Community Support Worker

Creative Support; Bradford; On-site; GBP 10,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A mental health support organization in Bradford is seeking a Support Worker to engage with service users and provide practical and emotional support. The role involves visiting users in their homes and assisting with daily tasks to promote independence. Ideal candidates will have interpersonal skills and a willingness to support individuals with mental health needs. This position offers a dynamic work environment and opportunities for career progression.

Benefits

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

Company paid enhanced DBS

Qualifications

• Experience in the care and support sector preferred.
• Good verbal and written communication skills are necessary.
• Flexibility in working hours is appreciated.

Responsibilities

• Visit service users to offer practical and emotional support.
• Assist with housing benefit forms and other administrative tasks.
• Support service users with financial setups like bank accounts.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Motivating people

Listening skills

Communication skills

Proactive attitude

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 offer 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.

We have a range of services including a mental health city wide Floating support team, accommodation-based services for people with mental health issues and new to open autism services.

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 Skills

• Excellent interpersonal skills; supportive, proactive, responsible, good at motivating people and listening to others.
• 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, 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 can be flexible around working hours; it is a large team and we are looking for a diverse range of skills.

Development and Values

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.

How to Apply and Reference

Vacancy Reference Number: 86746

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

Benefits

• Probationary bonus
• Pension contributions
• 28 days Annual Leave
• Company paid enhanced DBS

Equal Opportunity and Eligibility

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