Senior Mental Health Support Worker

Senior Mental Health Support Worker \\n\\nWe are looking for an experienced Senior Support Worker to join an innovative specialist-supported accommodation service for young people with mental health and complex needs.\\n\\nPosition: Senior Mental Health Support Worker\\n\\nLocation: Camden, London\\n\\nContract: Permanent\\n\\nHours: Full-time (37.5 hours per week) working on a 7 day a week rota, including waking nights and Bank holidays\\n\\nSalary: £31,203 Inc. LW + pension and other benefits\\n\\nClosing Date:  Sunday 16th March 2025, so we encourage you to apply at your earliest convenience.\\n\\nAbout the Role\\n\\nThe Senior Mental Health Support Workers are responsible for ensuring the effective and safe management of the project on a day to day basis including undertaking a case co-ordination role for individual young people as part of a multi-agency team, line managing progression coaches, and managing volunteers.\\n\\nThe organisation runs a national on-call service which you may be required to participate in.\\n\\nSome of the key responsibilities include:\\n\\nManage referrals, admissions, and emergency placements, including multi-agency planning.\\nBuild supportive, psychologically informed relationships with young people.\\nEnsure safeguarding procedures are followed and incidents are reported.\\nDevelop and review needs, risk assessments, and support plans with partner agencies.\\nMaintain partnerships to ensure coordinated, client-centered service delivery.\\nSupervise and support staff, volunteers, and students, ensuring a safe environment.\\nContribute to reports, statistics, and project documentation.\\nEnsure timely maintenance for a safe and secure building environment.\\n\\nAbout You\\n\\nYou will need to have the following skills and experience:\\n\\ncomplex needs.\\nExperience managing caseloads, support planning, and risk assessments.\\nAbility to establish professional relationships and provide a therapeutic environment.\\nStrong understanding of safeguarding, mental health, homelessness, and substance use.\\nExperience working with multi-agency teams, including social workers and mental health professionals.\\nCommitment to diversity, equality, and an asset-based approach.\\nAbility to reflect on practice for continuous learning and development.\\nCommitment to health, safety, and the values of the organisation.\\n\\nIn return for working here, you will receive:\\n\\nA comprehensive training package tailored to your needs and role\\nFlexible working model for suitable roles.\\n26 days annual leave rising to 30 after five years of service.\\nFamily-friendly leave policies including – maternity, adoption and parental leave and Carers leave.\\nAuto-enrolment to pension scheme employer from day 1 with employer contribution up to 7% and increasing with service\\nEmployee Assistance Programme and access to the app – 24/7 GP appointments, prescription service, health checks and nutrition advice.\\n\\nDiscount vouchers including gym, retail, food & drink, travel, electricals and more.\\nCash benefit plan for you and your partner (living with you) and children under 18 including covering Dental, Optical, Hospital Stays, Scans and More \\n\\nDeath in service (4x Base salary)\\nLegal Advice line\\n\\nAbout the Organisation\\n\\nThe organisation delivers a wide range of support and housing services for young people and adults at risk of homelessness. They specialise in the provision of services that prevent homelessness, increase the resilience of those they work with and energise opportunities for employment, education, training and volunteering in the communities they work within.

The organisation reaches from Newcastle to London, Greater Manchester and Milton Keynes.\\n\\nYou may have experience in areas such as such as: Mental Health Support Worker, Support Worker, Homeless Recovery Worker, Peer Support, Resettlement Worker, Homelessness, Homeless Project, Counseller, Mental Health #INDSCP\\n\\nPLEASE NOTE: This role is being advertised by NFP People on behalf of the organisation