Complex Mental Health Support Worker - Neath, United Kingdom - Mirus Wales

Mirus Wales

Verified Company

Neath, United Kingdom

9 hours ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

We need people that understand the struggles & challenges surrounding Mental Health. You may know someone that has Mental Health issues. You may have worked with your own Mental HealthSome of the best support workers are those that have lived experience

With the right people behind them, the people that we support are developing their skills, going back to school, completing distance learning, going out, socialising, and giving back to their community.

Be part of the team and you will get to see the difference that we can make, first-hand. You can be the difference.

This is an extra care/complex service, and we support people to live independent lives. You will receive full training and mentoring, with support from our management team and your fellow support workers.

We support individuals to meet their personal outcomes such as getting back into employment, volunteer work, maintaining their home, accessing their community and developing their confidence.

What will you be doing:

You will develop, implement, and review a range of individual support plans to enable the person that you will support to lead a fulfilling life.
You will provide support with a range of tasks which may include household and domestic tasks, shopping, diet/food preparation, personal care, personal hygiene, dressing and personal appearance.
As a Mental Health Support worker we will support you in studying towards your QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care, which is completely funded by Mirus.
You will work alongside other professionals such as care managers, community nurses and occupational therapists to deliver high quality support.

Individual and Team Responsibilities:

To offer one to one support to help people take small steps, regain control and deal with their immediate issues.
To help the people you support to build resilience for their own futures
Work closely with your team and other internal/ external partnerships to build and maintain excellent working relationships to ensure a seamless 'team around the person' approach.
To participate and contribute to your own reflective practice, Post incident support and what is and is not working sessions.
To participate in supervision and appraisal sessions with managers
To attend and actively participate in all relevant training events. To keep accurate records of training and personal development
To prepare to register and update learning with Social Care Wales as a social care worker within the agreed timescale set
To complete relevant qualifications in order to maintain registration as a social care worker with Social Care Wales
To participate and contribute to team meetings, area meetings and external meetings
To have an awareness of, and comply with the
Mirus Equal Opportunities Policy

Our benefits include:

Fully funded and supported qualification
QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care (if not already achieved)
Paid workrelated travel at 45p per mile between services
Premium payments for sleep in and wake in
Full training programme and opportunities for development and promotion, including our aspiring managers programme.
24 days' Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays. Increasing after 5 years service
Pension Scheme
Cycle to Work Scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Social Wales Registration and DBS paid for by
Mirus

Next Steps:

Vacancy Type:
Permanent

Location:
Neath

Postcode:
SA10 7DW

Full-time / Part-time:Part-time

Salary:
£12.55

Closing Date:17 May 2024