Mental Health Support Worker Care Assistant

First Option Healthcare Ltd; Battyeford; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Weekly payments

Referral fee bonus

Up to 3 months rolling rota

Job summary

First Option Healthcare is seeking compassionate Crisis Support Workers to provide one-on-one care in regulated and unregulated environments. You will respond to crises, de-escalate situations, and support adults and adolescents with mental health challenges, eating disorders, and related conditions.

The role involves working across homes, schools, hospitals, and community centres, with a focus on safety, rapport-building, and collaboration with clinical teams.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 months experience with adults or adolescents in mental health-related settings.
• Experience with eating disorders, learning disabilities, or substance misuse preferred.

Responsibilities

• Respond to psychological or emotional crises in adults and adolescents using de-escalation.
• Provide in-person crisis support in homes, schools, hospitals, or community settings.
• Establish rapport with clients and families to assess risk and ensure safety.
• Collaborate with clinical leads and multidisciplinary teams and document changes in condition or behaviour.
• Work with professionals such as schools and psychotherapy teams.
• Maintain strong report-writing and safeguarding knowledge with daily records.

Skills

De-escalation techniques

Crisis response

Report writing

Compassionate care

Job description

Mental Health Support Worker Care Assistant

Kitson Hill

West Yorkshire

GB

WF14 9

Any

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