Mental Health Support Worker

**Can you make a real difference to the lives of others?**

At Macklin Care Homes, you will work as part of an award-winning team, valued for your contributions, with opportunities for career development, and enjoy a friendly and rewarding working environment. If you are a compassionate person who cares with heart, we would love to hear from you.

As part of the **Mental Health Residential**facility at Our Lady’s Care Home, Belfast, we actively recruiting for experienced **Support Workers** **(Nightshift)** within the field of Mental Health who will use their compassion and clinical experience to help deliver the exceptional levels of resident care we are known for, and are passionate about making a difference to the lives of people who have a variety of mental health conditions.

With no two days the same, you will enjoy a wide range of varied responsibilities, from ensuring that care-plans are comprehensive to making sure that decisions are acted upon, and if necessary, incorporated into a resident's care-plan and individualised care packages.

**About The Role**

**Professional Responsibilities**:

- Experience working within a mental health environment.
- Good working knowledge of The Mental Health Order (1986).
- An understanding of current approaches to mental health practice.
- Ability to collaborate with a challenging resident group positively.
- Ensuring care plans are comprehensive and understandable to the resident.
- Supporting, encouraging, and prompting residents with their medication.
- Accurately maintain documentation both manually and electronically.
- Ensure house rules are kept and adhered to, providing a safe environment.
- Communicate effectively with colleagues, residents, and visitors.
- Assisting residents with booking and attending appointments.
- Support residents in daily tasks: self-care, shopping, and household tasks.
- Promoting residents to develop their skills and increase their independence.

**Company benefits**:
To reward the demanding work of our fantastic colleagues, we offer an excellent benefits package as follows:

- Collaborating with an award-winning team with family values.
- A comprehensive paid induction programme.
- A wide variety of training is provided.
- Career development opportunities.
- Flexibility of shifts.
- Employee Assistance Programme.
- Discounted rates at Malone Hotel, Belfast.
- Health and wellbeing initiatives, including team-building initiatives.
- Free car parking and uniform*
- Incentives for employee referrals*
- _T&Cs will apply._

**Please note we will only accept up-to-date CVs - without this, an interview cannot be given.**

In addition, we also reserve the right to enhance the criteria at the shortlisting stage.

**An Enhanced Access NI Check will be required for this post.** If successful, please be aware that we do have a policy on the recruitment of ex-offenders. As per the Access NI Code of Practice, Macklin Care Homes also has a policy on the secure handling, use, storage, and retention of disclosure information. Copies of these documents, along with the Access NI Code of Practice, are available upon request by contacting the HR Department.

It is Macklin Care Homes' Policy that any existence of a criminal conviction will not necessarily lead to the withdrawal of a job offer, but the failure to disclose all criminal convictions fully and accurately will lead to the withdrawal of a job offer.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive team that reflects the communities we serve.

Macklin Care Homes is an Equal Opportunities Employer.

**Required Criteria**
- An understanding of current approaches to mental health practice.
- Awareness of the local services available to those with mental health needs.
- Understanding of types of mental health illnesses and the level of care residents will require.
- Caring, empathetic and compassionate nature.

**Desired Criteria**
- Level 2 Diploma in Health and Social Care (or equivalent).
- Experience working within a Care Home setting or environment.

**Skills Needed**

Listening to patients, Providing Care, Ability to Support Difficult Patients, Empathy

**About The Company**

Part of the Macklin Group, Macklin Care Homes have been caring for people for over 30 years. We’ve taken all our experience over all those years to bring the very best of our knowledge and our expertise to you. We’re experts at what we do.

We’re not just another Care Home, we’re family-first and treat everyone we come into contact with as one of our very own. From staff to residents, relatives to suppliers to the postman - we’re all one big caring community

We have six Care Homes:

- 3 in Belfast: Arlington, Our Lady's and Parkmanor Oaks
- 1 in Magherafelt: Milesian Manor
- 1 in Coleraine: Ratheane
- 1 in Ballycastle: Leabank

**Company Culture**

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