Mental Health Support Worker

3 months ago

Oxford, United Kingdom Response Organisation Full time

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living.

**Do you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health?**

**Mental Health Support Worker**:

- £24,050 - £26,000 per annum pro rata (Salaries vary depending on experiences)

**Hours** - 37 hours per week, Monday - Sunday, inclusive of bank holidays, shifts include mornings, evenings, and weekends.

**Service** - Iris Hayter House, Littlemore, Oxford

**What You’ll Be Doing**:
Iris Hayter House are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join their team. Iris Hayter House team is a Care Quality Commission registered care home. The team provide care 24/7 for older adults who are diagnosed with enduring mental health needs.

Our clients really appreciate the passion from our Support Workers too: _“The staff are caring, kind, compassionate and understanding. They support me and care for me and are first class. I am happier now than I have been in years.” _Client in Adult Services.

**Overall job responsibility**: Further detail can be viewed in the Job Description.

Some of the core duties include:

- You will provide a safe and comfortable environment for our residents to live and colleagues to work.
- Support the development of person-centred planning, ensuring each resident’s plans have meaningful and achievable goals.
- Ensure support plans and risk management plans are implemented as necessary, in line with policies and procedures.
- Support residents with medication concordance and personal care.
- Undertake an enabling role with the resident in daily tasks such as cleaning, shopping, budgeting, and household tasks that promote independent living.
- Lead and promote social inclusion work by introducing residents to leisure activities, new interests, education or volunteering.
- Working with clinical teams, attending CPAs and multi-disciplinary team meetings.

**The Successful Applicant**:
Our main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day - **Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational.**

**Essential criteria**:

- Good organisational, communication, written and verbal skills and can work calmly in difficult and challenging situations.
- Knowledge and understanding of different types of mental health illnesses and the level of care some residents require would be desirable, but full training will be given.
- IT literate due to the volume of paperwork required to be kept up to date.
- Experience within a care or mental health settings is desirable, but not essential.

**What We Offer**:

- 33 days annual leave pro rata (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
- Employee Assistance Plan - with access to free counselling
- Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation)
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave
- £500 refer a friend bonus scheme
- Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments
- Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app - approved by NHS
- Free flu jabs

You will receive the training and confidence to use core therapeutic talk therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Strength-based Trauma Informed Care and Mutual Aid to provide the best possible support to our clients.

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