Mental Health - Support Worker

Description

Our local government clients in Nottinghamshire are recruiting a Mental Health Support Worker. To enable Service Users with individual needs to improve their quality of life within their community while remaining within budget and policy and procedure guidelines. To promote independence, well-being and healthy life choices among service users. To monitor, supervise and provide support to service users (residents/patients) working as part of a team in a service user group who have mental health needs.

Your Key Responsibilities will include:

To ensure all services are delivered in accordance with recognised standards by: - Ensuring all services are offered within CSCI or Health Care Commission guidelines as appropriate.

Qualification – Essential

• GCSE Grade (or equivalent) in English Language and Mathematics.
• NVQ 2/3 or willingness to work towards
• Intermediate IT user –Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, social media:

Knowledge and Experience Requirements - Criteria to be Evaluated at the Shortlisting Stage.

To thrive in this role, you will need:

• Proven verbal and written communication skills with the ability to tailor the message to the audience.
• Collaborative team working skills.
• Able to work flexibly.
• Adaptable and able to work effectively in challenging and changing environments.
• Ability to deliver against agreed objectives/targets.
• Understanding of the issues faced by service users with mental health and/or dual diagnosis challenges.
• Awareness of associated issues faced by service users with a mental health problem and/or dual diagnosis.
• Understanding of how service users can improve their personal circumstances and the role of the service in assisting this.
• Capable of self-awareness and able to consider and modify their own behaviours if appropriate for the benefit of service users and the service.
• Awareness of current legislation and policy that impacts and influences service delivery, such as the National Service Framework and the Mental Health Act.
• Able to deliver a range of services in a person-centred, non-judgemental manner.
• Proven track record in managing incidents of verbal and violent aggression.
• Previous experience in the care profession.

Essential Compliance Requirements

• 5 Years' References.
• Enhanced DBS on the update service
• A pre-engagement screening is mandatory for this role. Please be prepared for this additional step in the application process.

Diamond Blaque Group, a leading provider in the public sector, is acting as an employment agency for this vacancy. Our organisation is deeply committed to fostering an environment of equal opportunity and diversity in the workplace.