Mental Health Support Worker
About the role:
Do you have the commitment and values to make a real difference to the lives of people with support needs? Are you passionate about empowering them to improve their quality of life, while supporting them to realise their hopes, dreams and aspirations?
As a mental health support worker, you will be working alongside a dedicated team who thrive on being able to make a difference.
You will encourage the people we support to make choices and decisions enabling them to take control of their own lives and increasing independence. You will actively promote effective communication, including accessible information to facilitate involvement and decision making. You will contribute to the development of person-centred planning, ensuring each individual’s plan has meaningful and achievable goals with positive outcomes that meet aspirations as well as needs.
Hours:
2 full time position available
Hours usually between:
7:30am-3pm
9am-3:30pm
2pm-10pm
Please note this service requires the successful individual to work sleep-ins at a flat rate of £55 a night.
Location:
The service is located on the beautiful Whitstable coastline with sea views and plenty of free parking. Access via a main bus route is also available.
About you:
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 recognise that good support workers come from all walks of life.
Whether you have years of support experience or no experience at all, if you are a caring person, passionate about empowering others and ready to learn new skills we want to speak to you!
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Heather via email: Lisa.Hayes@choicesupport.org.uk
Please note, you must have the right to work in the UK, Choice Support are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.
Interviews will take place on 15th & 16th of October 2024.
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 us at marie.cole@choicesupport.org.uk so that we can discuss your needs with you.
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