Support Worker

Richmond Fellowship
£17,274-£20,080 pa
Permanent
Full Time
Tooting, London

You’ll provide emotional and practical support to our service users, enabling them to gain increasing independence and develop their full potential. This will include:

- Participating in practical-based and therapeutic groups
- Facilitating the sharing of experiences and the teaching of new skills
- Helping to enable service users to communicate and express their needs
- Developing individual support plan helping residents to develop appropriate coping strategies for managing their difficulties
- Involving and empower service users, giving them the opportunity to influence the services they receive.
- Assisting in the selection of volunteers and the induction of new staff
- Keeping detailed records, writing reports
- Promoting our aims and objectives.
- Working closely with a wide range of other statutory and voluntary agencies.

About You:
- Background in supporting people who have mental health issues
- Commitment to empowering service users and ability to engage them in developmental and rehabilitative activities
- Excellent communication and listening skills
- Must have or be willing to work towards NVQ Level 3.
- The ability to work a varied shift pattern is essential

Giving thousands of people each year a new sense of purpose and fulfilment, we’re one of the UK’s biggest providers of mental health care. Our service in Tooting works to give people with mental health issues lifestyle opportunities based on them being full members of their communities. Our ambitions are clear – you will help us achieve them.

We can offer you 25 days holiday, pension, life assurance, childcare vouchers, four weeks paid retention leave after five years’ service and the opportunity to really develop yourself and others.

For more details and to apply, visit www.richmondfellowship.org.uk/careers

Ref: 10/105.

Closing date: 10 September 2010. Interviews: 16 September 2010.