Breakforth is recruiting Relief Community Mental Health Support Workers to operate across Holt and the surrounding areas. This flexible role is ideal for individuals seeking meaningful work in the health and social care sector, with opportunities to gain valuable experience while supporting people within the community.
We welcome applications from candidates currently on sponsorship with other organisations who are eligible to undertake additional hours. This role offers a great opportunity to expand your experience while contributing to high-quality community-based support services.
In this position, you will work with individuals experiencing mental health challenges or learning disabilities, promoting independence, wellbeing, and a person-centred approach to care. Previous experience in a similar role is desirable; however, candidates who can demonstrate the right skills, empathy, and commitment will also be considered.
The ideal candidate is compassionate, reliable, and able to communicate effectively while working both independently and as part of a team. This is an excellent opportunity to build a rewarding career in mental health support within a supportive and flexible working environment.
Position: Relief Community Mental Health Support Worker
Job Type: Full Time, Part Time
Salary: £13.25-£15.25 per hour
Location: Holt & Surrounding Areas
Job description
Relief Community Mental Health Support Workers required to operate in the Holt and Surrounding area. We are looking for people with a lot of availability and flexibility. If this is you, we would be delighted to hear from you. People on sponsorship with other organisations can apply to use their 20 hours accepted extra work with us. We would like to hear from you.
Main purposes of job
- Supporting people with mental health problems to undertake day to day activities as per support plan.
- Promoting independence and social inclusion for people with mental health through the support given to undertake day to day activities as per support plan.
- Innovatively and creatively working with service users in ways that promote recovery
- Keeping records of work carried out with service users as well as that which is necessary for the job, and making sure that all the information is accurate and up to date.
- Ensuring the safety of service users, ie their surroundings as well as understanding their risk assessment.
- Being aware of safeguarding issues, ie to be able to identify issues relating to safeguarding and understand the process for raising a safeguarding concern.
- Ensuring your own safety by being aware of the service user’s risk assessment as well as working according to the lone-working policy
- Involving service users in planning for their support and, where possible, involve their family / friends and professionals involved with the service user’s consent.
- Being flexible in the way you support service users to maximise their support experience as necessary.
- Keeping the confidentiality of service users, other agencies as well as anything else pertaining to work
- Understanding the Data Protection legislation (GDPR) policy as well as the information sharing process
- Communicating effectively with service users and professionals
- Engaging in relevant training for role and for professional development
- Understanding and implementing Skills for Care Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers and Adult Social Care Workers in England
- Being conversant with company policies and procedures and work within its guidelines
- Upholding the reputation of the organisation
- Being able to assess risks and work in a safe way
- Working collaboratively with other agencies were necessary to maximise service users’ outcomes
- Signposting service users to other agencies where deemed appropriate
- Attending regular supervision with your manager
- Attending team meetings
- Working in a professional manner and maintaining professional boundaries.
- Identifying unanticipated problems and escalating to manager
- Undertaking any other duties that may be deemed by yourself or your manager as necessary for the role.
- Applicants must be computer literate
*This is not a conclusive list and may involve any other work necessary to support service users to be safe and be supported to gain independence and improve their quality of life
Experience of working with people with mental health problems or learning disabilities is desirable, but may not be essential for a candidate who can demonstrate appropriate skills.
Application Process
Application Deadline
Open until filled