Support Worker

3 weeks ago


Gateshead, United Kingdom Mental Health Concern Full time

**Salary: £19,358 pro rata, plus enhancements for unsocial hours**

**Time at 1.3 of hourly rate for after 8pm and on Saturdays**

**Time at 1.6 of hourly rate for Sundays and Bank Holidays**

**We have opportunities for compassionate and committed individuals to join us as Support Workers at our soon-to-be refurbished dementia assessment unit at Briarwood Nursing Home in Blaydon.**

Our assessment unit supports older adults with a diagnosis of dementia or dementia like symptoms, who are experiencing behaviours that challenge. Our team of experienced Staff Nurses and Support Workers assess individuals with differing diagnoses of dementia such as early onset Alzheimer’s disease, Korsakoff’s dementia and vascular dementia.

The assessment process is usually 12 weeks, with the team working closely with the individual, their families and carers, and other professionals involved in their care. The unit is fast paced but highly rewarding, determining the level of need an individual requires whatever stage they are at, in their dementia journey.

As a Support Worker, you will be passionate about helping to improve the wellbeing of older people living with dementia and other complex mental health needs.

We are looking for highly motivated individuals with good communication and interpersonal skills, plus a genuine desire to work with this client group. The ability to work effectively within a team in order to support our service users to achieve their own recovery goals is essential. Ideally you will have previous experience of working with individuals with complex mental health needs, though this is not essential.

**We would love to hear from you if you possess the following**:

- Have knowledge and experience of working with people with complex mental health needs
- Are passionate about helping and caring for people with dementia
- Have good social skills and ability to build trusting relationships with the people we care for
- Can recognise and maintain appropriate boundaries and awareness of safeguarding issues

**What we offer in return**:
We are proud to have been recognised and certified as a Great Place to Work, which speaks volumes on how much we value our staff members. In return for the hard work and dedication from our teams, we offer the following benefits:

- 30 days annual leave plus bank holidays (rising to 32 days at 5 years’ service) and the option to purchase or sell days.
- Enhanced pension
- Refer a Friend payment
- Cycle to work & enhanced car schemes
- Discounted gym memberships with Gym Flex
- Vitality Wellbeing Programme including Employee Assistant Programme, GP and priority physiotherapy access and shopping discounts
- Fully funded flu vaccines
- Technology salary sacrifice scheme for home appliances, tablets, mobiles, TV’s, fitness trackers and more
- Various colleague networks including neurodiversity, LGBTQ+ and BAME
- Bi-monthly values awards, where winners receive gift vouchers and a tree planted in their honor
- Family friendly policies including enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
- Volunteer programme
- Enhanced life assurance scheme, payment being three times your annual salary


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