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SalaryWe celebrate and bring out what’s special and unique about people. Here everyone grows together. We create the freedom for staff and service users to play an active role in shaping life at LCH. Everyone gets involved.
Reports to: Project Manager
Key Working Relationships (Internal): Project Manager
Key Working Relationships (External): GP, Health and Social Services Agencies
Salary circa: £21,833 plus discretionary bonus
Hours of work: 35 hours per week on a shift rota
Benefits include company pension scheme. 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays (pro rata), learning and development opportunities, travel and season ticket loan, cycle scheme.
Company business: Charitable Housing Association- (Mental Health and Learning Disability) Operates in several London boroughs.
DBS applicable: Yes
Job Summary:
To work as part of a team providing an environment where people with complex and challenging needs are encouraged to live as independently as possible, using the assertive model of engagement and individually tailored support plans to form the basis for effective interventions. To support the service users to develop and expand their life skills so that they can lead full and active lives within the community.
Qualifications and experience:
Successful experience of working with vulnerable adults, preferably in a Mental Health setting.
Knowledge, skills and abilities:
– Understanding of how Mental Health problems, learning disabilities and complex needs may affect day to day functioning
– Ability to establish and maintain rapport and liaise appropriately with service users, team members, clinicians and other external support services.
– Willingness to undertake a variety of tasks, sometimes in difficult or unpleasant circumstances, and with service users who may exhibit challenging behaviour
– Good IT skills and capacity to adapt easily to new systems
– Good written and verbal communication skills
– Knowledge and understanding of safeguarding policies and procedures
– Commitment to, and understanding of, equality of opportunity and the ongoing management of diversity
– Good knowledge of what day to day best practice is in Health & Safety
– Ability to work flexibly at different sites, on a 24 hour rolling shift pattern which includes days, evenings, nights, weekends and sleepovers.
To apply:
Download the job description and application form and return to recruitment@cyrenians.org
