Job Description

Mental Health Support Worker - Berkshire

About Us

Established in 2015, Browns Community Services has been growing continuously as an organisation who provides bespoke adult social care across the Thames Valley region. We pride ourselves in putting the needs of our service users first.

Our Aims:

Giving vulnerable adults with multiple complex needs a sense of self-worth, confidence, and the tools to thrive. To see significant improvements in recued re-offending, tackling substance abuse, reducing domestic abuse, mental health, well-being, and employability skills and to break troublesome transgenerational cycles and improve lives.

JOB SUMMARY

Our Intensive Support Service is working in conjunction with the NHS to support some of Berkshire's most disadvantaged clients with mental health and additional complex and multiple needs. Although the role will cover the whole of Berkshire, there will be a focus predominantly in the East of Berkshire

MAIN DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES

To hold a caseload of clients with mental health and additional complex and multiple needs

Building supportive, trusting relationships with clients and creating a positive atmosphere

Provide support and access to relevant services

Support integration into communities to reduce isolation

Undertake support work in partnership with external stakeholders to complement their interventions

Introduce clients to and support them to access appropriate services both within Browns Community Services and within existing provision elsewhere to unlock specific barriers to progression

Support clients to undertake the next steps in their progression journey and to sustain engagement with services

Support clients to understand and manage symptoms

Attend probation appointments and ensure clients comply with orders

Support clients to comply with physical and mental health treatment plans

Attending court with clients, keeping links with clients if they go into prison

Supporting clients to claim benefits and attend meeting with clients

Support clients to attain and/or sustain tenancies

Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes

To monitor client progress on our Outcome Star database

Set realistic, achievable individual plans with clients with appropriate supported steps towards their goals

To support the Project Manager and Team Lead, produce monthly and quarterly reports as and when required.

The ability to demonstrate initiative, enthusiasm, flexibility and be able to use own initiative

Requirements & Skills

Applicants must have NVQ2 qualification in Health care or equivalent qualification/experience

Minimum of 3 years' experience of supporting clients with complex needs out in the community.

A full driving license and use of a car is essential for this role, paid travel across Berkshire

Able to work outside normal working hours i.e., attendance at occasional evening and week-end events. Sometimes you may need to swap the day you work to be able to support a client.

HEALTH & SAFETY

Browns Community Services is committed to ensuring the health, safety and welfare of its employees and it will, so far as is reasonably practicable, establish procedures and systems necessary to implement this commitment and to comply with its statutory obligations on health and safety. It is the responsibility of each employee to familiarise themselves and comply with the organisation's procedures and systems on health and safety. Primary responsibilities are:

To report all Health & Safety occurrences including potential hazards to line manager

To comply with Browns Community Services Health & Safety Policy and Regulations

To adhere to the Safeguarding Children & Vulnerable Adults Policy and Procedures.

To adhere to the Safer Recruitment & Selection Policy & Procedure.

To report any safeguarding incidents or concerns immediately to your Designated Safeguarding Officer or Lead Designated Safeguarding Officer.

To complete any Safeguarding Awareness training as required by Browns Community Services CIC

If required for your post, undertake an enhanced DBS check and maintain annual membership through the update service.

ADDITIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Adheres to all the policies and procedures of the organisation

Commits to Continual Professional Development and undertake any training and development deemed necessary to fulfil criteria of post

Any other duties commensurate with the level of the post.

It is a requirement for this post that an enhanced DBS disclosure check will be undertaken for the successful candidate.

Benefits:

Company events

Company pension

Health & wellbeing programme

Birthday day off after 1 years service

Schedule

:

Monday to Friday

Experience

:

support worker: 3 years (required)

Work Location

:

Hybrid remote in Berkshire

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: From 28,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company events Company pension Employee discount Health & wellbeing programme Referral programme Work from home
Schedule:

Monday to Friday
Work Location: Hybrid remote in Surrey, KT16 0RS

Reference ID: Mental Health - Berkshire