Mental Health Support Worker

Mental Health Support Worker **Pay**: £15.00 Standard Rate - £21.00 per hour Bank Holidays **Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 awarded (T&C's apply*)** **Company description** We are a specialist care provider that supports individuals who have a learning disability and are on the autism spectrum. We provide a flexible, person centred approach with a focus on supporting those who display significant behaviours of concern. We offer a broad spectrum of flexible personalised care carried out by our multi-disciplinary team. Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Practitioners and Learning disability nurses offer a wide range of skills and experience in specialised assessments, planning and delivering the right support. Here at LDA Care we don’t anticipate ‘smooth sailing’ with the people we are serving. The individuals we support may have experienced abuse, rejection and trauma. Some individuals may exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress, have experienced institutionalisation, and may have missed out on everyday processes of socialisation. Each has inherent and acquired ‘disabilities', however, experience tells us with the right skilled relationship-based support and the opportunity to experience a rich and meaningful life, these individuals can have and be so much more. LDA Care are looking for people who will demonstrate the competence (or enthusiasm to acquire the competence) to provide excellent personalised social, and sometimes clinical level behavioural, support to people with learning disabilities and autism in their own homes. This is the part where you come in, come and join us delivering **holistic **care, achieving great **outcomes **and enabling **meaningful environments** **H**olistic **O**utcomes **M**eaningful **E**nvironments **Job description** **Role Description** We currently have a great opportunity for dedicated Care Workers to work with a young man who has autism and mental health support needs. The individual will be living on his own so we are looking for Care Workers who can provide 1:1 support throughout his day. To be part of his team he is looking for the following in a team member: - That you understand Autism, and or you have had experience of working with Autistic people, and that you understand that being autistic is an important part of who he is - Be a positive advocate for him - Be consistent - do what you say you say you will if you can’t explain why. - Be prepared to motivate him, but in a supportive manner - Be patient and understanding - Have a fun and kind personality - Wok ‘with him’ to solve issues that he may experience on a day-to-day basis - Come to work wanting to ‘work with’ him by making the effort of getting to know him - Listen to the people that know him well - his circle of support - CARE - be caring NOT JUST as a job as a value - Place him at the centre of the care/support you deliver (person centred) - Duty of Candour - this is important to him, be open and transparent if you make a mistake own it, learning from mistakes is important and apologies can be accepted - Be able to "have a laugh and a joke" a sense of humour. Interested to fully take part in conversations **He likes**: - Coffee lover (_Liking coffee is preferable but not essential but going for coffee is essential_) - Maths _(don’t worry if you’re not a mathematician - just understand that I like it and will talk about it)_ - Lego (_Visits to lego land would be an activity of choice - so if this is not of interest its not for you)_ - Music - Walking _(Please have the energy to keep up with him, walking is an activity that would be required_) - Politics/current affairs _(taking part in the conversations would be appreciated and showing interest would be nice)_ - Games **What's in it for you?** - **£250 when you introduce a Friend**: - Contracts - Great Pay - Pension Enrolment - Standard Sick Pay - Free training - Weekly pay - Paid holiday - Ongoing Training / Coaching throughout your role - Opportunities to progress & develop **COVID-19 considerations**: All Mental Health Support Workers must adhere to government guidelines about their injections. **Schedule**: - 12 hour shift - 09:00 to 21:00 / 21:00 to 09:00 - Monday to Friday - Weekend availability - Overtime **Licence/Certification**: - Mental Health (preferred) - Driving Licence (preferred) - **Refer a friend bonus is payable at**_ - £125 once the referred individual has successfully completed their 3 month probation period. - £125 once the referred individual has been employed for 6 continuous months. **Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent **Salary**: £15.00-£21.00 per hour Schedule: - 12 hour shift - Day shift - Night shift - Weekend availability **Experience**: - Mental health / Autism: 1 year (required) Licence/Certification: - UK Driving Licence (Manual Cars) (preferred) Shift availability: - Day shift (preferred) - Night shift (preferred) Work Location: On the road