Are you passionate about supporting individuals with mental health needs? At Future Directions, we believe that personalised, compassionate care and support can transform lives. We are a team dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for the people we support by offering professional, tailored support in the comfort of their own homes.
About the role
Role: Mental Health Support Worker
Location: WN8
Full Job Description:
In this role, you will provide vital support to an adult with a Learning Disability impacting on verbal communication and cognitive processing, helping them navigate daily life with dignity and independence. This is more than a job. It is an opportunity to make a meaningful impact.
We are searching for extra special Health Care Support Workers who have experience, passion and pride when supporting people and this vacancy would suit someone who is looking for an exciting opportunity and wants to work in this area.
We are passionate about our Support Workers having both the right experience and the right values. This is why applicants should hold a full UK driving license, be resilient, flexible and composed in their approach. Experience with following Positive Behaviour Support plans and reflective practice is a must as well as experience working with complex individuals with health needs, traumatic backgrounds and challenging behaviours.
Responsibilities
Your work will include clinical and social care, tailored to each person's needs:
- Implement and adhere to individually tailored Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) plans to understand, prevent, and de-escalate incidents of challenging behaviour.
- Use approved and trained de-escalation techniques to manage situations calmly and safely.
- Challenging behaviour support. Responding with empathy and professionalism.
- Crisis intervention. Providing support during difficult moments.
- Promoting independence. Building confidence and life skills.
- Medication support. Ensuring safe and timely administration.
- Specialist clinical care. Addressing complex needs with expertise and compassion.
With support from our wider teams and smart technology, you will make a difference every day. We provide specialist clinical training and ongoing support to help you grow your career.
- To provide support, and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of people supported.
- To promote and support the physical health, comfort, wellbeing and recovery of people supported, and to assist them in re-establishing their place in the community, as appropriate.
- To assist Registered Professionals in assessments and care planning/ implementation and evaluation of individualized care plans.
Our Mission:
Future Directions is a Community Interest Company that works with individuals, families, commissioners and local communities to design and deliver personalised services; enabling individual choice and control to achieve fulfilled lives.
Our Values:
- To put people first.
- To be transparent.
- To go the extra mile.
- To be creative.
- To be adaptable.
Our Objectives:
- To engage individuals, listen to their needs, wishes, and support them to live a life they value.
- To work alongside individuals so they grow and feel valued.
- Employ, develop and value capable and understanding people.
- To build a growing sustainable business driven by our values.
Interviews to be arranged at a later date.
All successful candidates will be required to complete a full induction, which will take place in Chadderton, Oldham (OL9). This is a 10 day induction over 2 weeks' and we require all successful applicants to attend all days. This is a fully paid induction and also travel expenses will be covered.
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Job Types: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Pay: £29,095.79 per year
Benefits:
- Company pension
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
Application question(s):
- Do you have experience working with challenging behaviours?
- Do you have evidence of building positive therapuetic relationships?
- Do you have evidence of following positive behaviour support plans?
- IMPORTANT - What is your Right to Work status? UK passport or Visa? (Please state visa type and expiry date)
- Are you fully flexible Monday to Sunday on a rota? Including Days, Evenings, Nights?
Licence/Certification:
- UK Drivers Licence (required)
Work authorisation:
- United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person
