Mental Health Support Worker

Mental Health Support Worker: Female only

Location: Lancaster/Heysham area

Salary: £17 per hour

Hours: 12-hour shifts; 8-8 waking nights. Permanent and zero hours contracts available

Claimont Health is supporting a female client who has moved into the community after a prolonged hospital admission. She will be living independently in her own home with 1:1 support 24 hours a day. She enjoys walking, being outdoors and playing board games. She has a pet dog and hamster.

"I am a creative, thoughtful, kind and intelligent individual. An animal lover who enjoys nature, making things and helping others. I am motivated and it's important to me to be doing things that that have purpose and meaning."

The client experiences complex PTSD with flashbacks and periods of dissociation that will require support. As a team we will be proactive and promote independence, maintaining a recovery focussed mindset. They will support with daily activities, engagement, appointments, and walking her dog. Our aim is to empower our client within the restrictions that are in place. There is a need to provide support with routine and structure, but with a flexible approach dependent on clients wishes. There is an expectation to transport the client and her dog over the course of your shift.

We are looking for high quality, dynamic and experienced Mental Health Support Workers. You will be working in a small team on a 1:1 basis with the client and will be supported by a Mental Health Nurse who will provide oversight and clinical leadership.

The successful applicant will:

Be a female driver with own transport.

Have at least 2 years' experience within mental health settings.

Be willing to undertake company training specific for this client.

Be resilient and proactive.

Have experience of lone working.

Encourage and promote independence.

Monitor the client's mental and physical health and environment, escalating and reporting appropriately within the MDT, following policies and procedures.

Have a level of physical fitness that can support the client's activities.

Follow care plans and risk assessments, using initiative and compassion to support daily living.

Use initiative to react to fluctuating levels of ability and capacity.

Support client into their local community and with local activities.

Ensure a quality level of clinical record keeping is maintained, including incident reporting and compliance with data protection.

Support client with medication.

Claimont Health is specifically recruiting female applicants only in keeping with the positive action provision within the Equality Act 2010 order to meet patient needs and employee safety. This post is exempt under the Employment (Sex Discrimination) Act 2000, Section the (s9(2)(f)) Personal welfare and counselling which constitutes a Genuine Occupational Qualification. The role involves working with service users where there is a risk assessment identifying the need for a female candidate.

Claimont Health is a CQC registered, unique health service provider, providing person centred, holistic support to clients who prefer to be treated in the comfort of their own home. We offer a tailored service, providing highly skilled mental health professionals to complement client's needs.

Our Mission and Values

Claimont Health's mission is to be the leading independent sector provider of flexible, responsive, and dynamic mental health and complex care services in the UK. The values we live by are:

• Commitment
• Care
• Compassion
• Leadership
• Innovation

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Claimont Health follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Claimont Health is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights.