Gateway Mental Health Support Worker - Southwark, United Kingdom - Look Ahead Housing and Care

Look Ahead Housing and Care
Look Ahead Housing and Care
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Southwark, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Job profile:


  • The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
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Job details:
Job details:

Job reference

  • REQ00492
  • Date posted
  • 20/07/202 Application closing date
  • 20/08/202 Location
  • Southwark
  • Salary
- £24,856.00 per annum

  • Package
  • Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.
  • Contractual hours
  • 40
  • Basis
  • Full time
  • Job category/type
  • Full Time, Permanent
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Gateway Mental Health Support worker:

Job description

  • We're looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient
    Support Worker join our Mental Health service in Southwark.

£24,856.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week._ Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, _staff discounts, healthcare and career progression._

Want to feel like you're part of one team? You'll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That's why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren't token gestures - we've thought long and hard about how best to support our team.

After all, our people are doing something amazing:
helping to transform lives every day.

  • This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._

What you'll do:

Gateway Mental Health is a 24 hour male only high support accommodation service. Gateway MH is home for 14 customers from Lambeth and Southwark.


Support workers are vital members of the team as they provide support to customers helping them to develop the life-skills they require to move on to less supported accommodations or even independent living.

Support workers will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices, and will have a caseload of customers, for which they are responsible.


Support workers will work with customers to promote social inclusion and alongside other members of the team to promote independent living, encouraging customers to maximise their skills and choices.

Support Workers will have a caseload of customers, for which they are responsible.

  • Shifts are 84pm and 2pm10pm Monday to Friday and double or 8am3pm/3pm10pm Saturday and Sunday. This also includes bank holidays_

About you:


  • Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere.
  • Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging in order to achieve Support Plan goals.
  • Create support plans for providing appropriate services based on ongoing assessment and reflecting the services and resources available to enable customer to progress in their recovery
  • Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking'.
  • Provide support and access to relevant services to enable customers to continue their recovery and empower customers to selfmanage their medication regimes through individual reenablement programmes and informed decision making.
  • Undertake support work in partnership with external stakeholders to compliment their interventions;
  • Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes.
  • Demonstrate strong commitment to the functioning of the staff team and to support colleagues in providing a high level of service and safety to customers.
  • Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service.
  • Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues.
  • Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc.
  • Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts.
  • Adhering to all other Look Ahead's policies and procedures.
  • Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills.
  • Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/ Manager.

What you'll bring:


  • Enjoys social interaction and the company of others, joins in local activities to encourage customer involvement
  • Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
  • Working well as part of a group or team as well as independently
  • Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
  • Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
  • Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
  • Is confident with high levels of selfesteem
  • Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
  • Is motivated t
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