Mental Health Support Worker
5 days ago
Mental Health Support Workers - Days/Nights, full & part time available.
Providing both residential and supported housing for adults with mental health problems, ACL Care Homes Ltd is a small, well established and respected local company based in Folkestone, Kent. We have 2 residential homes - rated Good and Outstanding at our last CQC inspections.
As a Support Worker, your key responsibilities will be:
- To encourage and support clients to maintain and improve their daily living skills and promote their independence skills including support to participate in social, recreational and community activities. ie Dr appointments, CPA reviews, swimming, cinema, shopping, etc
- To administer, record and monitor medication as appropriate
- To record daily activities and reports on the in-house computer system
- To participate in the monitoring of physical and mental health of clients and to behave and report appropriately
*To comply with Adult Protection & Safeguarding of Vulnerable Adults and take responsibility for reporting any concerns to the Management Team
- To assist and contribute with care planning, risk assessments, house meetings, staff meetings and training
- Some personal care will be required
- To carry out some domestic duties including cleaning and food preparation. (Please note that a night shift will mainly consist of domestic duties, following a task sheet - night shifts are AWAKE shifts)
Although we would love you to already be qualified to a minimum Level 2 Diploma (NVQ2) in Health & Social Care it is not a necessity, but it will be a requirement to enrol in a Level 2 or 3 Diploma within the first 6 months of your employment - this will be fully funded.
We operate a shift rota which is produced every four weeks. Examples of shifts you would be expected to work are 8am-8pm, 10am-6pm, 8pm-8am. Nights, weekends and Bank Holidays are all considered to be normal working hours and days except over Christmas and New Year bank holidays when double pay is paid. Working additional hours in excess of your contractual hours will also be a requirement.
We have 24, 36 or 42 weekly hours available. Other weekly contractual hours can be considered.
**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
**Salary**: £9.50-£10.10 per hour
**Benefits**:
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Referral programme
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
COVID-19 considerations:
Staff are required to carry out a LFT before attending work (provided), fortnightly PCR tests are carried out on staff. Residents are regularly tested.
**Education**:
- GCSE or equivalent (preferred)
Licence/Certification:
- NVQ Level 2 Health & Social Care (preferred)
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