Support Worker
£18,540 - £20,315 per annum (£9.61 - £10.53 per hour)
Newark, Nottinghamshire
I am looking for a special person to join a Supported Living service in Newark providing support to adults with mental health needs.
This is a varied role and will include:
- Provide practical support in all aspects of maintaining a home, including cooking, cleaning, laundry, bill payments and basic maintenance
- Providing help with budgeting and debt management
- Assisting with accessing education
- Providing tenancy related support
- Supporting with healthy lifestyles and substance misuse issues
- Writing and implementing support plans and risk assessments
- Liaising with a range of professionals including Social Workers, Mental Health professionals, the Police and other agencies
To be successful in this post you will need:
- Experience of supporting people
- A ‘can do’ attitude
- The ability to help and care for people
- Fantastic communication skills
- Adaptability and the ability to motive people
- The ability to provide person-centred support
- Flexibility - the service is open 7 days a week, including bank holidays on a mixed shift basis which are typically 07:00-14:15 and 14:00 - 22:00. The rota which sleep-in and waking night shifts (additional enhancements paid for these)
For more information, please contact Elite Care on 01604 879345.
Social Care