Recovery Support Worker

Creative Support Ltd; Bedford; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 25,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

probationary bonus

pension contributions

28 days Annual Leave

company paid enhanced DBS

Job summary

Creative Support Ltd in Bedford is seeking a respectful, warm, professional support worker to work across mental health supported housing services. You will provide recovery-focused support to promote independence and move-on in the community.

You will build trusting relationships, carry out admin duties, provide emotional support, visit service users, oversee medication, assist with budgeting and tenancy tasks.

Qualifications

• Background in mental health preferred.
• Willing to complete QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

Responsibilities

• Develop warm, trusting relationships with service users.
• Provide emotional support and assist with daily living tasks.
• Visit service users in homes or community settings.
• Medication oversight and administration tasks.
• Work rotating shifts including sleep-in shifts and out-of-hours cover.

Skills

Effective communication

Compassionate care

Education

QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care

Job description

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.

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

Benefits

• 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.

Vacancy Reference Number: 96036

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.