Mental Health Support Worker

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Mental Health Support Worker to join our dedicated team based in Port Talbot. This is for a mental health service and the ideal candidate would have knowledge or experience in working with someone who has a mental health diagnosis.

mirus is a not-for-profit charitable organisation, working in partnership with the people they support, their families and other partners, to deliver high quality, person-centred support services for people with a disability. We have been supporting people in Wales for over 35 years and currently support over 350 people in ten different local authority areas.

The service is made up of 6 individual flats within one building. This is an extra care service and we support people to live independent lives.

We support individuals to meet their personal outcomes such as getting back into employment, volunteer work, maintaining their home, accessing their community and developing their confidence.

What will you be doing:

• You will develop, implement, and review a range of individual support plans to enable the person that you will support to lead a fulfilling life.

• You will provide support with a range of tasks which may include household and domestic tasks, shopping, diet/food preparation, personal care, personal hygiene, dressing and personal appearance.

• As a Mental Health Support worker we will support you in studying towards your QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care, which is completely funded by mirus.

• You will work alongside other professionals such as care managers, community nurses and occupational therapists to deliver high quality support.

Individual and Team Responsibilities:

• To offer one to one support to help people take small steps, regain control and deal with their immediate issues.

• To help the people you support to build resilience for their own futures

• Work closely with your team and other internal/ external partnerships to build and maintain excellent working relationships to ensure a seamless ‘team around the person’ approach.

• To participate and contribute to your own reflective practice, Post incident support and what is and is not working sessions.

• To participate in supervision and appraisal sessions with managers

• To attend and actively participate in all relevant training events. To keep accurate records of training and personal development

• To prepare to register and update learning with Social Care Wales as a social care worker within the agreed timescale set

• To complete relevant qualifications in order to maintain registration as a social care worker with Social Care Wales

• To participate and contribute to team meetings, area meetings and external meetings

• To have an awareness of, and comply with the mirus Equal Opportunities Policy

Our benefits include:

• Fully funded and supported qualification – QCF Level 2 Health and Social Care (if not already achieved)

• Paid work-related travel at 45p per mile between services

• Premium payments for sleep in and wake in

• Full training programme and opportunities for development and promotion, including our aspiring managers programme.

• 24 days' Annual Leave, plus Bank Holidays. Increasing after 5 years service

• Pension Scheme

• Cycle to Work Scheme·

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Social Wales Registration and DBS paid for by mirus

Next steps:

To apply for this fantastic opportunity to join our team and make a difference to people's lives, please click on the APPLY button below.

Note: Due to the requirements of being a Mental Health Support Worker, the successful candidate will be required to undertake an enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check funded by mirus.