mental health support worker

**Full Day-Half Days - Night Shifts**

**Flexible Working**

Support Worker (Merseyside)

1) Up to date Care Training

2) Eligibility to work

3) CV

4) DBS Check - on the update system

CLIENT: Potens

RATE: £11.75 - £13.02 per Hour

THE ROLE

To work as a team member in ensuring that a safe, supportive and caring environment is maintained which meets the individual and group needs of the people who live there and to demonstrate a positive and person-centred approach at all times.

· To offer support to service users on an individual basis consistent with the aims and objectives of the service and the wider organisation.

· To undertake flexible working arrangements in accordance with the service users’ needs and service requirements which includes, weekends, evenings, waking nights and sleep -in duties.

· To contribute in planning, delivering and reviewing of care plans as agreed with each service user and assume designated keyworker responsibilities where required.

· To enable and encourage service users to live as independently as possible.

· To ensure that service user’s rights are always respected and in line with the Human Rights Act and Mental Capacity Act 2005 and ensuring Deprivation of Liberty (DOL) guidelines are always followed.

· To ensure safeguarding policies are adhered to, to protect and safeguard vulnerable people.

· To ensure that service users are safeguarded from physical, verbal, financial, or material, psychological or sexual abuse, neglect, discriminatory abuse or self-harm, inhuman or degrading treatment, through deliberate intent, negligence or ignorance, in accordance with written policies.

· To enable and support service users to make use of facilities available to the public and access appropriate therapeutic activities in community settings.