Relief Support Workers Mid Suffolk & Babergh

Together for Mental Wellbeing; Stowmarket; Presencial; GBP 15.000 - 21.000; A tiempo parcial

Descripción de la vacante

Together for Mental Wellbeing in the United Kingdom is seeking a motivated individual to support residents with mental health needs, helping them maintain daily living, tenancy, and community connections.

You will work on a 24/7 rota, build trusting relationships, support with budgeting, housing, appointments, and personal care, with training provided on infection control and report writing.

Formación

• Experience supporting vulnerable individuals or from related roles.
• GCSE English or equivalent; good written skills.
• Willing to undertake domestic tasks and travel when needed.
• Ability to work in a 24/7 shift pattern with notice.

Responsabilidades

• Establish trusting relationships with service users.
• Help users set goals and manage tenancies and move-ons.
• Work in homes and community settings, building engagement.
• Carry out assessments and referrals, linking to community opportunities.
• Record concisely using Together systems and write clear reports.

Conocimientos

Empathy

Non-judgemental

Communication

Teamwork

Problem-solving

Boundary setting

Welfare benefits knowledge

Travel availability

Organisation

Educación

GCSE English

Level II Health & Social Care

Herramientas

Email

Word processing

Descripción del empleo

£12.76 per hour

Together is an amazing place to work. We are one of the UK’s oldest and most respected mental health charities. It’s because we put the people who use our services at the heart of everything we do supporting and enabling them to take control of their lives and make a positive contribution to the community.

Job Purpose: We are looking for a motivated individual with experience of caring or supporting individuals with mental health issues to work alongside the residents, putting them at the heart of all we do.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish and maintain relationships of trust with service users, to build engagement
• Help service users to set, prioritise and achieve goals, managing their tenancies and move-ons
• Work flexibly with service users in their homes and in the community
• Carry out assessments and determine urgency of service user needs
• Work with professionals from other agencies, and make onward referrals, linking service users into community opportunities
• Carry out risk assessments, in order to keep service users safe and improve the quality of our support
• Attend placement reviews
• Work with service users on a 1:1 basis and in groups
• Assist service users to; deal with financial issues and navigate the benefits and education systems; manage friendships and family relationships; manage their medication, in accordance with Together procedures
• Accompany service users to appointments
• Assist service users to undertake domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning, ensuring adherence to infection control (training provided)
• Assist service users with personal care as and when required
• Adhere to the Together policy on lone working
• Make timely records which are concise, accurate, written for the service user to understand, using Together computer-based systems
• Write clear word processed and handwritten reports (training provided) and records in English
• Participate in mandatory and job-related courses and learning activities
• Maintain professional boundaries in all aspects of work with service users

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• Experience in supporting vulnerable individuals gained from paid work and/or voluntary and/or life experience
• Minimum of GCSE or Level II qualification in English, or equivalent
• Basic competence in the use of email and word processing software
• Demonstrate a non-judgemental attitude and able to be empathetic towards service users and create a trusting environment
• Able to work in partnership with services users and establish and maintain professional boundaries in working with service users
• Able to establish and maintain a safe environment
• Willing and able to undertake domestic tasks with, and for, service users as necessary
• Demonstrate problem-solving skills relating to welfare benefits, education and relationships
• Open to - and willing to participate in - formal and informal job-related learning
• Willing and able to collaborate with colleagues and other organisations
• Able to use email and computerised systems for service user records and reports
• Able to travel; have access to car/public transport
• Able to work a varying pattern of shifts on a 24 hour 7-day week rota, with notice

Desirable

• Lived experience of mental distress
• NVQ Level II in Health and Social Care, or equivalent