Mental Health Support Worker

United Response; Greater London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A charity organization is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Support Worker in Whitton. The role involves empowering individuals facing mental health challenges and assisting them with day-to-day routines. Candidates should have compassion and ideally, experience in mental health support. This position offers benefits like enhanced sick pay, paid training, and a travel scheme.

Benefits

Enhanced company sick and maternity/paternity pay

2 wellbeing days per year

Access to Blue Light Discount Card

Fully paid training

Generous annual leave allowance

Workplace pension scheme

Qualifications

• At least one year’s experience of supporting individuals with mental health needs or similar experience.
• Ability to work on a rota basis delivering shifts between 0700-2200 and sleep-ins (2200-0700).

Responsibilities

• Empower individuals to live their lives how they want.
• Build relationships with the people you'll be supporting.
• Assist with day-to-day routines in line with personal support plans.

Skills

Empathy

Compassion

Experience with mental health

Job description

Role: Mental Health Support Worker

Salary: £13.65 per hour

Location: Whitton

Hours: Full time

Are you ready to have a meaningful impact on someone's life?

Are you compassionate to others?

Are you dedicated to making a difference? Then we want to hear from you.

Our support workers are the heart of everything we do. We want you to empower the people we support to live their lives how they want to, whether that’s travelling the world or spending time in their local park! All we ask is that you have the commitment and drive to encourage and guide the people we support to make this happen.

This position is all about building relationships with the people you will be supporting while helping them with their day-to-day routine in line with their personal support plans such as dressing, personal care, finances, medication, attending any appointments along with employment, Volunteering and hobbies.

Who will you be supporting?

United Response is looking for empathetic and compassionate individuals, experienced in mental health support, to join our team in Whitton as a Support Worker.

You will be working in our exciting, new, mental health service consisting of a block of 7 self-contained flats, with a small communal space. Our support team will be providing 24-hour support to the seven individuals living in the block of flats, who experience mental health challenges.

We are seeking to recruit a dedicated, experienced team who will be working alongside our existing staff.

You should ideally have at least one year’s experience of supporting individuals with mental health needs, or similar experience derived from other health support services.

Support shifts are delivered on a rota basis with daytime hours between 0700-2200 and sleep‑ins (2200-0700).

In return, we will help you build a rewarding career along with the following benefits:

• Enhanced company sick and maternity/paternity pay
• Time and half for bank holiday working
• Your wellbeing matters to us, so we provide 2 wellbeing days per year
• Access to Blue Light Discount Card and Costco membership*
• Access to free occupational health, physiotherapy, counselling, wellbeing and advice services
• Fully paid training and access to nationally recognised qualifications/apprenticeships
• Generous annual leave allowance, so you can balance your work and personal life.
• Our UR STARS recognition program rewards for individuals and teams who go above and beyond.
• Work place pension scheme
• Long service awards recognising loyalty to the people we support and the organisation
• Travel to work scheme (season ticket loan)
• Access to an online shopping platform with discounts from over 3,500 retailers

We reserve the right to close this vacancy early.

United Response is not just a social care provider – we're a well-respected charity dedicated to championing the rights of people with learning disabilities, autistic people and those with mental health needs. Our mission is to empower these individuals to live, work, and actively participate in their communities, free from discrimination and unnecessary obstacles. In everything we do, we strive to be Creative, Strong, Honest, Responsive, and United.

United Responses’ culture of inclusion, and our focus on health and wellbeing and working models helps ensure that everyone, regardless of background, feels included and can be the best they can be. We will treat everyone with dignity and respect and we want to recognise all parts of a person's identity. We believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our organisation and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realise their full potential.

United Response is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to the Mindful Employer values and are a Disability Confident Leader, providing support to applicants with mental and or physical disabilities including guaranteeing an interview for disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria.