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

Look Ahead Housing and Care

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Westminster, United Kingdom

6 days ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

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

REQ00442
Date posted
03/02/202 Application closing date
05/03/202 Location
Westminster
Salary

- £23,019.36 per annum

Package
25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.
Contractual hours
40
Basis
Full time
Job category/type
Full Time

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Mental Health Support Worker:

Job description
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Recruiting for a Mental Health Support Worker to join our West Minister Service
£23,019.36 per annum, working 40 hours per week, plus 25 days Annual Leave, Pension schemes, Staff discounts, healthcare and more.

This role requires working on a rota pattern encompassing a mix of shifts between 08:00 to 16:00 and 14:00 to 22:00 including weekends.

Job Overview**:

Hopkinson House implements and promotes the Psychologically Informed Environment (PIE) model.

This is an approach to supporting people out of homelessness, those who have experienced complex trauma or are diagnosed with a personality disorder.

It also considers the psychological needs of staff:
developing skills and knowledge, increasing motivation, job satisfaction and resilience.

Support from the in-house Clinical Psychologist is given as part of the PIE model: reflective practice, training, and client consultation are facilitated for staff weekly.

One-to-one support from a clinical psychologist is also offered to residents.

Partnership working underpins the support provided to Hopkinson House residents and support in Hopkinson House is delivered by a multiagency team including an in-house clinical psychologist, art therapist, and a specialist substance misuse worker to provide holistic care.

We are recruiting for Mental Health Support Workers to join our dynamic service and team.

You will provide information, social inclusion, and vocational opportunities to support customers to:

recover and stay well; exercise choice and control in their support and lives; and participate on an equal footing in the community.

Provision support is provided on a model of re-enablement towards self-advocacy, self-management, and empowerment, incorporating the principles and practice of recovery, co-production, and peer support.

Key Responsibilities:

Carrying out holistic assessments of new customers incorporating relevant statutory referral information
Keyworking complex customers, building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and external partners, creating a positive atmosphere
Co-Produce personalised support plans with customers providing appropriate support based on ongoing assessment and resources available to enable customer to progress in their recovery
Conducting regular key work sessions that are innovative and engaging to achieve Support Plan goals
Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of 'positive risk taking' through Risk Management Plans
Keep customers records and files up to date in line with Look Ahead' Policies and Procedures
Lead on handover of key information between shifts, verbally and electronically reporting safeguarding concerns, customers' progress, and engagement with services

Person Specification:

An understanding of the difficulties faced by individuals with complex trauma, substance misuse and mental health needs and the skills to empower them to achieve their ambitions
An awareness and understanding of the social, emotional and wellbeing need of individuals with enduring mental health needs and different agencies involved in their care and support
An understanding of the challenges people with mental health needs face and the skills to facilitate positive behaviour change and reintegration into community
An understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures
An understanding of the limits to own knowledge and responsibilities, with a clear understanding of when to ask for the advice and support of colleagues, line manager or relevant statutory or voluntary agencies

Skills, Knowledge, and Experience

Essential:

A basic understanding of the stigma and challenges faced by individuals that have been diagnosed with a mental health condition

Desirable:

Experience of providing targeted recovery focussed support to individuals with needs mental health.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date._
This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation._