Support Worker - Community Mental Health

Jarrodean Personnel Ltd; Peacehaven; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare recruitment partner is seeking enthusiastic Support Workers in Peacehaven to join their community mental health team. The role offers flexible hours with salaries of £12.82 per hour for day shifts and £13.65 for night shifts. Applicants should have at least six months of care experience and a driving license. The successful candidate will provide personalized care to clients in their homes, supporting their complex needs. Opportunities for full-time or part-time work are available, and staff accommodation options can be supported.

Benefits

Generous referral bonus

Support for local accommodation options

Qualifications

• At least six months of care experience; experience in a Mental Health setting is desirable.
• Current driving license and access to a vehicle.
• Desire to work as part of a team committed to person-centred care.

Responsibilities

• Provide personalized care to clients in their homes.
• Work flexible hours including daytime or evening shifts.
• Support patients under the supervision of senior clinicians.

Skills

Flexibility

Adaptability

Confidence to work without supervision

Calm under pressure

Job description

Applications are invited from enthusiastic Support Workers with a genuine commitment to working in Community Mental Health to join our client’s specialist service based in Bristol, in the West of England. Bristol is famous for its vibrant culture, from its status as a global hub for street art, to its rich history in music, film, and engineering.

The salary for this post is £12.82 per hour for days and £13.65 for nights and we are open to hearing from applicants seeking a full-time, part-time or flexible hours opportunity.

With high standards of clinical governance, this is a Complex Care organisation clinically led by both senior Mental Health and General Nurses. Their collective experience in complex physical and mental health care means they can work with clients who have very complex needs, providing highly personalised, client-centred care in their own homes or community settings. Rated ‘Good’ by the Care Quality Commission (England) and registered with the Care Inspectorate Wales, you will join an experienced and stable team of committed staff, supported by senior clinicians to meet our clients’ evolving needs.

The packages of care provide 24/7 support to patients in their own homes or community settings. Forensic patients sectioned under the Mental Health act, are a minimum of two Support Workers to one client.

The role requires flexibility, we will require you to work daytime or evening shifts, on weekdays and/or weekends, along with planned sleep-ins and/or waking-nights.

Person requirements

• At least six months Care experience; some experience in a Mental Health setting is desirable, but not essential
• Personal qualities to include: flexible, adaptable, confident to work without supervision and calm under pressure.
• A current driving licence and access to a vehicle.
• A commitment to a flexible approach to meet the needs of the service.
• The desire to work as part of a team and an organization committed to person-centred care.
• At least six months right to work in the UK status.

To note

• Employer sponsorship may be offered with this post subject to a six month probation period, but you will need to have your own right to work status to commence employment, which may include a Student, Post-Study or Dependant visa to commence employment.
• We are not able to switch sponsorship on commencement of employment.
• Staff Accommodation is not available for this role but we are able to help signpost to local accommodation options.

Jarrodean is a leading healthcare recruitment partner with particular expertise in the placement of the full range of Mental Health staff. As a nurse-led consultancy, our detailed understanding of the complexity of such roles places us in an excellent position to match your skills with the specific requirements of our Recruiting Managers.

For an insight into Jarrodean as a Consultancy and for a summary of all current roles visit jarrodean.com

If this role is not for you, please remember we offer a generous £500 Bonus for any successful friend or colleague referrals.