support Workers with minimum of 6 months experience working with adults or adolescents with the following: Eating Disorders Learning Disabilities Mental Health CSE Drug and Alcohol AbuseBenefits: Weekly payments Referral fee bonus Up to 3 months rolling rotaDuties and responsibilities: Responding to psychological or emotional crisis in adults and adolescents, utilising de-escalation techniques and intervention strategies. Providing in-person crisis support in various settings, including homes, schools, hospitals, or community centres, fostering placements and unregulated settings. Establishing rapport and trust with clients and their
families to assess risk, stabilise crisis situations, and ensure immediate safety and emotional support. Collaborating with clinical leads and multidisciplinary teams to ensure intervention plans are appropriate, with timely documentation and escalation of any changes in client condition or behaviour. Working with professionals such as schools, young offending and psychotherapy. Strong report-writing skills, with the ability to produce accurate daily records, clearly document exceptions and incidents, and demonstrate sound safeguarding knowledge and experience. Unfortunately, we do not offer sponsorship for overseas candidates. INDESS