Senior Mental Health Support Worker

Job description

The Prevention & Wellbeing, Adult Mental Health Team is an award-winning Adult Social Care Provider in Cheshire West and Chester .

We work alongside a wide range of consultants, clinical experts and specialised agencies providing rehabilitation, treatment programmes, care planning, assessment, and long-term focus on recovery and overall wellbeing.

We have four core support offers, all with a view to offer the tools and guidance needed to navigate life's choices and personal pathways.

We are looking to recruit 1 x 35 hours (fixed term - 12 months) Senior Mental Health Support Worker.

Can you Inspire, Enthuse & Create?

We seek an inspiring member of the team who can offer a 'Can Do' and flexible approach to the development and wellbeing of our customers.

Working across a range of mental health support functions, Senior Mental Health Support Workers provide short-term, intensive support to adult service users with mental health needs, enabling and empowering them to maximise their social, emotional, and physical independence in line with their individual care plan and the principles of mental health recovery. This involves ensuring that individual care plans are outcome focused and implemented and reviewed in a timely way, communicating any changes to the relevant internal colleagues and external multi-agency partners. Senior Mental Health Support Workers are required to work closely with individuals to develop onward pathways to appropriate services, community groups and third sector organisations to further enable independence and recovery.

What we offer

As part of a focused and specialised team within the Social Care Sector of Cheshire West and Chester Council, we offer a range of employment benefits for you and your family. This includes:

• Induction training programme
• Competitive salaries
• We can offer regular work patterns between the hours of 9am until 4pm.
• Generous Annual Leave Entitlement. (25 days increasing to 30 days after 5 years' service.)
• Competitive Government Pension Scheme
• Exclusive staff discounts across Cheshire West & Chester
• Holiday Plus Scheme
• Health and Medical Benefits
• Work fit, Cycle 2 Work & Technology Benefits
• Mileage Allowance (45p per mile)
• We'll also provide you with a work mobile phone, personal alarm and established emergency procedures to support you whilst you're in the community
• A Service Supervisor is available on call every day from 09.00 hrs to 16.00 hrs

About Us

The Adult Mental Health Prevention & Wellbeing Team is one of the leading specialist care providers in Cheshire West and Chester, working alongside a wide range of consultants, clinical experts and specialised agencies providing rehabilitation, treatment programmes, care planning, assessment, and long-term focus on recovery and overall wellbeing.

We have consistently gained a reputation for innovation, creativity and providing the right treatment solutions for services users with particularly challenging and complex needs. Our ethos is to ensure that every individual referred to our service has the potential to further their recovery within a community setting, leading to independence, choice and positivity.

We are continuously under the process of reshaping our service in order to provide a more integrated service, supporting an array of health & care providers. We are also proud to work closely with a number of agencies that support people with mental health problems.

What we expect from you

The successful candidate should have a natural yet professional approach to a wide range of circumstances and complex issues surrounding mental health including, forensic history, substance misuse, homelessness and many other challenging factors.

You will:

• Be committed to a person-centred approach to recovery and wellbeing
• Be enthusiastic about working as part of a dedicated team
• Be resilient and able to work under pressure and often alone.
• It is essential that you hold a Full UK driving license with Fully Comprehensive Insurance for Business Use.

If you would like an informal discussion prior to the application process, then please contact Mandy Mandrallis on [email protected] or 01244 973860