Mental Health Support Worker

Organisation
Look Ahead
Reference
CLI-145
Location
Hackney
Salary / Benefits
£27,352.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include staff discounts, healthcare etc.
Contract Type
Expiry Date
12/10/2024
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We’re looking for 2 kind, compassionate and resilient Mental Health Support Workers to join our Felstead Street Service in Hackney.

£27,352.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression. 

Want to feel like you’re making a difference? You’ll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren’t token gestures - we’ve thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Felstead Street  is a CQC registered care home, which has a heavy focus on supporting customers with enduring mental health care and elderly needs.  We provide 24hr high support to 24 customers both female and male.  Our building is a purpose-built home on two floors, offering customers individual bedrooms and the use of shared communal facilities and gardens.   The service is commissioned by East London Foundation Trust with the care contribution from London Borough of Hackney.       

As a Support Worker at Felstead Street you will play an integral role in supporting our customers to making their lives interesting and enabling to manage their social, physical and emotional well being.   You will support our customers with a range of activities and health support throughout the day and to live in a safe living environment. You will be part of a team which is very supportive of one another.   

If you enjoy making a difference and passionate about mental health, why not join us?

The shift pattern for this role involves working 5 days a week with the mixture of Earlies (8am-4pm), Mid (9am-5pm), Lates (2.30pm-10.30pm) and Lates & Sleep-on-site. This role includes some Bank Holiday and weekend working. 

All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.

What you’ll do: 

  • Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere in the home.
  • Following lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness to health and safety for self, colleagues and customers.
  • Supporting customers to maintain a healthy and clean living environment, where appropriate, provide assistance to maintain their living areas are clean and safe from hazards.
  • Providing support and assistance to customers during the day who may be experiencing difficulties with their own mental health and seeking appropriate support.
  • Providing support with daily living activities including practical assistance to customers who may require this.
  • Support customers to undertake all domestic tasks wherever possible, including practical assistance where they have not yet developed the skills, to ensure customers enjoy a high quality of accommodation
  • Support customers actively in the community and engage with the local area.
  • Develop and maintain links with all key agencies and service providers in the local community
  • Pro actively manage health and safety on a daily basis for self, colleagues and customers.
  • Empower customers to ensure they receive the service and benefits they are entitled to
  • Undertake all administrative work and keep accurate and comprehensive tenant/customer records to professional standards and poses excellent IT skills.
  • Adhere to Look Ahead’s Policies and Procedures
  • Engage in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
  • Taking on shift leading responsibilities by coordinating and leading shifts and be responsible for ensuring effective handovers are completed.
  • Undertake any additional task or responsibility in consistent with the grade and nature of the post as delegated by the team leader or contract manager.

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead 

About you:

  • Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement 
  • Approachable and open behaviour
  • Prefers working as part of a group or team
  • Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
  • Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organised
  • Flexible
  • Open to feedback and self development
  • Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
  • Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
  • Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
  • Is essentially customer–focused 

What you’ll bring:

Essential:

Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience in the social care/charity sector

Desirable:

Experience working in mental health

Experience working in a CQC registered care setting

Experience of delivering personal care / assistance.

About us:

Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:

We focus on Excellence and innovation.
We are Caring and Compassionate.
We are Inclusive and Trusted.
We work in Partnership and are One-Team.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
 
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.

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