Community Support Worker

Creative Support; Bradford; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A dynamic mental health organization in Bradford is seeking a Support Worker to join their team. The role involves engaging with service users, providing practical support, and building therapeutic relationships to aid mental health recovery. Candidates must possess strong interpersonal skills, be flexible, and ideally have a driver's license. This position offers a supportive work environment and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Development Pathway for career progression

Qualifications

• Experience in care and support sector preferred, but motivation and drive to help mental health needs are also valued.
• Must be a car driver for home visits.
• No personal care involved in this role.

Responsibilities

• Visit service users in their homes to provide practical and emotional support.
• Help service users complete housing benefit forms or assist in financial tasks.
• Support individuals to live independently in line with their support plans.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Supportive and proactive attitude

Good verbal and written communication

Flexibility

Job description

Overview

We are interested in welcoming new staff into our busy and dynamic mental health team. We work across Bradford in four local teams ensuring staff offers positive mental health recovery support and housing related support in a personalised way. The successful candidate will engage with service users and build trusting therapeutic relationships.

Responsibilities

The role of a support worker includes visiting service users in their own homes or in other settings and offering practical support to enable them to live independently whilst offering emotional support in accordance with their individual support plans.

Your role is varied from day-to-day, for example one day you could be helping a service user to complete a housing benefit form or assist an anxious service user to visit the supermarket; the next day you could be assisting someone to set up a bank account or direct debit to pay their utility bills.

Qualifications and Preferences

If you have excellent interpersonal skills and is supportive, proactive, responsible, good at motivating people and listening to others then we would like to hear from you.

Experience of working in the care and support sector is preferred; however, if you are looking to join the health and social care sector but also share our drive, values and passion for helping people with mental health needs, then we would also like to hear from you.

This role does not involve delivering personal care. It is beneficial if you are a car driver. You must have good verbal and written communication skills. We appreciate flexibility from all our staff and hence we also can be flexible around working hours, it is a large team and we are looking for a diverse range of skills.

Benefits

Benefits of working with Creative Support include a probationary bonus, pension contributions, 28 days Annual Leave and company paid enhanced DBS.

Creative Support’s Development Pathway offers a structured induction and values-led training to help staff grow from entry-level to leadership roles. It empowers career progression through tailored learning aligned with national strategies and the WE CARE framework.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization – Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received Investors in People Gold awarded.

Application

Vacancy Reference Number: 86984
Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number

Applications are reviewed as they are received, we do not provide feedback for unsuccessful applications. We can only accept applications from candidates who are located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme, and we are unable to accept applicants with Skilled Worker Visas.