Mental Health Support Worker

Mental Health Support Worker Nottingham, England

Nottingham Community Housing Association
Full Time Nottingham, England 20500 - 22077 GBP ANNUAL Today
Job description

Salary: £20,500 - £22,077 per annum
Location: Nottingham City
Hours: Full Time - 37 hours a week
Closing Date: 30th June 2023

The Vacancy

Here at NCHA we have a fantastic opportunity for the right person to join our friendly and supportive Care & Support team as a Mental Health Support Worker based in Nottingham.

Blyth Street is an innovative mental health service for people who have stepped down from registered care and need support to help them to live independently in the community, based in the beautiful Mapperley Park in Nottingham.

Dale Street is a long term service is for people who struggle with enduring mental health problems based in Sneinton. We strive to give people informed choices on how they want to live their lives.

Have an understanding of Mental Health and want to make a difference?

You will be equipped with the right values and be given training to make you highly resilient to allow you to demonstrate patience and understanding even in times of crisis. We know it’s a challenging role, but we also know you will be remarkable at it.

So what will you be doing?

Support could be anything from providing emotional support to washing pots. One day you might get the chance to hear an amazing story about a service user’s life whilst supporting to cook a balanced meal with them. You may support service users with budgeting, administration, and you will be an advocate for them in professional meetings.

Your naturally empathetic personality will shine through during key work and by being organised and caring we believe you will make a massive difference to our service user’s well-being.

Numeracy, literacy and IT skills are essential as you will updating support plans and recording notes frequently.

Shift Patterns

Support is all year round; so you will need to be available to work a variety of shifts across weekdays, weekends and bank holidays. Shift patterns are based around service user needs so our ideal candidate will be flexible. The working pattern is 37 hours worked over a 7 day period. These shifts can vary but generally will be between 8am and 9pm. We are unable to accommodate any part time roles due to our service needs.

All successful candidates will be required to take a numerical and literacy test prior to the interview.

We may close this vacancy early should we receive sufficient interest.

All correspondence will be via your registered email address.

You will need to attach a CV in order to apply for this role.

Apply online or email a CV over to [email protected]

NCHA strives to be a welcoming and inclusive employer as such we particularly welcome applicants from men, as they are currently under-represented within in our Care and Support department.

The Company

We’re Nottingham Community Housing Association, known to many as NCHA. We’ve been around since 1973, and we're really proud of that. We're more than just a housing association: we deliver care and support to people all over the East Midlands. Read our story to find out more about us.

Some Benefits

Wellbeing
plan

NCHA
pension

Free DBS
checks

£250 referral bonus

Generous annual
leave

Free healthcare
cash plan

Company social
events

Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave and pay

Free training and development

Access to cycle to work and discounted bus pass schemes

Mental Health Support Worker
Nottingham Community Housing Association

http://www.ncha.org.uk
Nottingham, United Kingdom
Paul Moat
$1 to $5 million (USD)
1001 to 5000 Employees
Non-profit Organisation
Civic, Welfare & Social Services
1973
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