Recovery Support Worker

Creative Support; Bedford; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Probationary bonus

Pension contributions

28 days annual leave

Enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support in Bedford is seeking a dedicated Support Worker to assist individuals in mental health supported housing services. You will provide recovery-focused support, promote independence, and help service users move toward more independent settings in the community.

The role emphasizes positive communication, unconditional positive regard, and the ability to work flexible shifts, including sleep-ins. Full training is provided and DBS checks are standard.

Qualifications

• Mental health background preferred.
• Can-do approach with person-centred values.
• Willing to work shift patterns including sleep-in shifts.

Responsibilities

• Develop warm and trusting relationships with service users.
• Carry out general administrative duties.
• Provide emotional support to service users.
• Visit service users in their homes or in the community.
• Medication oversight where appropriate.
• Support with daily living tasks including budgeting and tenancy maintenance.
• Communicate with family, support network and involved professionals.

Skills

Positive communication

Empathy

Community engagement

Teamwork

Job description

£12.85 per hour

Bedford, Bedfordshire

Full-Time

We are looking for respectful, warm and professional individuals to work across our mental health supported housing services in Bedford. As a keyworker, you will provide support to people through a recovery-focused approach, promoting independence and move-on to more independent settings in the community. You will have skills in positive communication and engagement, and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support.

Support Worker Duties

• Developing and sustaining warm and trusting relationships with service users,


• Carrying out general administrative duties,


• Providing emotional support to service users,


• Visiting service users in their own homes or in other settings within the community,


• Medication oversight,


• Supporting with daily living tasks, including budgeting and tenancy maintenance,


• Communicating and building strong relationships with service users’ family, support network and involved professionals.

A background in the mental health field is preferred for this position. You must demonstrate a ‘can-do approach’, person-centred values, energy and commitment. We are looking to recruit people who enjoy a challenging and rewarding job and who wish to develop through the training packages that we offer.

You will have a strong work ethic and duty of care, and be able to contribute to a positive team approach. Shift work is a requirement, as our services operate up to a 24-hour period dependent on individual location, and sleep in shifts are available with competitive rates of pay.

Vacancy Reference Number: 96036

Full training is provided, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Benefits of working with Creative Support

• probationary bonus


• pension contributions


• 28 days Annual Leave


• company paid enhanced DBS

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

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.