Mental Health Support Worker - Horsham, United Kingdom - Smart Recruit Online

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Horsham, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has become available to work within our growing, specialist mental health service in West Sussex. We have full time and part time roles available for Support Workers

Some of the reasons our existing team work for us are:

an interest in mental health and/or wanting to gain clinical experience.

- the diversity of the role.
- wanting job satisfaction and a rewarding career.
- working in the community to enable people to live their best life and create independence.
- wanting to work for a people-centred and supportive organisation.

Does this resonate with you? Then we would love to hear from you.

Venture-People offer outreach support and housing solutions to individuals with a mental health need, maximising their independence with the right support at the right time.

We work in a person-centred and recovery focused approach, steeped in therapeutic optimism.

We are looking for Support Workers who will make up a growing team within the Northern West Sussex team.

As a Support Worker you will be delivering quality support that enables people to achieve their outcomes by using and developing person-centred support plans.

You will be able to manage risks and vulnerabilities whilst promoting social inclusion and maximising the opportunities for the people you support.

Benefits:

A varied and dynamic working environment
Competitive rates of pay (£22,672 £25,506 per annum pro rata) up to 45 hours per week
Benefits scheme
You will receive full induction training and continued professional development
Flexible working with opportunities for evenings and weekends
Excellent support from experienced management and the wider clinical leadership team and a chance to get involved in this new and exciting service from the ground up.

Info:

On a full-time contract your working pattern would be Monday - Friday or for 45 hours per week Monday - Friday This is an outreach position so you would be working in the Mid Sussex District.

Essential Skills:

You should have an enthusiasm and interest in working within the mental health sector
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
A willingness to go the extra mile
You should have a flexible approach that respects individual differences with an ability to work as part of a team as well as independently, using your initiative

Desired Skills:

It would be desirable for you to have had experience of supporting a person(s) with a mental health condition and within a community-based services.

Full training will be provided as part of this Support Worker role, so if you feel you can embed our values and offer quality support to enable people to achieve their goals we want to hear from you

About Company:

Venture-People is an award-winning organisation, formed from our shared ambition to provide high quality and psychologically informed support.

We provide bespoke, community-based support to individuals with a complex need; including a mental health diagnosis, neurodiversity, or may have endured trauma.

The people we support may have spent an extended period in hospital or other setting, therefore we utilise a person-centred approach; empowering individuals to become as independent as possible within their own home.

Essential Requirements:

You should have an enthusiasm and interest in working within the mental health sector
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
A willingness to go the extra mile
You should have a flexible approach that respects individual differences with an ability to work as part of a team as well as independently, using your initiative