Senior Mental Health Support Worker - Oxford, United Kingdom - Response Organisation

Response Organisation

Verified Company

Oxford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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?

Senior Mental Health Support Worker - £22,239 - £24,462 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences)

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

Service - Morrell Crescent, Littlemore

What You'll Be Doing:
Morrell Crescent is home to 37 clients, who live across several 3 bed houses in the same location.

The service is covered by Support Workers 24/7, so clients will have the support on hand whenever they need it.

Our clients are with Response to gain skills in living independently, while also focussing on improving their mental health.

Every day is different which gives a great sense of pride seeing the positive impact you can have on others.

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:

You will provide a safe and comfortable environment for our residents to live and colleagues to work, whilst also empowering Support Workers to feel confident in their role.
Lead by example and take the role of Shift Lead ensuring that all members of the team are aware of daily tasks and notes are completed and updated as appropriate.
Be the first point of contact handling all queries and requests from internal and external partners responding in a timely manner delegating as appropriate,
Lead in times of incidents in the absence of the manager and deputy, ensuring that policies and procedures are adhered to
Mentor and support new team members in their role
Responsible for leading on projects to enhance the service.
Support the development of personcentred planning, ensuring 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.
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
Maintain clean, safe working environments and communal areas
Working with clinical teams, attending CPAs and multidisciplinary 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:

Awareness of legal frameworks such as Care Act 2014, Mental Health Act 1983, Mental Capacity Act 200
A good understanding of different types of mental health illnesses and the level of care some residents may require
GCSE Maths and English, being IT literate due to the volume of paperwork required to be kept up to date
Good organisational, communication, written and verbal skills and can work calmly in difficult and challenging situations

What We Offer:

33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
Employee Assistance Programme 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.

Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer.

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients.

All our roles require an enhanced DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK.