Adferiad Recovery delivers a flexible and coordinated response to the exceptional circumstances faced by people with co-occurring mental health and substance use conditions and related issues. Vulnerable people facing complex life challenges need consistent and seamless support to ensure they remain engaged with vital health and wellbeing services – and to prevent them becoming disenfranchised and isolated.
Hours: 36 hours per week – includes unsocial hours, weekends & public holidays
Salary: £24,245.10 per annum (pro rata) (£12.40 p/h)
Based at: Llansamlet, Swansea
Role Purpose:
This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a brand-new service providing practical and therapeutic support to children and young people, across Neath Port Talbot and Swansea, experiencing episodes of mental distress in a non-clinical setting. The team will provide advice, guidance and early interventions that aim to keep children and young people accessing the service safe and help to improve their mental wellbeing.
The Support Worker plays a pivotal role in providing a safe and supportive environment for children and young people in need. Reporting to the Senior Support Worker, this position is responsible for delivering high-quality support, and contributing to the overall success of the service.
The role of the Support Worker is crucial to ensuring that children and young people receive the appropriate intervention they need during difficult times. This role demands a compassionate and resilient individual who is capable of providing guidance, and advocacy to service users.
We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible.
Adferiad Recovery welcomes applications from everyone with the right to work in the UK, and values diversity in the workplace. All employees are required to act inclusively to encourage, promote, and cultivate our values. (Such as rights affirming and cultural diversity).
Working towards becoming a Rights Affirming organisation, we actively encourage applications from people where the Person Specification calls for a particular qualification or experience, we will consider waiving these requirements if an applicant who could not achieve them because of a disability can demonstrate he/she would be capable of performing well in the job and fulfils the criteria in other respects.
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