Job Description
Job Description: Mental Health Support Worker
Pay: £14.00 Standard Rate - £21.00 per hour Bank Holidays
Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 awarded (T&C's apply)
We are currently recruiting full time, part time and bank Mental Health Support Workers to support an individual female with mental health support needs within the PORTHLEVEN area. The successful candidates must be flexible to work Monday to Sunday and we are recruiting for DAYS and NIGHTS. This is a new service that we are setting up.
Company description
LDA Care is a specialist care provider supporting individual adults that have a learning disability and or are on the autism spectrum, particularly those with significant behaviours that are behaviours of concern. This includes adults with additional mental health support needs and sensory processing needs. The care provided will be within their own home, a home that they have chosen, this will be a service where the care team support the individual in their own home to deliver the support that they require.
We offer a broad spectrum of flexible personalised care carried out by our multi-disciplinary team. Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Practitioners and Learning disability and mental health nurses offer a wide range of skills and experience in specialised assessments, planning and delivering the right support.
Here at LDA Care we don’t anticipate ‘smooth sailing’ with the people we are serving. The individuals we support may have experienced abuse, rejection and trauma. Some individuals may exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress, have experienced institutionalisation, and may have missed out on everyday processes of socialisation. Each has inherent and acquired ‘disabilities', however, experience tells us with the right skilled relationship-based support and the opportunity to experience a rich and meaningful life, these individuals can have and be so much more.
LDA Care are looking for people who will demonstrate the competence (or enthusiasm to acquire the competence) to provide excellent personalised social, and sometimes clinical level behavioural, support to people with learning disabilities and autism in their own homes.
This is the part where you come in, come, and join us delivering holistic care, achieving great outcomes and enabling meaningful environments
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The Role
We currently have a great opportunity for dedicated Mental Health Support Workers to work with an individual who has a mental health support needs. The individual will be living on their own so we are looking for Mental HealthSupport Workers who can provide 360 wraps around support that covers all aspects of their life. The individual will be living on their own so we are looking for Care Workers who can provide 2:1 support throughout the day and night.
To be part of their team, they are looking for the following qualities from a team member:
· Provide support during the good times and the difficult periods our individual faces in their daily life.
· Have a good understanding of Autism / Mental Health and how this can impact daily living or have working with in a mental health setting
· Understand Autism or have had experience working with Autistic people, and that you understand that being autistic is an important part of who they are.
· Be a positive advocate for them.
· Be consistent – do what you say you say you will if you can’t explain why.
· Be prepared to motivate them in a supportive manner
· Be patient and understanding encourage them on the difficult days
· Have a fun and kind personality who will go on adventures
· Work with them to solve issues and overcome day to day tasks
· Come to work to “Get to know me” as that is what is needed to support them
· Work as part of the team who deliver amazing person-centred care
· Think outside the box
· Be able to have a laugh and joke but have set standards and boundaries
What's in it for you!?
- £250 when you introduce a Friend *
- Contracts
- Great Pay
- Pension Enrolment
- Standard Sick Pay
- Free training
- Weekly pay
- Paid holiday
- Ongoing Training / Coaching throughout your role
- Opportunities to progress & develop
COVID-19 considerations:
All support workers must adhere to government guidelines about their injections.
Schedule:
- 12 hour shifts
- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability
- Overtime
Licence/Certification:
- Mental Health (preferred)
- Driving Licence (preferred)
*Refer a friend bonus is payable once the referred individual has successfully completed their 3 month probation period.
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Salary: £14.00-£21.00 per hour
Benefits:
Schedule:
- 12 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Experience:
- Mental Health Support: 1 year (preferred)
Shift availability:
- Day shift (preferred)
- Night shift (required)
Work Location: On the road
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