Key Worker Sheffield, England
Job description
30 hrs Permanent Post – Lister Avenue, Sheffield
The Lister Project is a CQC registered recovery residential mental health service for 25 adults, split over 5 separate houses in the Base green area of Sheffield. It is a warm and inviting home for customers who have enduring mental health issues. At the Lister Project customers have the independence, security and privacy of their own home, with all support needed during their recovery.
Could you empower someone with enduring mental health issues to gain the most from their life on their recovery journey?
We have an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic, positive and innovative individual to join our dedicated team at our registered mental health service in Sheffield. The role of a Key Worker includes supporting our customers to develop the skills necessary to maximise their independence. We are a service with a real commitment to supporting our customers to achieve their aspirations, goals and help them maximise their full potential. The role can be challenging and is highly rewarding.
For our perfect candidate, we are offering a great package of benefits, working in a caring and friendly team.
Our Benefits
- Starting Salary: £20,601 per annum (pro-rata part time)
- Working hours: 30 hours per week on a rota basis, variable shifts including evenings, weekends and bank holidays
- Generous holiday entitlement – 27 days annual leave, plus statutory bank holidays and an additional 4 SYHA days
- Pension contribution
- Excellent Flexible working options including Flexi Time, Condensed Hours, Part Time and job share.
- Excellent benefits including:
- SYHA Rewards - employee discount scheme, which offers cash back and shopping discounts. Plus advice and resources on healthy eating, financial wellbeing, exercise and mastering your mental health
- Westfield Health (employer paid)
- Counselling
- Discounted Gym membership
- Cycle to Work scheme
- Access to a wide range of programmes to train and develop you including access to the Institute of Employability Professionals.
More about the role:
The role of a Key Worker at Lister is a varied one and very rewarding. You will support our customers to give them the skills to live independently. Using a strength based approach you will use your motivational skills, encouraging them to achieve their goals and aspirations. You will use your skills and experience to develop person centred activities to support customers to achieve their goals. Some of our activities include healthy cooking sessions, walking groups, computer training and gardening.
A key element of the Key Worker role is to understand and assess risk and to have good understanding of Safeguarding.
You will support our customers with their personal care where needed, including the administration of medication
Who you are:
You will be passionate about customer service and have a real commitment to supporting our customers to achieve their aspirations, goals and help them maximise their full potential. The successful candidate would need to:
- Have previous experience of supporting vulnerable people
- Demonstrate an understanding of individual supports needs and how to positively manage risk, whilst supporting our customers on their recovery journey
- Be approachable, patient, and resilient
- Be a great communicator both verbally and in writing
- Have good problem-solving skills
- Capability to use a wide range of digital software
- Great organisational and observational skills
For the purposes of the Rehabilitation of Offenders this role is an excluded job.
Who we are:
At South Yorkshire Housing Association, our purpose is for our customers to settle at home, live well and realise their potential.
Feeling settled and living well means different things to the people and families that live across South Yorkshire. So, we work with people in different ways – from our extra-care housing, to providing services and opportunities that individuals can access in their home, workplace and community, to creating houses for affordable rent.
Our employees enable us to create the best services, support, and experiences for our customers. We believe that difference makes us better, and that our services are made stronger by having a diverse workforce. We encourage and welcome applications from all backgrounds.
Please note that we may remove this advert prior to the advertised date, dependent on the level of response received. Please apply at your earliest convenience.
Closing Date: Midnight, Wednesday 10th May 2023
Interview Date: Thursday 18th May 2023 at Lister Project
