Male Support Worker -Adult Social Care- East London - Urgently Hiring

About Supported Living Services :

SLS (Supported Living Services Ltd) offers housing support for adults with mental health and learning difficulties. We seek an experienced, motivated candidate to join the team, providing excellent client care and support. Our goal is to deliver recovery-focused services, helping users integrate into the community and lead fulfilling lives.

Responsibilities of Support Worker:

• Assess residents' mental health needs and offer emotional support.
• Collaborate on personalised mental health care plans for residents.
• Respond to and manage crises, providing immediate support.
• Maintain accurate records of resident interactions and progress.
• Advocate for residents, ensuring their healthcare needs are met.
• Provide information on mental health, treatment options, and coping strategies.
• Support residents in daily activities, including room tidying.
• Work closely with healthcare professionals for comprehensive care.
• Encourage and guide residents in healthy self-care practices.
• Carry out assessments, including risk assessments, for new residents.
• Participate in the on-call rota.
• Deliver specialist training and conduct annual appraisals.
• Create a positive and supportive environment for residents.

The ideal candidate will:

• Be non-judgemental, forward-thinking, and passionate about mental health.
• Possess empathy, reliability, and trustworthiness, demonstrating patience and positivity in their consistent care for residents.
• Have a good understanding of mental illness gained through work, volunteering or personal experience.
• Have good communication, organisational and IT skills.
• Be highly motivated and committed to improving our service users’ experience.
• Be available to work on a 24/7 rota including waking nights.
• Have RQF Level 3 (desirable).
• Enhanced DBS Check is required.

DBS:
Candidates not on the DBS Update Service will have to meet the cost for an Enhanced DBS Check.

What we offer :

• Full, permanent contract.
• Free Care Certificate.
• Internal and External Trainings.
• Level 3 First Aid Training Certificate.
• Blue Light Discount Card (online or in-store discounts).
• 24/7 support - Employee Assistant Programme (Free and confidential).
• Company events.
• Birthday Paid Leave (after probation).
• Point Based Reward Scheme (after probation).

If you are passionate about making a positive impact on someone's life, we encourage you to apply for this opportunity.

Reference ID: SW2023

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent.

Pay: £11.44 per hour.

Expected hours: No less than 40 per week.

Benefits:

• Company events.
• Company pension.
• Flexitime.
• Health & wellbeing programme.
• Referral programme.
• Store discount.

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift.
• 12 hour shift.
• 8 hour shift.
• Day shift.
• Holidays.
• Night shift.
• Overtime.

Experience:

• Social Care: 1 year (required).

Licence/Certification:

• NVQ Level 3 Health & Social Care (preferred).

Work authorisation:

• United Kingdom (required).

Work Location: In person.

Application deadline: 28/11/2024.