Mental Health Support Worker

Southern Education Recruitment are currently working alongside a Mental Health Service in based Waltham Abbey, Essex, who are currently seeking to appoint a Flexible Support Worker to join their team on a permanent contract. Therapeutic optimism is at the heart of all the work carried out by this Mental Health Service, believing that all clients with mental health problems can achieve and make positive changes to their lives as they move along their pathway, and it is the responsibility of all staff to support them in their journey.

Position: Mental Health Support Worker

Location: Waltham Abbey, Essex

Contract: Permanent Contract 37.5 across a 7-day rota

Salary: £21,312pa

This role involves supporting clients transitioning from hospital to their homes, offering flexible assistance for individuals with enduring mental health needs on a 7-day shift rota. The focus is on guiding clients through their recovery journey over a 24-month period, helping them set and achieve their goals, become more self-reliant, and reduce their dependence on medical interventions and hospitalisations. The role also includes providing outcome-focused support, addressing dual diagnosis issues, managing housing-related aspects, and collaborating across various services and sites as needed.

Essential Requirements:

• Experience of working with adults with enduring mental needs or a similar field
• Experience of supporting client move on to independence within a time defined recovery path
• Understanding of Dual Diagnosis and complex needs
• Knowledge of Mental Health Act

Applying for a role with this Service will open the door to joining an organisation that has been awarded, at excellence level, the Healthy Workplace Charter 2019 and retained its Mindful Employer Status for a further two years 2022 - 2024.

This Mental Health Service cares passionately about all aspects of their staff’s working life. This spans from how workers feel about their duties and providing them with meaningful work, giving their employees a voice in accepting and utilising feedback, to their working environment ensuring quality and safety of the physical environments for all, and finally a leadership team with a focus on its people. If you would like to join this amazing team, please send your CV along with a cover letter.

This post is subject to the requirements of a six-month probationary period and satisfactory pre right to work checks.