Female Mental Health Support Worker

Job Description: Female Mental Health Support Worker - Waking Nights

Pay: £16.50 Standard Rate - £21.00 per hour Bank Holidays

Refer a Friend Scheme - £250 awarded (T&C's apply)

We are currently recruiting full time support workers to support an individual with Mental Health needs in the WEST HARPTREE area. The successful candidates must be flexible to work Monday to Sunday and we are recruiting for PART TIME & FULL TIME WAKING NIGHTS.

Company description

We are a specialist care provider that supports individuals who have a learning disability and are on the autism spectrum. We provide a flexible, person centred approach with a focus on supporting those who display significant behaviours of concern.

We offer a broad spectrum of flexible personalised care carried out by our multi-disciplinary team. Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) Practitioners and Learning disability nurses offer a wide range of skills and experience in specialised assessments, planning and delivering the right support.

Here at LDA Care we don’t anticipate ‘smooth sailing’ with the people we are serving. The individuals we support may have experienced abuse, rejection and trauma. Some individuals may exhibit symptoms of post-traumatic stress, have experienced institutionalisation, and may have missed out on everyday processes of socialisation. Each has inherent and acquired ‘disabilities', however, experience tells us with the right skilled relationship-based support and the opportunity to experience a rich and meaningful life, these individuals can have and be so much more.

LDA Care are looking for people who will demonstrate the competence (or enthusiasm to acquire the competence) to provide excellent personalised social, and sometimes clinical level behavioural, support to people with learning disabilities and autism in their own homes.

This is the part where you come in, come and join us delivering holistic care, achieving great outcomes and enabling meaningful environments

Holistic

Outcomes

Meaningful

Environments

The Role

We currently have a great opportunity for dedicated Care Workers to work with a young lady who has mental health needs. The individual will be living with her parents in her family home, we are looking for Care Workers who can provide 24-hour support throughout her day.

To be part of their team, they are looking for the following qualities from a team member:

· · Female only

· Talkative – but understands when to be quiet and willing to be quiet when she requests this

· Good listener

· Can use some signs or willing to learn (Makaton)

· Supportive

· Willing to take part I her hobbies and interests

· ‘Don’t abandon me’ (be there for her on her low days) resilient

· Keep me safe

· Personal Care – help me with my hair (its long) Prompting with this

· Medication prompts

· Mealtimes (prompting)

· Understand autism, mental health and eating disorders

· Understanding

· Happy to be sat in silence (when she requests)

· Paint nails

She likes:

· Books

· Sin City

· Animals turtle (Neville)

· Journaling

· Gaming

· Knitting

· Arts/crafts

· Playing musical instruments

· Make up/nails

· Spending time with family

· Best friend (Maddy)

· Nature

· Tim Burton Films

What's in it for you!?

• £250 when you introduce a Friend * : receive £250 when you introduce a friend or family (member
• Contracts
• Great Pay
• Pension Enrolment
• Standard Sick Pay
• Free training
• Weekly pay
• Paid holiday
• Ongoing Training / Coaching throughout your role
• Opportunities to progress & develop

COVID-19 considerations:
All Mental Health Support Workers must adhere to government guidelines about their injections.

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift – 08:00 to 20:00 / 20:00 to 08:00 (Waking Nights)
• Monday to Friday
• Weekend availability
• Overtime

Licence/Certification:

• Mental Health (Preferred)
• Driving Licence (Preferred)

*Refer a friend bonus is payable at

· £125 once the referred individual has successfully completed their 3 month probation period.

· £125 once the referred individual has been employed for 6 continuous months.

Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

Salary: £16.50-£21.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Referral programme

Schedule:

• 12 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability

Experience:

• Supporting with Mental Health: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Driving Licence (preferred)

Shift availability:

• Day shift (preferred)
• Night shift (required)

Work Location: On the road

Reference ID: CLDAL