Mental Health Support Worker
About this role
Join Our Team as a Mental Health Support Worker
Location: Romsey Avenue, Nuneaton
Enhancement Additional Payments: £50 - Per sleep in (8 hours), £0.86 - Unsocial Hours, 1.5 x hourly rate - Bank Holiday
Are you passionate about making a real difference in people’s lives? We’re looking for an experienced and caring Mental Health Recovery Worker to join our dedicated team at Romsey Avenue – a CQC Registered home supporting with severe and enduring mental health challenges.
Romsey Avenue is a 24-hour residential service for adults living with severe mental illness. The service provides support seven days a week through daytime, afternoon, evening, and sleep-in shifts, ensuring continuous care and assistance. The service accommodates up to 13 male and female residents and is committed to delivering high-quality, person-centred support tailored to each individual's needs, preferences, and aspirations. Our approach is strengths-based, focusing on empowering individuals to build on their existing skills and abilities. Residents are encouraged and supported to achieve the highest level of independence possible, while maintaining their wellbeing and recovery. Staff work collaboratively with a range of external professionals and agencies to ensure a consistent, coordinated, and holistic approach to support, enabling residents to work towards their personal goals and improve their quality of life.
What will you do?
In this role, I will support individuals on their recovery journey, helping them build skills, confidence and independence. My work will include:
- Providing one‑to‑one key‑worker support and building positive, professional relationships
- Carrying out assessments and developing personalised support and safety plans
- Encouraging people to manage their mental and physical wellbeing
- Supporting service users with meaningful activities - Daily tasks, such as personal care, maintaining home environment, food and hydration and also sharing successes.
- Supporting individuals with daily living skills and accessing community services
- Liaising with mental health agencies, professionals and community groups
- Contributing to safeguarding and promoting a safe, supportive environment
- Keeping accurate records, monitoring progress and sharing information with the team
- Helping improve the service by offering feedback and supporting colleagues
What we’re looking for:
- Experience supporting people with mental illness in a social care setting.
- Great listening skills, empathy, patience, and kindness
- Ability to work with digital systems (Microsoft applications, email, internet)
- A commitment to our values and willingness to learn
Apply today and be part of a team that truly makes a difference.
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Why join Rethink Mental Illness?
We believe people do their best work when they feel supported, valued and able to be themselves. You'll benefit from:
- An inclusive culture, with colleague-led staff networks for Disability & Neurodiversity, Race & Ethnicity, LGBTQIA+, Gender Equality and Menopause.
- Flexible working and 25 days' annual leave (plus bank holidays and your birthday off), with the option to buy or sell leave.
- Wellbeing support including our Wellbeing Hub, Employee Assistance Programme, Wellbeing Champions and Unmind.
- Learning and development opportunities to help you grow your career.
- Financial and family benefits including a contributory pension, enhanced family leave and travel schemes.
- Recognition and rewards including discounts, cashback offers and a Blue Light Card.
- Referral bonus where you can earn up to £300 for introducing someone to our team.
Our commitment to inclusion
We're proud to be a Disability Confident Employer and a signatory to the Business in the Community Race at Work Charter. We're also committed to becoming a truly anti-racist employer, campaigning organisation and service provider supported by a multi-year equity, diversity and inclusion programme of work. For more information please view https://www.rethink.org/media/hdtjjy5b/revised-edi-plan-rethink.pdf
We actively encourage applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences and want everyone to have the opportunity to demonstrate their skills and experience. If you need reasonable adjustments during recruitment or when in your role, please let us know and we will work with you to understand what support you need.
Company at a glance
Rethink Mental Illness is a charity that believes a better life is possible for millions of people seriously affected by mental illness. For over 50 years we have brought people together to support each other.
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We directly support almost 60,000 people every year across England to get through crises, to live independently, and to realise they are not alone.
Top Benefits
- Inclusive Culture
- Wellbeing Hub
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Unmind mental health app
- Discounts and cashback offers
- PULSE recognition platform
- 25 days annual leave
- Bank holidays off
- Birthday off
- Option to buy or sell extra leave days
- Structured onboarding and training
- Contributory pension scheme
- Enhanced family leave
- Season ticket loans
- Cycle-to-work schemes
- Referral bonus up to £300
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