Job Introduction
Gray Healthcare are looking for Mental Health Support Workers to support a lady who has diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder, EUPD with Narcissistic and Anti-Social Behaviour traits. She lives alone in her own property in North Hykeham, Lincoln.
The person we support is a 58 year old lady who is supported on a 1:1 basis. She enjoys chatting with her Support Team, watching films, listening to music and shopping. She is gaining confidence to access the community to shop and go for coffees while out with her Support Team.
You must have experience of providing support to a person with mental health and complex needs and behaviours that may be perceived as challenging within the UK and have experience of understanding and implementing detailed care plans and risk assessments.
Gray Healthcare are different to most care providers in that that we are clinically informed. That means that there is a team of clinicians including nurses, occupational therapists and Positive Behavioural Support (PBS) specialists involved in developing the care and approach for each person that we support. This provides more direction to the Support teams; it is an inclusive approach that is proven to work to improve the lives and outcomes of the people that we support.
Training
We don’t expect you to know everything when you join Gray Healthcare! We provide an initial week of training which is a combination of online training (company induction, systems, meds etc.) followed by in-person training on PROACT-SCIPr-UK which is a PBS approach to least restrictive practice, a therapeutic and proven alternative to restraint-dominant approaches. You will then complete the person-centred training, specific to the person that you are supporting. This could be PBS, epilepsy, ligature etc. and finally, you’ll complete shadow shifts.
Training continues throughout your time with Gray Healthcare and we encourage you to develop and grow your career with us.
Hours
We typically have 12-hour shifts but there can be flexibility around this dependant on needs and requests. We have the following contracts available:
- 08.00am-20.00pm Day Shifts- Up to 24 hours per week plus sleep-in's
About you
- We are looking for people who have worked in social care previously, ideally with Mental Health Experience.
- You must have current Right to Work in the UK and have been employed in the UK for at least 6 months. We no longer have any certificates of sponsorship available.
We are particularly interested in candidates who have experience as a Support Worker within EUPD, bipolar disorder and anti-social personality traits.
Recruitment Process
- Telephone interview with specialist recruiter to go through the role in more detail and find out more about you and why you have applied.
- TEAMS interview with Community Support Manager
- Compliance & Background checks including employment references, Right To Work checks and Enhanced DBS.
