Senior Mental Health Support Worker - Chester, United Kingdom - Cheshire West & Chester

Cheshire West & Chester

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Chester, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Description

Senior Mental Health Support Worker:

We are looking for an open, friendly & enthusiastic person to join our Day Service Team. You will be supporting a diverse range of individuals who each experience issues surrounding Mental Health.

Organisation

Cheshire West and Chester Council

Location

Chester, Northwich

Job Category

Social Care

Grade

CWAC NJC
Grade 6

Salary Min
- £24,054 pro rata per annum

Salary Max
- £26,845 pro rata per annum

Hours per week

Weeks per year

Employment Type

Permanent

Closing Date

26/02/2023

Ref No

W2517

Cheshire West and Chester Council brings a fresh and energetic approach to providing top quality services for its many customers and communities.

West Cheshire is a place where everyone can Thrive - through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

Can you Inspire, Enthuse & Create?

We seek an inspiring member of the team who can offer a 'Can Do' and flexible approach to the development and wellbeing of our customers.

Working across a range of mental health support functions, Senior Mental Health Support Workers provide short-term, intensive support to adult service users with mental health needs, enabling and empowering them to maximise their social, emotional, and physical independence in line with their individual care plan and the principles of mental health recovery.

This involves ensuring that individual care plans are outcome focused and implemented and reviewed in a timely way, communicating any changes to the relevant internal colleagues and external multi-agency partners.

Senior Mental Health Support Workers are required to work closely with individuals to develop onward pathways to appropriate services, community groups and third sector organisations to further enable independence and recovery.

What we offer
As part of a focused and specialised team within the Social Care Sector of Cheshire West and Chester Council, we offer a range of employment benefits for you and your family

This includes:

Induction training programme
Competitive salaries
We can offer regular work patterns between the hours of 9am until 4pm.
Generous Annual Leave Entitlement. (25 days increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service.)
Competitive Government Pension Scheme
Exclusive staff discounts across Cheshire West & Chester
Holiday Plus Scheme
Health and Medical Benefits
Work fit, Cycle 2 Work & Technology Benefits
Mileage Allowance (45p per mile)
We'll also provide you with a work mobile phone, personal alarm and established emergency procedures to support you whilst you're in the community
A Service Supervisor is available on call every day from 09.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs

About Us

The Adult Mental Health Prevention & Wellbeing Team is one of the leading specialist care providers in Cheshire West and Chester, working alongside a wide range of consultants, clinical experts and specialised agencies providing rehabilitation, treatment programmes, care planning, assessment, and long-term focus on recovery and overall wellbeing.

We have consistently gained a reputation for innovation, creativity and providing the right treatment solutions for services users with particularly challenging and complex needs.

Our ethos is to ensure that every individual referred to our service has the potential to further their recovery within a community setting, leading to independence, choice and positivity.

We are continuously under the process of reshaping our service in order to provide a more integrated service, supporting an array of health & care providers.

We are also proud to work closely with a number of agencies that support people with mental health problems.

What we expect from you

You will:

Be committed to a personcentred approach to recovery and wellbeing
Be enthusiastic about working as part of a dedicated team
Be resilient and able to work under pressure and often alone.
It is essential that you hold a Full UK driving license with Fully Comprehensive Insurance for Business Use.

The contractual work location for this role is listed above however you may be required to work from a range of work locations or sites within the Borough and may also be required to work from home, depending on the needs of the service.

Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please click the Equality Policy for more information.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £9.90 per hour for all contracted hours.