Relief Recovery Support Worker

Creative Support; Reading; On-site; GBP 17,000 - 21,000; Part time

Job summary

Creative Support is recruiting Mental Health Recovery Workers for our Mental Health Supported Accommodation Services in Reading. The role involves helping service users with daily living skills, education, work and leisure activities, and supporting recovery through person-centred plans.

Experience with mental health needs is essential, and you will work within a supportive team and benefit from weekly pay via our bank staff system.

Qualifications

• Previous experience working with service users with mental health needs is essential.

Responsibilities

• Developing daily living skills and accessing educational, vocational and leisure activities with service users
• Building confidence, self-esteem, hope and positive coping skills in service users
• Developing with the individual Person-Centred Support Plans aimed at recovery, happiness, health and achieving of service user goals and aspirations
• Implementing guidelines and risk management plans and working positively within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos

Job description

£12.85 per hour plus rolled up holiday pay

Reading, Berkshire

Relief/Bank

Creative Support is a not-for-profit provider of care and support to people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, autism spectrum conditions, and older people. We are recruiting Mental Health Recovery Workers for our Mental Health Supported Accommodation Services situated in Reading.

Role

We are looking for motivated, resourceful individuals who are committed to providing person centred support to people with mental health needs. Your role will include:

• Developing daily living skills and accessing educational, vocational and leisure activities with service users


• Building confidence, self-esteem, hope and positive coping skills in service users


• Developing with the individual Person-Centred Support Plans aimed at recovery, happiness, health and achieving of service user goals and aspirations


• Implementing guidelines and risk management plans and working positively within a consistent, mutually supportive team ethos

Previous experience working with service users with mental health needs is essential for our Relief Support Worker roles.

As a Creative Support Bank Staff member, you will have access to our free app which allows you to pick up shifts in any area of the country, provides information on the service and shifts as well as directions. You will be paid on a weekly basis.

Vacancy Reference Number: 94026

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

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.