Mental Health Support Worker

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living. 

Do you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health? 

Mental Health Support Worker - £24,050 - £26,000 per annum pro rata (Salaries vary depending on experiences)

Hours – 37 hours per week, Monday – Sunday, inclusive of bank holidays, shifts include mornings, evenings, and weekends.

Service – Iris Hayter House, Littlemore, Oxford

What You’ll Be Doing:

Iris Hayter House are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated individual to join their team. Iris Hayter House team is a Care Quality Commission registered care home. The team provide care 24/7 for older adults who are diagnosed with enduring mental health needs.

Our clients really appreciate the passion from our Support Workers too: “The staff are caring, kind, compassionate and understanding. They support me and care for me and are first class. I am happier now than I have been in years.” Client in Adult Services.  

Overall job responsibility: Further detail can be viewed in the Job Description.

 Some of the core duties include:

• You will provide a safe and comfortable environment for our residents to live and colleagues to work.
• Support the development of person-centred planning, ensuring each resident’s plans have meaningful and achievable goals. 
• Ensure support plans and risk management plans are implemented as necessary, in line with policies and procedures.
• Support residents with medication concordance and personal care.
• Undertake an enabling role with the resident in daily tasks such as cleaning, shopping, budgeting, and household tasks that promote independent living.
• Lead and promote social inclusion work by introducing residents to leisure activities, new interests, education or volunteering.
• Working with clinical teams, attending CPAs and multi-disciplinary team meetings.

The Successful Applicant:

Our main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day – Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational.

Essential criteria:

• Good organisational, communication, written and verbal skills and can work calmly in difficult and challenging situations.
• Knowledge and understanding of different types of mental health illnesses and the level of care some residents require would be desirable, but full training will be given.
• IT literate due to the volume of paperwork required to be kept up to date.
• Experience within a care or mental health settings is desirable, but not essential.

What We Offer:

• 33 days annual leave pro rata (inclusive of bank holidays) 
• Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
• Employee Assistance Plan - with access to free counselling 
• Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation)
• Enhanced family friendly leave
• Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave 
• £500 refer a friend bonus scheme 
• Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments
• Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app – approved by NHS
• Free flu jabs
• Free DBS application

You will receive the training and confidence to use core therapeutic talk therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Strength-based Trauma Informed Care and Mutual Aid to provide the best possible support to our clients.

If this Part TimeMental Health Support Worker position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website: Response – Mental Health Care & Support.

All our roles require a DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK – Unfortunately, Response are not able to offer sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for the role and require sponsorship, you will be withdrawn from the recruitment process. Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer.