Support Worker (Mental Health and Learning Disabilities)

Monarch Care is a highly respected and established care provider. We are currently recruiting for Support Workers on a full time and part time basis to help support the needs of a service user with complex mental health needs.

We provide bespoke support designed to enable the individual to live as independently and safely as possible within their home and community. The role involves offering guidance, practical assistance, and encouragement with daily living activities that may be challenging due to their visual impairment, including mobility, accessing the community, household tasks, correspondence, appointments, and other day\-to\-day responsibilities.

Support is delivered on a 24\-hour basis to ensure the individual's safety, wellbeing, and ongoing independence, while empowering them to develop and maintain the skills needed to live a fulfilling and self\-directed life.

Some of the key areas of responsibility and duties:

· Supporting service users with daily tasks

· Administering medication

· Utilising risk assessments to ensure safe practice

· Understanding and following care plans to support service user on their recovery

· Sleep ins / waking nights

· Being empathetic and flexible in approach to supporting service users

· Completing relevant paperwork

· Supporting engagement with external services

· Possibility of personal care

The ideal candidate will understand the needs of adults with a complex mental health diagnosis, learning disabilities, challenging behaviour, and other needs. They would be someone who can offer a high standard of support, is flexible and committed, enthusiastic and able to work well under pressure, as well as conducting de\-escalation of challenging behaviour where necessary.

Job requirements:

· Experience of working in the mental health sector

· Experience of working with challenging behaviour

· Evidence of understanding a person\-centred model of support

· Evidence of ability to work under pressure and in challenging environments

· Evidence of ability to work in a team and the importance of team working

. Flexibility to work day and night shifts

· Good written and verbal communication skills

· Evidence of personal resilience

· Understand the need to follow policies and procedures

· An adequate level of IT skills Preferred:

· Knowledge of mental health treatment pathways

·Experience of working in a supported living service, high needs supported accommodation, addiction services, community support hubs, inpatient services, Acute hospital settings or forensic settings or working with people with dual diagnosis, learning disabilities, autism, addictions, community resources and support pathways, therapeutic interventions, forensic pathways.

Shift Patterns:

· 8am \- 3pm

· 3pm \- 10pm

· 4 Days On, 4 Days Off

Mandatory training –

·Relevant qualification in Mental health, psychology, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Learning disabilities, health and social care, therapeutic pathways, social care, occupational health Beneficial \- · Health and social Care NVQ · Medication · Restraint · Ligatures · Challenging behaviour

Important Information About This Role

Due to the specific assessed needs of the service user, we are seeking male Support Workers for this position. This requirement is considered a genuine occupational requirement in accordance with the Equality Act 2010\.

Job Type: Permanent

Pay: £12\.75 per hour

Work Location: In person

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