Support Worker

Gray Healthcare; Barrow-in-Furness; On-site; GBP 24,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Gray Healthcare is seeking a Mental Health Support Worker to provide essential 1:1 support in Barrow-in-Furness. You will work closely with a gentleman with Paranoid Schizophrenia, ensuring his comfort and care in a home setting. This role offers opportunities for professional growth through extensive training and a supportive work environment.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Fully paid induction and training

Company pension

25 days annual leave

Birthday off

Westfield health plan

Blue light card

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with challenging behaviours and complex needs.
• Must have current Right to Work in the UK and previous UK employment.
• Subject to enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references.

Responsibilities

• Support a gentleman with Paranoid Schizophrenia and Learning Disabilities.
• Provide 1:1 support 24 hours a day.
• Implement detailed care plans and risk assessments.

Skills

Social care experience

Experience with Schizophrenia

Complex health needs support

Behaviour management

Care plan implementation

Job description

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Role Description – Mental Health Support Worker

Gray Healthcare are recruiting a new team of mental health support workers within the Barrow-in-Furness area of Cumbria to support a gentleman in his 50's who has a diagnosis of Paranoid Schizophrenia and Learning Disabilities who be living independently in his own home receiving 1:1 support 24 hours a day. The gentleman we will be supporting has a good sense of humour, enjoys outdoor walks, cooking and building Lego sets. He will be supported by a mixed gender team on mixed shifts of days and waking nights.

Mental Health Support Worker Required Skills and Experience

• Social care experience, ideally within mental health and with some experience of supporting individuals with Schizophrenia.
• Experience providing encouragement to a person with complex health needs and Learning Disabilities.
• Experience supporting individuals with behaviours which may be considered challenging.
• Experience implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
• You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.
• This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references

Hours

36 hour contracts 3x12 hour shift per week during day + 2 sleeps @ £100 per sleep

Induction and Training

We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training. (Company induction, systems, and Medication.) Followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, this is a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint dominate approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare, and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.

• Highly competitive salary
• Fully paid induction and training
• Company pension
• 25 days annual leave
• Your birthday off
• Westfield health plan
• Blue light card

About Us

Gray Healthcare is a specialist Health and Social Care provider, supporting people with complex needs, disabilities and long-term conditions looking to step back into the community from in-patient support services. At Gray Healthcare, we offer our own dynamic approach to care, enabling people to move back into their own homes - into their own communities – giving them control of their life. We create a bespoke support package for each individual, with support from our own multi-disciplinary team, adaptable to meet all current and future needs.