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Join Our Team as a Mental Health Support Worker!

Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals with mental health challenges? We have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Community Mental Health Teams!

About the Role:

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will play a crucial role in developing, implementing, and evaluating care plans for our service users and their carers. Your work will be guided by our Operational Policy, focusing on rehabilitation, recovery, independence, and social inclusion.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support service users in social, leisure, educational, and occupational activities.
• Assist individuals in transitioning from hospital to community living, maintaining stable housing, applying for welfare benefits, and improving budgeting skills.
• Collaborate with team members to help service users manage symptoms, medication, co-existing substance misuse problems, and risks.

What We Expect from You:

• Build and sustain relationships with individuals and families to improve mental health
• Work with people to identify and achieve their outcomes with a focus on recovery and promoting independence
• Practice in a reflective and professional manner
• Promote and value the rights, responsibilities and diversity of people
• Promote and maintain effective communication with service users.

• Work with others to develop settings and contexts that promote mental health

• Enable individuals and families to improve their wellbeing and mental health.

• Offer mutual support and engagement to individuals, families, groups, communities, and agencies.

• Assess and support the needs of carers and families, developing and reviewing support programs.

A Mental Health Support Worker plays a vital role in helping individuals with mental health challenges. They provide practical and emotional support, assist with daily activities, and help clients access resources and services.

*This list is not exhaustive and outlines some key responsibilities*

Essential requirements:

• Basic understanding of English and Maths
• Awareness of types of mental health problems and their impact on lives of individuals and their carers
• Some knowledge of mental health policy and legislation

What can I expect?

• We offer a full-time working pattern of 37 hours per week
• Competitive holiday entitlement
• Access to high-quality training programs to advance your career.  Support and access to high-quality training programmes to progress your career to the next level.
• Commitment to staff wellbeing, promoting a good work-life balance and supportive leadership.

• Access to Wellbeing Coaching if required, Support for Carers, a Sense of Belonging.
• Discounted and subsidised public transport (Arriva Bus Annual Travel Ticket, Northern Trains Limited (NTL), MetroCard).
• Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS).
• Great range of benefits including discounted membership to our excellent leisure facilities with free 12 weeks exercise program, discounts for a range of retail, entertainment, health and leisure providers, cycle to work scheme, eligibility to apply for a Blue Light Card and many more.

Join us and make a real impact in the community. Apply today to become a valued member of our team!