Support Worker Mental Health

**Support Worker - Mental Health**
**Bushbury, Wolverhampton**
**30 Hour Contract Available**
**£9.93 per hour**
**COVID Vaccination Required**
**Drivers advantageous**

**About us**

At Liberty Support Services we create and operate supported living services for people with learning disabilities, mental health support needs and acquired brain injuries.

**About You**

We are looking for someone with mental health experience and a keen interest in promoting independence. Someone who understands the effects that an enduring mental health condition can have on quality of life
- Have the ability to deal confidently with professionals from a wide range other agencies.
- Understand service users have a wide range of talents and interests and be willing to maximise opportunities for each of them to achieve their full potential using clearly identified outcomes for each individual
- Proactively seek out opportunities for positive connections within the community for service users - volunteering roles, community groups, classes and workshops, local events
- Organise in-house activities and events and actively encourage staff, service user and family participation.
- Have a positive attitude and a sense of fun
- Understand and value the importance of teamwork in provision of effective and consistent support

**Duties include but not limited to**:

- To support people with enduring mental health conditions to gain more control over their lives
- To support people within their own home/tenancy
- To maximise service user’s inclusion and participation within their own community
- To follow current statutory requirements and legislations
- To plan fun activities and games with the service users
- Supporting and encouraging service users with meal preparation and keeping their homes clean
- Observing self-medication
- To promote independence
- To assist and operate on the on-call duty system on a rotational basis with other senior members of staff
- To complete routine audits within the service under the guidance of the service manager

**The 6C's Value's essential to compassionate care**:
Here at Liberty Community Support we like to follow the NHS values essential to compassionate care. These are the following:

- Care - Care is our core business and that of our organisations; and the care we deliver helps the individual person and improves the health of the whole community. Caring defines us and our work. People receiving care expect it to be right for them consistently throughout every stage of their life.
- Compassion - Compassion is how care is given through relationships based on empathy, respect and dignity. It can also be described as intelligent kindness and is central to how people perceive their care.
- Competence - Competence means all those in caring roles mist have the ability to understand an individual’s health and social needs. It is also about having the expertise, clinical and technical knowledge to deliver effective care and treatments based on research and evidence.
- Communication - Communication is central to successful caring relationships and to effective team working. Listening is as important as what we say. It is essential for ‘No decision without me’. Communication is the key to a good workplace with benefits for those in our care and staff alike.
- Courage - Courage enables us to do the right thing for the people we care for, to speak up when we have concerns. It means we have the personal strength and vision to innovate and to embrace new ways of working.
- Commitment - A commitment to our patients and populations is a cornerstone of what we do. We need to build on our commitment to improve the care and experience of our patients. We need to take action to make this vision and strategy a reality for all and meet the health and social care challenges ahead.

**Benefits include**:

- Sodexo employee benefits and discounts package
- Blue light card entitlement
- Refer a friend incentive
- Company pension entitlement
- Immediate start - depending on your compliance checks and training.

**Salary**: £9.93 per hour

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday
- Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

- WV10 9ST: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: One location