Mental Health Support Worker

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living. Do you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health? Mental Health Support Worker - £25,325 - £27,378 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences). Hours – 37 hours per week, Monday – Sunday, inclusive of bank holidays, shifts include mornings, evenings & weekends. Service – Rowan House & Morrell Crescent, Littlemore, Oxford. What You’ll Be Doing: Response is looking for enthusiastic, caring people to join their dedicated teams at Rowan House and Morrell Crescent. Rowan House is home to 25 residents with acute mental health needs, working alongside the Adult Mental Health Team. Morrell Crescent is home to 37 residents with acute mental health needs, working alongside the Adult Mental Health Team. Our roles offer employees variety where every day is different whilst also giving a great sense of pride seeing the positive impact you can have on others. As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will be responsible for providing person-centred support to residents with serious mental illness including adults who have a primary diagnosis of a psychotic illness often with one or more coexisting conditions such physical health issues, neurodiversity, drugs & alcohol use and cognitive impairment. Support workers work with residents to enable them to achieve and sustain a rewarding life in the community. Working proactively with residents to promote independence, well-being and ability to manage their own mental health. Staff are responsible for ensuring safety is always maintained though good housing management, risk assessment and health & safety practice. Supporting people to maintain tenancies, look after their homes and develop daily living skills.