Support Worker (REQ005938) Ealing, England
Salary: GBP27352 - GBP27352 per annum + staff discounts, healthcare
We’re looking for a kind, compassionate and resilient Support Worker to join our Mental Health Young People service in Ealing.
£27,352.00 per annum, working 40 hours per week.
Want to feel like you’re making a difference? You’ll feel at home here.
Making you feel at home here means helping youthrive in every way. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren’t token gestures - we’ve thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.
Our benefits include:
1. Annual leave increasing up to 30 days with length of service
2. Free DBS
3. Exclusive discounts and cashback via Reward Gateway and opportunity to buy a Blue Light Card
4. Fully paid induction programme and further training
5. ILM courses and Apprenticeship Programmes
6. Healthcare Cashplan through our partner Healthshield
7. Cycle to work scheme
8. Employee Assistance Programme for 24-7 confidential support
9. Online wellbeing resources
10. A generous pension – we will contribute up to 4% and life assurance cover up to £10,000 (T&Cs apply)
11. Quarterly Staff Awards to reward & recognise our amazing staff’s commitment and contribution
Oaklands & St Kilda is a pair of 6 unit supported accommodation mental health rehab services working with young people between the ages of 18-25 who may have experienced a mental health related hospital admission to gain and develop skills for future independent living. The service will support individuals transitioning from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services to Adult services.
The service forms part of a pair of services supporting up to 12 individuals at any one time across the sites, providing a welcoming and supportive environment for young people across London on a spot purchase basis.
Support workers will manage a number of young people to help them to identify, plan and achieve their goals, develop relationships meaningful to them and achieve greater independence by providing a flexible and individually tailored support package.
The Support Worker role involves early shifts (8:00–16:00) and late shifts (14:00–22:00) throughout the week, including some weekends each month.
All applicants must be legally eligible to work in the UK by the start of employment as Look Ahead are not able to offer sponsorship.
About you:
1. Ability to advocate for young people in different professional and community spaces
2. Values working collaboratively with young people to ensure the service best meets their needs
3. An understanding of peoples’ contexts and how this might be impacting them their lives and mental health
4. Cultural awareness and respect for the many different ways a person might make sense of their experiences and distress
5. We welcome applications from people with lived experience of some of the challenges that this service aims to support with for example, mental health difficulties
6. Plans and encourages involvement in local activities
7. Approachable and open behaviour
8. Recognises the value of both 1:1 working with young people and the importance of working as part of a group or team
9. Confident in the completion of regular paperwork and is well organised
10. Flexible
11. Open to feedback and self development
12. Recognises the likelihood that the service will be a dynamic diverse environment and considers the impact of changes
13. Confident in the use of IT systems such as SharePoint and Microsoft Office suite
14. Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
15. Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviours
What you’ll bring:
1. Up to NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent or experience supporting young people or people experiencing mental health challenges
2. Experience working in complex mental health environments
About us:
Look Ahead is a leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. Our vision is to build better lives through social care and housing in local communities. As an organisation we deliver over 120 services, providing support to around 6000 customers each year. Our mission is to co-design and deliver services that offer innovative social care solutions and support people to thrive. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.
We have a strong social purpose and we live and work by our values:
1. We focus on Excellence and innovation
2. We are Caring and Compassionate
3. We are Inclusive and Trusted
4. We work in Partnership and are One-Team
Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.
If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.
We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.
We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.
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