Relief Support Worker - Mental Health Services

Creative Support; Manchester; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Part time

Job summary

A community support organization in Greater Manchester seeks motivated Relief Support Workers to provide person-centred care to adults with mental health needs. Candidates must have at least twelve months of experience, demonstrate effective communication skills, and show the maturity to handle challenging behaviours. The role offers flexible working hours with weekly payments.

Qualifications

• Minimum of twelve months experience in support roles.
• Ability to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for service users.
• Maturity to work within a positive behaviour support framework.

Responsibilities

• Provide person centred care and support to adults with mental health needs.
• Work alongside local managers to book shifts and maintain flexible schedules.
• Contribute to a team environment enhancing service user independence.

Skills

Positive communication skills

Engagement abilities

Skills to manage challenging behaviors

Job description

Overview

We are looking for caring, flexible and motivated Relief Support Workers to provide person centred care and support to adults with mental health needs in Northenden, Greater Manchester. You will need to be committed to promoting independence, well-being and enabling service users to enjoy an active lifestyle.

Responsibilities

The Relief Support Worker position enables you the opportunity to work alongside, and as an integral part of, our structured and hardworking teams across all projects. This will enable you to develop a diverse range of experiences and knowledge whilst maintaining flexible working patterns to suit your circumstances. You will work closely with our local managers to book shifts in advance and planned around your availability, as well as being offered shifts on an ad-hoc basis. You will be paid on a weekly basis.

Requirements / Qualifications

• A minimum of twelve months experience is essential for our Relief Support Worker roles.
• You will have skills in positive communication and engagement and will be able to demonstrate unconditional positive regard for the people we support.
• You will have the required skills and qualities to manage behaviours that challenge the environment and others, and will have the maturity to be able to work within a positive behaviour support framework.

Additional Information

Vacancy Reference Number: 89105

Applications for this role must be submitted via the Creative Support website using the above vacancy reference number.

We are a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organization - Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer who have recently received 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.