Support Worker: Mental Health

Support Worker: Mental Health

LOCATION: Bournemouth

HOURS: 20 hours a week Mon-Fri

SALARY: £10.90

DURATION: Perm

START DATE: ASAP

Do you have experience working with complex Mental Health needs? Would you like to make a difference developing service users skills, knowledge and understanding around their Mental Health strategic intervention tools to manage complex Mental Health or moments of crisis. Do you thrive in a team working on a shared caseload, providing 1:1 support where necessary?

If yes, BRC have an exciting opportunity for you to gain valuable experience with complex Mental Health needs.

Key Responsibilities & Duties

• Manage a caseload of customers and provide support with any needs that may arise.
• Provide support within groups or 1:1.
• Collaboratively write risk and needs assessments that reflect service user needs.
• Maintain and build upon pre-existing relationships with external support services, making referrals where appropriate.
• Encourage positive choices to improve health and wellbeing i.e. food
• Provide support, advice, and guidance on tenancy issues, welfare benefits, educational, and employability prospects.
• Assist with daily domestic duties such as cooking, and cleaning.
• Carry out building compliance checks such as health and safety, water, and fire.

Join the team and receive these fantastic benefits!

• Personal development.
• Annual leave
• Pensions
• Maternity, paternity/co-parental, adoption and parental leave
• Hospital Saturday Fund
• Employee assistance programme
• Mental Health First Aid
• Inclusion Groups
• Cycle-to-work scheme
• Job sharing and flexible working
• Salary
• Salaries
• Season ticket loan Staff
• Sick pay
• Life assurance
• Staff consultation and union membership
• Perkbox
• Hardship Loans

To apply for this role, please send an up to date CV or call Olly Hodgkinson on .