Sanctuary Mental Health Support Worker

Do you love the feeling you get when you help someone who needs it during a crisis? If so, then working in the Mid Essex Sanctuary is for you because this is what you will be doing; changing lives every day. Our hard working and experienced team is our greatest asset. We believe in having the best staff, trained highly, paid well and feeling valued. The quality-of-service provision is of paramount importance within our team.

We are looking for an experienced individual who is committed to ensuring the provision of effective, person-centred support during a mental health crisis. Someone who is respectful and honest and can show empathy to others. Someone who has experience in supporting adults in the community, working as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team, with knowledge of the local community and the support available. Experience of working within Mental Health Services is an advantage.

The Sanctuary accepts referrals from other mental health services, including 111 Option 2 and operates within Braintree but cover the entirety of Mid Essex. Our team of Service Coordinators and Support Workers are supported by the Service Lead and the NHS Mental Health Services.

The Sanctuary follows Mid & North East Essex Mind’s values in everything it does, offering a supportive, non-judgemental and empowering service that operates from 18:00 to 01:00, 7 days per week (including Bank Holidays). You would be working on a 2-week rolling rota, (7 shifts over 14 days – e.g. 2 on/2 off/3 on/2 off/2 on/3 off), which would include working alternate weekends.

The pro rata salary for the role is £14,878.50 per annum which includes an unsocial hours payment of time and a half for hours worked 12 midnight to 1am.

As a Sanctuary Mental Health Support Worker, you will be able to do the following:

• Provide effective day to day shift cover that supports the needs of clients seeking support within the service
• Be confident in delivering high-quality care when working in ever changing environments, being able to adapt approaches to be versatile in challenging situations
• Deliver the highest standards of care and support on a consistent basis
• Be fully compliant with the organisational values and requirements of provision

We are a real living wage employer and offer our staff a range of health, wellbeing, lifestyle and financial benefits to ensure that we fully support our employees. This includes:

• 36 days holiday including 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time)
• Competitive pension; company sick pay based on length of service and a charity worker discount scheme.
• Employee Assistance Programme; Annual wellbeing day
• Expert supervision and peer support
• Recruitment referrals
• Training and development
• Onsite parking at most locations

Full details regarding the role including the job description and person specification can be found on the Mid and North East Essex Mind website.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 24.5 per week

Salary: £10.90 per hour

Benefits:

• Additional leave
• Casual dress
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Referral programme
• Sick pay
• Store discount
• Wellness programme

Application question(s):

• Do you have an understanding of issues affecting adults with Mental Health issues?

Experience:

• providing care and/or support to adults: 2 years (preferred)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: HR0020