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Support Worker - Mental Health
Job Description
Are you passionate about supporting people with learning dissabilities and mental health issues to help them lead a normal life?
Are you enthusiastic, resilient, and driven to make a difference in the lives of these people?
Retain Healthcare, Gloucetsreshire are urgently seeking experienced mental health support workers.
Retain Healthcare are actively seeking experienced Support Workers to work within a number of sites for a local mental health service.The service is a bespoke specialist service, providing care and support for people with Learning Dissabilites, Autism, ABI, Sensory Loss, Mental Health Conditions, Phisical Dissabilities and Behaviours that Challenge.
Working with Retain Healthcare means that you will have:
- Weekly pay (PAYE not Umbrella so no hidden charges)
- FLEXIBLE hours - part time or full time, with a range of shifts including days and nights.
- Access to multiple high street discounts via the Blue Light scheme
- Free extensive training
- Free DBS
- 24/7 support from our highly experienced team
- Fast track registration available
- Application and access to your Rota via our mobile app
- Access to ongoing personal development
- Recommend a friend bonus scheme
- Regulated by CQC
- Retain Rewards
- EAP - Employee assistance programme
- Free uniform (Where applicable)
Location:
You will be working in a variety of residential settings in and around Cheltenham and Gloucester.
Your duties will be enabling life skills, engaging the community, assiting with domestic duties, some persnal care and medication administring.
Requirements for this role:
- Minimum 6 months paid experience in care setting, preferably mental health
- A current PBM/PBS certicate would be advantageous but not essential.
- You will be required to complete a criminal records check (DBS)
- We will require 3 employment references
- Right to work in the UK
- Completion of our online application form and able to provide proof of right to work in the UK
*We Do Not Offer Sponsorship For These Roles*
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- FLEXIBLE hours - shifts including days and nights,
- Access to multiple high street discounts via the Blue Light scheme
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