Support Worker (Mental Health)

mcch; Bexleyheath; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Choice Support is hiring a Mental Health Support Worker to help adults with mental health challenges live fulfilling lives. The role involves supporting with confidence, independence and practical life skills in a community setting, not personal care.

Based in Crayford, 39 hours per week with shifts between 8:00 and 22:00. Sleep-in shifts may apply; DBS checks and safeguarding apply. Application via [e-mail].

Qualifications

• Role is mental health support in a community setting.
• Experience not required; friendly, flexible attitude valued.
• Commitment to safeguarding; DBS checks and good references are part of recruitment.

Responsibilities

• Support adults to build confidence and independence.
• Develop daily living and tenancy skills.
• Help access education, volunteering or work opportunities.
• Attend appointments with health professionals.
• Promote wellbeing and maintain routines.
• Build relationships with friends, family and community.

Job description

About The Role

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will work alongside people to help them build confidence, develop independence and achieve the goals that matter most to them. This is not a personal care role. Instead, you will focus on supporting people to live fulfilling lives, maintain their wellbeing, develop practical life skills and access opportunities within their local community.

About The Role

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will work alongside people to help them build confidence, develop independence and achieve the goals that matter most to them. This is not a personal care role. Instead, you will focus on supporting people to live fulfilling lives, maintain their wellbeing, develop practical life skills and access opportunities within their local community.

This is a vibrant 24-hour service supporting adults with mental health challenges.

Every day is different, but you may be supporting people to:

• Build confidence and maintain their independence
• Develop daily living and tenancy skills
• Plan and achieve personal goals
• Access education, volunteering or employment opportunities
• Attend appointments and engage with health professionals
• Take part in social activities, hobbies and community events
• Manage household responsibilities such as budgeting, shopping and meal planning
• Maintain positive routines and wellbeing strategies
• Build and maintain relationships with friends, family and their local community
• Develop skills that help them live the life they choose

You will also work closely with colleagues and external professionals to ensure people receive consistent, person-centred support that promotes recovery, independence and wellbeing.

The service benefits from a strong and experienced staff team that takes pride in delivering high-quality support. As a new member of the team, you will be joining a workplace where colleagues support one another, share their knowledge and work together to achieve positive outcomes for the people we support.

Hours

Full time positions available. 39 hours per week.

We offer a range of shifts between 8:00am and 10:00pm.

Sleep-in shifts run from 10:00pm to 8:00am and are usually combined with either an early or late shift.

Location

This service is conveniently located just five minutes from Crayford town centre, with:

• Off-street parking available
• Local bus routes nearby
• Easy access to local amenities

About You

We are looking for friendly, hard-working people with a fun spirit and a good sense of humour to join our team of support staff.

We recognise that good support workers come from all walks of life.

Whether you have years of care experience or no experience at all, if you are a caring person, passionate about empowering others and ready to learn new skills we want to speak to you!

Your professional and flexible nature will allow you to positively impact on those who you support and the rest of the team around you, allowing you to flourish and develop in this diverse and rewarding role.

For more information about the role and responsibilities, please contact [e-mail]

We may close this post early if we receive sufficient applications before the closing date. If you are interested in applying, we would ask that you do so as early as possible to avoid any disappointment.

To keep the people we support safe, we follow safer recruitment steps. This includes DBS checks, reference checks and reviewing your work history.

Explore our employee benefits, the good practices we've committed to, and our core values.

To learn more about Diversity and Inclusion at our company, see how we foster a supportive and inclusive workplace for all.

Choice Support is Disability Confident which is a scheme run by the Department of Work and Pensions. As part of our commitment, we operate a guaranteed interview scheme - all candidates who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role will be guaranteed an interview. If you consider yourself to have a disability or long-term chronic health condition or if you require any adjustments/support during the application/selection process, please contact [e-mail] so that we can discuss your needs with you.