Job Description

Senior Support worker
Salary: £24,472
Location: Chesterfield
Shift Pattern: 37.5 hours - 4pm-1am

Are you looking for a new role that will give you variety and a sense of achievement?
A new and exciting Senior Mental Health Support Worker opportunity has become available within a drop in service, which offers out of hours support, as an alternative for people with (or developing) mental health needs. The aim of this service is to act as an alternative to hospitalisation or emergency department visits. If this sounds like a role you could get your teeth into, I want to hear from YOU today!

I am working with a fantastic client who specialise in delivering homes, services, and innovation for some of the most disadvantaged communities across the country. They aim to provide the very best service, and they would love your help in continuing that process.

Salary and Benefits
For your hard work and commitment, you will be paid a salary of £24,472 and a very desirable employee package which includes; enhanced annual leave of 35 days, enhanced sickness pay based on your length of service, flexibility surrounding hybrid working, access to our National Wellbeing Lead and Wellbeing Champions, Employee Assistance Programme, team initiatives, pay-care employee benefits service, personal development, optional overtime, refer a friend scheme, passion about EDI strategies, work place pension, social media posts to celebrate achievements, and much more!

Overview of the Role
Your new service provides a community wellbeing resource that people can access during a mental health crisis, preventing escalation of mental health problems and supporting people to develop the necessary skills to cope with a future crisis. You will provide a safe, supportive and friendly environment helping individuals in their recovery through promotion of self? Empowerment and independence.

The successful applicant will have experience of working in a supportive, people focused environment, with a thorough understanding of mental health needs and excellent communication skills. You will need to be calm when dealing with challenging situations, kind, approachable and solution focussed to fully support people experiencing a tough time.

You will assist the Service Manager with the day to day running of the service and deputise for the manager in their absence.

Key Responsibilities
Promote independence
Shift/team leading
Encourage positivity and healthy lifestyles
Deal with cases of complex needs, drug and alcohol abuse & mental health
Work alongside a range of other companies in order to support individuals
Making quick on the spot decisions in order to help someone or refer them to external agencies

Interview Process
These stages have been put in place to help benefit and streamline the process of recruitment.

1st Stage - Shortlisting & Pre-Screening
In the first stage I will review your CV. Should you be successful, I will invite you for a telephone call. We will have a telephone conversation to discuss your right to work, work history, and suitability for the role.

2nd Stage - Formal Interview
In this stage, you will go have a formal interview with the hiring manager.

All applications must be accompanied with an up-to-date CV. If successful, you will be required to have a current DBS on the update service, eligibility of right to work, and your start date will be subject to sufficient references.

If you want to help make a difference to service users and also your career, click apply now! For more information, call 0121 480 8217 and ask for Samuel.