Support Worker

Gray Healthcare; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

Gray Healthcare is hiring Mental Health Support Workers in Wrexham to assist a young woman living independently with complex health needs. The position involves providing personalized support while encouraging activities she enjoys, and includes extensive training opportunities for career growth.

Benefits

Highly competitive salary

Fully paid induction and training

Company pension

25 days annual leave

Your birthday off

Westfield health plan

Blue light card

Qualifications

• Experience within mental health and supporting individuals with complex needs.
• Must have the Right to Work in the UK for at least 6 months.
• Experience with enhanced DBS checks.

Responsibilities

• Support a lady with complex health needs on a 1:1 basis.
• Implement detailed care plans and risk assessments.
• Provide support during mixed day and night shifts.

Skills

Social care experience

Encouragement skills

Supporting individuals with challenging behaviours

Implementation of care plans

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 Wrexham area to support a lady in her late twenties with a diagnosis of Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder and Schizoaffective disorder, who be living independently in her own home receiving 1:1 support 24 hours a day. The lady we will be supporting has a keen interest in baking and crafts and likes to keep busy and active. She will be supported by a female 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 complex care needs.
• 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, 24 & 12 hour contracts per week. We have day shifts and waking night shifts available.

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.