Care & Support Worker
Metropolitan Thames Valley, Drakehouse, Sheffield
Care & Support Worker
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Metropolitan Thames Valley, Drakehouse, Sheffield
- Part time
- Permanent
- Onsite working
Posted 1 day ago, 20 Oct | Get your application in today.
Closing date: Closing date not specified
job Ref: 7df6b7eff5a045ac903ec3990fdde12a
Full Job Description
- This role you will be providing support to adults with complex mental health difficulties.
- You will be key to their wellbeing, working with them to ensure they can manage their mental health along with developing/regaining the skills needed to maintain a tenancy, day to day living, and engaging with the community.
- You will be assigned customers, with whom you will have regular key working sessions.
- You will need to be prepared to be flexibly, and some weekends and evening work will be required.
- You will not be expected to cover nightshifts, except in an emergency. This role is based in one of our Supported Living services in Sheffield What you`ll need to succeed
- This is an ideal opportunity for someone who has an interest in mental health and is looking to start a career in adult social care. The key is the ability to demonstrate a passion to deliver excellent service to vulnerable adults in a dignified manner.
- You will need to be able to work independently as well as within a team and have the confidence to interact with customers with patience and compassion. To meet our commitment to providing safe, high quality services to our customers we will complete an enhanced background check with the Disclosure and Barring service, which will include a check of the Adult Barred list, once an offer of employment is made.
- Gender
- Ethnicity
- LGBTQ+
- Disability Our core values of Dare, Care and Collaborate demonstrate that we are a people focused business, solving social issues by working together!
- 28 days annual leave plus 8 bank holidays (pro rata for part time) per year
- 2 volunteering days per year for things like helping out in local communities
- An additional 'Beliefs day' once a year to have an extra a day off
- Supported family friendly approach with extended parental leave
- Enhanced pension with matched contributions of up to 9%
- Option to buy or sell up to 5 days annual leave per year
- Life assurance cover 3 x your salary
- Cycle2work scheme
- Hybrid Working - Dependent on job role and department
- Health cash plan scheme for your everyday healthcare needs which you can add your family members too
- Tenancy deposit - interest free loan to help with rental deposits and season Ticket loan
- Access to extensive learning and training opportunities with Wisebox platform
- Colleague virtual social platform with our workplace pages where you can keep up to date with the organisational activity and link in with colleagues
- Career progression across the organisation with our mentoring/coaching programmes, apprenticeships and career planning support
- Employee Assistance Programme- We are committed to the wellbeing of our colleagues and support this as an organisation
You do not need to have previous experience of working in the field of mental health. We are looking for people with the right values, and an aspiration to help others improve their lives. If you are seeking an opportunity to start or progress a career in the Care and Support and are people oriented, get in touch., Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident.
We are committed to developing and implementing or maintaining sustainability initiatives to reduce environmental impact and promote sustainable practices within MTVH. Learn more about our benefits and organisation by viewing our attached document Our promise Here at Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing (MTVH) we want to capture the value that difference brings and are committed to promoting equality, diversity and inclusion. We work collaboratively 'Serving people better every day' to educate, support and develop all of our diverse employees and the communities that we serve. We are also part of the disability confident employer scheme. We want every employee and every customer to feel comfortable enough to be their true self and are working tirelessly in the background to create an environment that encourages our employees to challenge non-inclusive behaviours and to be mindful of their own and other's wellbeing. We provide a platform of Network groups for employees to share views, tell us what we're doing well and recommend improvements. We want to create a real sense of community and a workforce who feel that their opinions are valued. Our Networks groups are:-