Female Mental Health Support Worker
Location - Lincoln
£11.55 per hour
Role Description Female Mental Health Support Worker
Gray Healthcare are recruiting a new team of mental health support workers within the Lincoln area to support a lady in her 50's who has a diagnosis of Treatment Resistant Schizophrenia and Frontal Lobe Syndrome who be living independently in her own home receiving 1:1 support 24 hours a day. The lady we will be supporting has a good sense of humour, enjoys gardening, cooking and socialising on 1:1 basis. She will be supported by a female only team on mixed shifts of days and waking nights.
Mental Health Support Worker Required Skills and Experience
1. Social care experience, ideally within mental health and with some experience of supporting individuals with Schizophrenia.
2. Experience providing encouragement to a person with complex health needs and Learning Disabilities.
3. Experience supporting individuals with behaviours which may be considered challenging.
4. Experience implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
5. You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available and are unable to consider sponsorship.
6. This position is subject to an enhanced DBS check and satisfactory references