Mental Health Support worker

Job title:

Mental Health Support worker

Company

Rethink Mental Illness

Job description

Rethink Mental Illness are hiring a Support Worker to join our inspiring and friendly team at Hornsey Lane, Islington. Imagine being part of an organisation whose common purpose is to help those who are severely impacted by mental illness. We believe that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity – and that’s why equity is one of our core values.1 x Full-Time (35 hours) position available – Day and night work (sleep-ins) Shifts will be 5 in 7 days, inclusive of weekends.Overview of the service:Hornsey Lane is a 12 bed residential care home for older people (55+) with a long term primary Mental health diagnosis. Registered Care service staffed 24 hours. We provide a welcoming, safe, and non-judgmental environment that supports the personal growth and well-being of our residents. Our holistic approach considers all aspects of residents’ lives, not just their diagnosis. We collaborate with community agencies and services, involving residents in a recovery model with personalised, regularly reviewed support plans.JOIN THE TEAM!How You Will Make a Difference: As a Support Worker, you will support individuals in regaining confidence and engaging in social and workplace activities. You’ll work closely with service users to achieve their personal goals and access necessary support on their recovery journey.

• Provide key worker support, including one-on-one assistance and liaising with other mental health agencies.
• Focus on individual needs, using communication, motivation, and coaching to support users in achieving their goals.
• Build rapport based on respect and honesty, maintaining professional boundaries and adhering to the Rethink Mental Illness Code of Conduct.

Essential Experience and Skills:

• Transferable life/work experience relevant to this role.
• Good listening skills, empathy, understanding, kindness, patience, and a willingness to learn.
• Ability to demonstrate behaviours consistent with the Charity’s values.
• Experience in supporting people with mental illness or providing care/support services in a social care setting (paid or voluntary) is a plus.

Caring for our people.We offer a wide range of support. Some of our benefits include:

• PULSE – our recognition, rewards, wellbeing, and benefits platform. Providing access to thousands of discounts and benefits including cashback; reloadable cards; savings etc. As well as being able to thank colleagues and nominate them for awards.
• Wellbeing support: our Wellbeing hub gives physical, emotional, and mental health support. We also have an Employee Assistance Programme with access to appointments.
• Taking time for you: We have generous annual leave, starting at 25 rising to 30 days, plus bank holidays (some roles may require working on bank holidays) as well as your birthday off. We also offer the opportunity to buy and sell annual leave.
• Planning for the future: We have a contributory pension scheme.
• Structured Corporate Induction: Onboarding you into the Charity supporting your wellbeing along the way.
• £300 when you introduce a Friend: receive up to £300 when you introduce a friend or family members.

Who are we?We’re Rethink Mental Illness, a leading charity provider of mental health services in England. We support thousands of people through our groups, services, policy, campaigns and advice and information. Our work supports us in delivering on our mission: “A better life for everyone severely affected by mental illness.”

It is an exciting time to join our growing charity. We are on a transformation journey, one that supports the delivery of the organisation strategy – delivering Communities that Care. Supporting employees, managers and leaders through this change is a key priority for the People function. Just like its key that we attract diverse people to come and work for us.Diversity, Equity, InclusionDiversity is important to us and we appreciate difference through difference, inclusiveness and belonging. It gives us a deeper understanding of the world, our society and the diverse communities we’re working with. By including everyone, we are able to draw on the unique experiences and expertise of our people to help shape and enrich our workplace and improve our services. One way we are doing is through our valued staff networks which play a critical and highly valued role in keeping us focused on creating a diverse, inclusive and engaged employer. We recognise and support staff networks and support groups for our ethnically diverse and LGBTQIA+ colleagues. We are also proud to have been awarded Disability Confident Employer status and are a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter.We aim for our workforce to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve; for those who work for us to feel heard, valued and feel they belong; and for our work to help tackle wider mental health inequalities. We therefore actively encourage and welcome applications from everyone, including applicants with lived experience of mental illness, those who are Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer or Questioning, Intersex, Asexual and any other gender identity not expressed here (LGBTQIA+); people who are neurodiverse, have a health condition, or a disability or hidden disability and people from an ethnically diverse background – regardless of your age, religious or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy, political view or socio-economic status.Becoming a truly anti-racist organisationWe have an ambition of become a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider – and in our efforts to influence policy and wider societal factors impacting on mental health set out in our . We have designed a multi-year anti-racist programme of work contained in our which demonstrates our intention to hold ourselves accountable and be judged on our progress on becoming a truly anti-racist organisation. You can read more about our progress .We do reserve the right to close this advertisement early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.Please see further details on ourYou can also follow us on / / and to find out more about the work we do!If you have any questions about the position, please contact –Our work to achieve this is guided by seven core values:

• Commitment
• Equity
• Expertise
• Hope
• Openness
• Passion
• Understanding​

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Expected salary

£22004 per year

Location

Highgate, North London

Job date

Sun, 08 Dec 2024 07:33:38 GMT

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