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. \\n\\nDo you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health? \\n\\nMental Health Support Worker – £25,325 – £27,378 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences)\\n\\nHours – 37 hours per week, Monday – Friday, inclusive of bank holidays, Occasional Evening & Weekends.\\n\\nService – Transitional Support/Oxford.\\n\\nWhat You’ll Be Doing:\\n\\nThe Transitional Support?team are looking for an enthusiastic, caring and motivated individual to join their team.  The team focuses on providing care, 5 days a week,?for clients in both (staffed projects and houses out in the community)  shared houses and flats, creating a comfortable, safe and pleasant environment while helping residents work towards more independent living in the future. The position will require occasional evening and weekend work as required in accordance with the shift rota.\\n\\nAs 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.\\n\\nOur clients really appreciate the passion from our Support Workers too: “The staff are caring, kind, compassionate and understanding. They support me and care for me and are first class.

I am happier now than I have been in years.” Client in Adult Services.  \\n\\nOverall job responsibility: Further detail can be viewed in the Job Description.\\n\\nSome of the core duties include:\\n\\nProvide emotional support, encouragement, and practical assistance to residents with daily living activities. This may include medication assistance, engaging with interests, education, accessing community groups/facilities, employment, teaching life skills such as shopping, budgeting, using public transport and skills such as planning to prepare and cook meals, maintain accommodation.\\n\\t\\nFoster a supportive and empowering environment that promotes residents' independence.\\n\\t\\nSupport and monitor clients physical and mental health through key working and ensuring access where appropriate to primary health services or liaising with mental health services.\\n\\t\\nSupport clients to attend appointments where required.\\n\\t\\nEnsure daily paperwork is completed.\\n\\t\\nSupport the Service Manager to achieve monthly service\\n\\t\\nComply with all Health and Safety measures to keep residents, visitors, colleagues and yourself safe.\\n\\t\\nWork with all residents using a trauma informed approach using the 6 principles of trauma informed care: Safety, Trust, Choice, Collaboration, Empowerment and Cultural Consideration \\n\\t\\nPromote family, friend and carers engagement, ensuring they are involved in their loved one’s support and given information about the service.\\n\\nThe Successful Applicant:\\n\\nOur main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day – Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational.

\\n\\nEssential criteria:\\n\\nGCSE’s in English and Maths (or equivalent)\\n\\t\\nA commitment to undertake continual personal development including completing the Care Certificate\\n\\t\\nIT literate with experience using MS Office packages.\\n\\t\\nGood communication skills, written, verbal and listening.\\n\\t\\nAbility to provide non-judgemental, emotional and practical support to residents.\\n\\t\\nA genuine interest in mental health and well-being with a commitment to delivering Response's mission.\\n\\t\\nDemonstrates high levels of personal and professional integrity working to Response’s vision, mission and values\\n\\t\\nAbility to follow health and safety procedures.\\n\\t\\nDemonstrate respect for difference and diversity\\n\\nWhat We Offer:\\n\\n33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) \\n\\t\\nBlue Light card and other discounted shopping\\n\\t\\nEmployee Assistance Plan – with access to free counselling \\n\\t\\nCycle to Work Scheme \\n\\t\\nEnhanced family friendly leave\\n\\t\\nProfessional qualification sponsorship and study leave \\n\\t\\n£500 refer a friend bonus scheme \\n\\t\\nOptional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments\\n\\t\\nWellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app – approved by NHS\\n\\t\\nFree flu jabs\\n\\t\\nFree DBS application\\n\\nYou will receive the training and confidence to use core therapeutic talk therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Strength-based Trauma Informed Care and Mutual Aid to provide the best possible support to our clients.\\n\\nIf this Mental Health Support Worker position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early.

To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website. Closing date – 06/08/2025.\\n\\nOur employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients.

All our roles require an enhanced DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK