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

Response Organisation

Verified Company

Oxford, United Kingdom

1 week 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?

Mental Health Support Worker - £20,356 - £22,165 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences)

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

Service - Rowan House, Littlemore, Oxford.

What You'll Be Doing:

Rowan House is home to 25 residents with acute mental health needs, working alongside the Adult Mental Health Team.

Our roles offer employees variety where every day is different whilst also giving 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 work as part of a team to provide a safe and comfortable environment for our clients to live.
Assist clients with tasks such as cleaning, shopping, budgeting, and household tasks that promote their independence.
Support clients to achieve their personal goals, including their physical health, relationship building and managing their mental health.
Update and assist clients in the progress of their personal support plans.
Support residents with taking their medication.
Introduce clients to leisure activities, new interests, education or volunteering and support them to attend events or appointments.

The Successful Applicant:

Our main priority is to find people who can live our values every day -
Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational.

We provide excellent training on everything else, but we do ask that you can:

Build relationships and be friendly, respectful, patient and empathetic towards others.
Care for others and support them in challenging times. Perhaps you have done this in your personal life for friends or family.
Work calmly and methodically, with organisational, written and verbal skills.
Have respect for difference and diversity.
Use IT, with a basic knowledge of Word and Outlook.

What We Offer:

33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
Employee Assistance Plan with access to free counselling
Cycle to Work Scheme
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.