Support Worker

Everyturn Mental Health; Greater London; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

30 days annual leave

Bank holidays included

Enhanced pension

Wagestream

Wellbeing Programme

Blue Light Card

Life assurance

Job summary

Everyturn Mental Health is opening a brand-new CQC-registered residential mental health service in Beckenham, London. As a Support Worker you’ll help people move forward in their recovery with person-centered care, care planning, and meaningful activities.

You’ll work in a 12-14 bed service with 24/7 clinical support, contributing to a safe, therapeutic environment. We welcome applicants with experience in complex mental health needs and a compassionate, collaborative approach, ready to learn

Qualifications

• Experience supporting individuals with complex mental health needs.
• Calm, compassionate approach in difficult situations.
• Strong safeguarding and person-centred care knowledge.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Support assessments, care planning, and consistent delivery of person-centred care.
• Encourage engagement in meaningful social, recreational, and wellbeing activities.
• Maintain safe, welcoming, and homely environments.
• Respond confidently to emergencies and promote service user safety.
• Keep clear and accurate records on our electronic patient record system.
• Contribute ideas to help shape and continuously improve a brand-new service.

Skills

Mental health experience

Compassionate communication

Safeguarding knowledge

IT literacy (Office 365)

Tools

Office 365

Job description

Salary: £29,721.12 (based 37.5 hours per week)

• Time at 1.3 of hourly rate for after 8pm and on Saturdays
• Time at 1.6 of hourly rate for Sundays and Bank Holidays

We’re excited to be opening a brand-new CQC-registered residential mental health service in Beckenham, developed in partnership with South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust. This is a major milestone for Everyturn as we expand into London for the very first time.

Our 12-14 bed, clinically led community rehabilitation service will support people with complex mental health needs in a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-focused environment, with 24/7 clinical support.

This role is not eligible for sponsorship as is does not meet the requirements as set out by the UK Visa and Immigration Service

About The Role

As a Support Worker, you’ll play a vital role in helping people move forward in their recovery by:

• Supporting assessments, care planning, and consistent delivery of person-centred care
• Encouraging engagement in meaningful social, recreational, and wellbeing activities
• Maintaining safe, welcoming, and homely environments
• Responding confidently to emergencies and promoting service user safety
• Keeping clear and accurate records on our electronic patient record system
• Contributing ideas to help shape and continuously improve a brand-new service

About You

We’re looking for passionate people who bring:

• Experience supporting individuals with complex mental health needs and behaviours that challenge
• A calm, compassionate approach in difficult or unpredictable situations
• Strong understanding of safeguarding and person-centred care
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills
• Good organisational skills and confidence using IT systems (including Office 365)
• Enthusiasm, resilience, and a commitment to learning and development

Lived Experience Of Mental Health Challenges Is Welcomed.

What we offer in return

Benefits

We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

• 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell day
• Enhanced pension
• Wagestream - ability to release earnings, giving you instant access to your pay
• Smart Clinic Wellbeing Programme, including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and counselling sessions Shopping discounts with the opportunity to sign up for a Blue Light Card
• Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary
• Plus, many more great benefits on offer!

Here at Everyturn Mental Health we champion equality, diversity and inclusion within the organisation by ensuring our opportunities are open to all and our approach is inclusive. We positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity.

We welcome you to be yourself at work and have a range of Colleague Networks for members and allies of the LGBTQ+; Black, Asian and minority ethnic; menopause and neurodivergent communities.