Mental Health Support Coordinator

Job title:

Mental Health Support Coordinator

Company

Home Group

Job description

Lead Mental Health Support WorkerNorth Camp, Farnborough, HampshirePermanent, full time (37.5 hpw), and working a rota pattern consisting of weekend and bank holiday cover; shifts are usually either 09.00-17.00 or 14.00-22.00.Pay £12.61 per hour (£24,664 per annum) and great benefits including Health Cash PlanHome, a place where you belongWant to be part of a team that really cares and empowers you to help change a customer’s life for the better? As our Lead Support Worker, you’ll be at the heart of supporting our customers who have complex mental health needs, substance misuse, physical disability, learning disability and autism to develop their skills to live more independently in the community.You’ll make a big difference each day as you help our customers achieve their hopes and aspirations. Amazing we know!Typical day as a Lead Support Worker – (known internally as Support Coordinator)

• Creating support plans with your customers and coordinating our small team of Support Workers working to the plans.
• Helping customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able.
• Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews. You will manage your own diary and you can expect to be doing some of the below each day
• All new colleagues join our three day virtual academy as well as having a onsite Induction Buddy; you will not feel alone as a new team member.
• Cuppas, chats and catch ups. There’s no rushing from one customer to the next here! Plenty of time to collaborate with colleagues too.

Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the top ten Great Place to Work in the UK!You bring

• Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working collaboratively with an eye for detail.
• Experience of creating person-centred support plans and supporting colleagues in working to work to the plans.
• Experience of coordinating and assessing customer referrals.
• The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach

Due to limits on our current certificates of sponsorship, we are not able to offer sponsorship to external candidates for this role. This remains under regular reviewOur teamYou’ll join Manager Jay and our Buller Court team, who are super passionate about what we do! We’re really proud of our team culture and our jam-packed customer activity schedule. We’re a supportive and unique bunch and like to support and celebrate creativity and everyone’s achievements.We also have the support from our fabulous Mental Health Practice Lead (a registered mental health nurse) who supports us to be the best we can. He gives us all clinical supervision; facilitates in-house workshops and reflective practice sessions. This really sets us apart from other supported services and companies.Our interview process will be a bit more creative as well: there will be a practical task as well as questions so be prepared for some face to face customer interaction.Job details

• We do provide support presence 24/7 so as part of the day support team, you will be doing mostly a mixture of early shifts (09.00-17.00) or late shifts (14.00-22.00) and take your turns working alternate weekends and bank holidays.
• The service has great links to public transport with bus stops just outside and free parking for colleagues onsite too!
• We can also offer the odd working from home day if it is needed for training or development purposes.
• Able to use technology for creating and updating support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues.
• You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that.

A place where you belongGreat things happen when we can be ourselves at work. We want all our colleagues to be who they truly are here. Our internal diversity networks, peers and allies (Multicultural, LGBTQIA+ and Disability) support us all to be our best. !What’s in it for you?

• 34 days leave (including bank hols and a “me day” to use for whatever you fancy) increasing to 39, the option to buy 5 more, and time off for volunteering too!
• Health cash plan saving you from £1140 per annum. We’ll cover your costs (and kids if you have them) towards dental, optical, prescriptions, alternative therapies and lots more.
• Over 800 high street discounts on groceries, holidays and days out. Looking for a new phone, bike or car? Save money with us.
• We Grow Our Own colleagues (not literally of course!), when you’re ready for the next step in your career, you can grow with us! Just ask Jay who has been in the company 12 years and has been supported to develop throughout her whole time with us!
• Colleagues really matters to us, that’s why we’re the 10th Best place in the UK for Wellbeing. Our tools and support help you when you need them.
• Learn more about

on our website.Find out moreClick APPLY NOW to see our , and for . Sometimes we close a job early, so don’t delay or you might miss out. Finally, do let us know if there’s anything we can do, to help you shine in our process by making reasonable adjustments at [email protected].

Expected salary

Location

Farnborough, Hampshire

Job date

Wed, 09 Oct 2024 22:26:25 GMT

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