Night Support Worker

Home Group

  • Whitehaven, Cumbria
  • £24,638-24,850 per year
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 5 days ago
Mental Health Support Worker (Night shift)Whitehaven and surrounding areasPermanent, Full Time (37.5 hpw)Salary £24,638 to £24,850 per year [pro rata for part time] plus great benefits including Health Cash Plan!Home, a place where you belongWe’re excited to announce a new clinical partnership with Everyturn Mental Health and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust. Home Group is hiring Support Workers to support individuals and communities across Whitehaven and Copeland, helping those affected by mental health challenges to improve their wellbeing and achieve their goals.Our service offers a unique blend of specialist health, social care, and community support, including drop-in services, local events, and short stay accommodation for people in crisis. If you’re passionate about making a real difference and want to be part of a caring, empowering team, we’d love to hear from you!Typical day as our Support Worker
  • Assisting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support 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.
  • Working closely with colleagues from other organisations to provide the best support when needed.
You’ll go home every day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better, here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK!You bring
  • Passion to support our customers to live their best life, working together with an eye for detail
  • Experience of caring for others, you may have worked in care before or have experience of caring for others such as family members or children
  • The ability to work on your own initiative, remain calm under pressure and have a resilient approach
  • Recognise every customer is different and you’re able to adopt a flexible, personal approach, listening to customers to understand their needs
  • To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage!
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 review.Our teamLooking for a job where you really belong? Where you can be, well you! Bring your uniqueness, brilliant skills and awesome experience to deliver amazing things for our customers. You’ll join our team, who come from different walks of life and are here to support you as you make yourself at Home!Job details
  • Shift patterns- waking nights
  • Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion.
  • Manage your own diary
  • If you are applying for a night role, we will still get together regularly, in the daytime, for training and team meetings.
  • Able to use technology to update 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, 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!
  • Colleagues really matter 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.
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