Mental Health Support Worker
About the role:
We are seeking full time mental health support workers to join our team in Nottingham.
Mental health support workers work closely alongside individuals living with mental health to help them cope more easily with day-to-day life as well as providing them with vital support in order to help them achieve their goals. From encouraging and supporting people with daily activities, to providing physical and emotional care, you will help the people we support to feel safe, secure, and well rested, ensuring they are prepared for the day ahead.
The service is based within Nottingham and is made up of self contained flats. We offer daily support to people with mental health conditions who may also have other needs for which we provide support, this includes, alcohol and drug misuse, mild learning disabilities and ASD. You may be required to assist with some personal care.
Hours:
Full time- 39 hours per week on a rolling rota on a 3 weekly basis working both days and nights.
Location:
The services are located in Mansfield, Nottingham.
About you:
We are looking for somebody with experience working with complex behaviours and with experience in the health and social care field. You must also have exemplary communication, IT, written and verbal skills.
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.
If you would like to find out more about this role, please contact Rob on: Rob.cheetham@choicesupport.org.uk
Please note that we are unable to offer sponsorship, please only apply if you can work in the UK.
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.
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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 Emelia.waring@choicesupport.org.uk so that we can discuss your needs with you.
