Female Support Worker (Mental Health)

Choice Support; Gravesend; Sur place; GBP 19 000 - 23 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Choice Support in Gravesend is seeking Female Support Workers for our Mental Health service. The role involves helping residents with day-to-day living and developing independent living skills while following individual support plans.

Full-time shifts 7am-3pm and 2pm-10pm, 39 hours per week; no personal care required. DBS checks and safeguarding steps apply; genuine occupation requirement for female applicants.

Qualifications

• Basic IT skills are required.
• Patient and have good listening and communication skills.
• You will be caring, patient, respectful and compassionate.

Responsabilités

• Assist residents with day-to-day tasks to promote independence.
• Support with personal hygiene, meals, exercise, leisure activities and socialising.
• Follow individual support plans to meet needs and aspirations.
• Help residents with everyday tasks such as attending town trips and managing finances.

Connaissances

Basic IT skills

Communication skills

Active listening

Patience

Empathy

Description du poste

We are seeking Female Support Workers for our Mental Health service in the heart of Gravesand.

About the role:

The service is a 4 bed shared house and as a Mental Health Support Worker you will be assisting the people we support with their day to day lives. Each day is different which will give you variety at work – one day you might be supporting a them to town to do a spot of window shopping and to grab a cup of tea and a slice of cake and then next day you might be supporting them sort out their finances.

We will train you to provide personalised support and follow individual support plans to meet the needs and aspirations of each person. The focus is developing independent living skills: personal hygiene, meal preparation, exercise, leisure activities, socialising – the daily routine of regular life. No personal care required.

You will be helping to make a real difference to people’s lives by supporting with everyday tasks to promote independence.

Hours:

Full time 39 hours per week.

7am-3pm

2pm-10pm

Location:

This service is located in the heart of Gravesand. The service is situated a 5 minute walk from Gravesand train station and 5 minute walk from the bus station. There is also free off street parking available.

About you:

Basic IT skills are required. Previous experience working in this environment would be preferred. You must be patient and have a good listening and communication skills. You will need to be caring, patient, respectful and compassionate and be able to work well under pressure.

The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion about working within this sector, looking to make a difference to the people we support and will be looking for a challenging but rewarding role.

Genuine occupation requirement for female only applicants.

To keep the people we support safe, we follow safer recruitment steps. This includes DBS checks, reference checks and reviewing your work history.

Choice Support is Disability Confident which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview.