Support Worker (Mental Health)

mcch; Canterbury; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

Choice Support in Canterbury is seeking a dedicated Mental Health Support Worker to join our small, caring team. You will support adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health needs to improve daily living skills, manage finances, and participate in activities such as arts and music.

The role offers flexible hours (full-time 39 hours per week or zero-hour shifts to fit your lifestyle), housework, safeguarding steps including DBS checks and references, and helping people gain

Qualifications

• Genuine passion for helping people in care.
• Willing to be flexible and adapt to change.
• Willing to lone work within a small team.
• DBS checks, references and work history reviews are part of safer recruitment.
• IT skills are required.

Responsibilities

• Help adults improve daily living skills.
• Assist with budgeting, bills and cooking to promote independence.
• Provide emotional support and accompany appointments.
• Offer medication support where needed.
• Facilitate groups and activities, including arts and music.
• Maintain tenancy and handle correspondence.

Skills

Flexibility

Adaptability

Empathy

Teamwork

Tools

IT skills

Job description

About The Role

We're a social care organisation with a simple vision: One World, where everyone thrives and belongs. Every day, our colleagues walk alongside people with learning disabilities, autistic people and people with mental health needs to build confidence, explore choices and stay connected. If you're looking for a role with purpose, kindness and impact, you'll find it here.

We are currently looking to grow our already established and dedicated team of mental health support workers in Canterbury.

You will be supporting adults to improve their daily living skills - anything from helping them manage their finances to supporting them to cook a meal. The aim is to promote the people we support’s independence so that they can gain the skills and confidence to move on into the community. The people we support have a interest in arts and music so if this is something you enjoy, you could be enjoying it together! You will also be needed to do some housework, paperwork (IT skills are needed).

Daily Duties Can Include

• Helping the people we support to learn new skills.
• Providing emotional support, support with appointments.
• Medication support.
• Ensuring the people we support are encouraged to reach their full potential / promote their independence/achieve their goals.
• Maintaining a tenancy – budgeting, paying bills, home maintenance, dealing with correspondence.
• Facilitating groups such as outings, cooking, gardening etc.
• We support a number of individuals with keen interest in art and music.

Hours

Full time hours (39) per week

0 hour contract, giving flexibility to pick and choose the hours to suit your lifestyle.

Between 8am and 5pm. Shorter shifts at weekends.

Location

Canterbury CT6

About You

Each day is different, so we are looking for someone who prepared to be flexible and adaptable to change.

The ideal candidate will have a genuine passion about working within this sector, looking to make a difference to the people we support and will be looking for a challenging but rewarding role. We are a small team so you must be happy to lone work.

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

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.