Mental Health Support Worker

LOCATION: Guildford
SALARY: £13.25 Basic | £55 per sleep in
DURATION: Temp – Perm
HOURS: Fulltime – every other weekend off and X2 sleeps-ins per week
(Shifts: Early 8.30am-3.30pm | Late 2.30pm–10pm | Sleep-in 10pm-7am)

Note: WE ARE UNABLE TO PROVIDE SPONSORSHIP OR SUPPORT THOSE ON A SKILLED WORKER VISA.

Daily Duties

You would be working for a charity that supports clients with mixed mental health conditions with the aim to have them successfully moved on within a 2-year period.
Establish and maintain relationships of trust with service users, to build engagement
Help service users to set, prioritise and achieve goals, managing their tenancies and move-on.
Carry out assessments and determine urgency of service user needs.
Work with professionals from other agencies, and make onward referrals, linking service users into community opportunities.
Carry out risk assessments, in order to keep service users safe and improve the quality of our support.
Work with service users on a 1:1 basis and in groups.
Assist service users to deal with financial issues and navigate the benefits and education systems.
Assist service users to manage friendships and family relationships.
Assist service users to manage their medication.
Accompany service users to appointments.
Encourage positive choices around food, leisure etc.
Assist service users to undertake domestic tasks such as cooking and cleaning, ensuring adherence to infection control (training provided).
Assist service users with personal care as and when required.
Make timely records which are concise, accurate, written for the service user to understand, using Together computer-based systems.
Write clear word processed and handwritten reports (training provided) and records.
Maintain professional boundaries in all aspects of work with service users. Essential requirements

Previous residential support
Enhanced DBS within the last 12 months. Desirable requirements

Knowledge of working with those with mixed mental health conditions For more information on this role please contact Emily Rex on (phone number removed)