Mental Health Support Worker - Community - Female only in Peterborough

Claimont Health is hiring! We are looking for high quality, dynamic and experienced Mental Health Support Workers who have experience working with individuals with Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID) & Eating Disorder. You will need to be able to provide all round support at the individual's home and join our team (day and night post available) on a Zero hour or Permanent contractual basis.

This role will be for support workers to work in the community, supporting a client with a bespoke package of care that will be overseen by an RMN.

Successful applicant will:

• Provide day to day support for a client in their home environment.
• Support client in all aspects of day to day life (cleaning, meaningful activities, mental health support).
• Encourage and promote independence.
• Monitor the client's mental health and physical health and report concerns to senior team members.
• Follow care plans and risk assessment.
• Support client into their local community and with local activities.
• Update care records and monitor clients overall wellbeing.
• Promote dignity at all times.
• Support with medication compliance.
• Support the RMN with crisis support for the client (where appropriate).

What do we need from you?

• Female staff members only.
• At least 2 years experience within mental health settings.
• Desired for staff members to have experience of supporting a complex dual diagnosis namely, Eating Disorder and Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder (EUPD).
• Vast experience of supporting clients in home environment type setting that present with complex mental health and physical health needs.
• An understanding of the MHA and legal frameworks.
• Experience of working with Multi agencies.
• Experience of working with clients with complex trauma, physical health.
• Willing to undertake company training specific for this client.
• The ability to document to high standards.
• Be resilient and proactive.
• Have the ability to empower the service user.
• Kind, caring and compassionate.

Claimont Health is specifically recruiting female applicants only in keeping with the positive action provision within the Equality Act 2010 in order to meet patient needs and employee safety. This post is exempt under the Employment (Sex Discrimination) Act 2000, Section (s9(2)(f)) Personal welfare and counselling which constitutes a Genuine Occupational Qualification. The role involves working with service users where there is a risk assessment identifying the need for a female candidate.

What can you expect from us?

• Attractive rates of pay £15ph.
• Comfortable working environments.
• Paid Induction.
• Refer A Friend bonus scheme.

Our Mission and Values: Claimont Health's mission is to be the leading independent sector provider of flexible, responsive, and dynamic mental health and complex care services in the UK. The values we live by are: Commitment, Care, Compassion, Leadership, Innovation.

Claimont Health follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Claimont Health is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights.