Senior Support Worker
Required via Venn Group
An excellent Support Provider in Bristol are recruiting for a Senior Support Worker to assist the Team Manager in ensuring the provision of high quality, effective and comprehensive support to service users with complex mental health needs
Location: Bristol
Contract duration: 3 Months +
Hours: 37 per week
Rate: £14.95 umbrella
Vacancy ref number: J61611 / 61766
Day to day responsibilities include:
- Assist the Team Manager with coordination of referrals and assessments, and in ensuring provision of efficient and comprehensive support services to a range of clients with mental health support needs, in a safe and supportive manner
- Provide effective day to day support to an agreed case load of clients
- Liaise with other agencies and parties to provide a co-ordinated quality support service to service users, ensuring continuity of approach and fulfilment of support package
- Promote and facilitate service user involvement within the organisation and the community in line with agreed objectives
- Provide leadership and carry out management activities (such as resourcing, day to day advice, supervision and support) to support workers and support assistants to enable service area to meet objectives
- Assist the Team Manager to monitor and evaluate the service, and implement changes in line with best practice, in order to maximise service performance, meeting targets and SLA’s
- Contribute to the development and implementation of policies and procedures in accordance with legislation and recognised best practice
- Participate in the recruitment, induction, training, support and appraisal of staff including temporary and relief staff as necessary
- Participate in an on-call service and provide flexible cover as required including some evening and weekend working, and deputising for the Team Manager when required
Essential criteria include:
- Experience of supervising staff, students or volunteers
- Two years significant experience of working with people with mental health needs including needs assessments and the support planning process
- Current enhanced DBS
- Driver with access to your own vehicle (Desirable)
To apply for this role or to find out about other Housing jobs, please contact Ashleigh Clarke or Paulo Davis from the Bristol Housing recruitment team on 0117 930 8760 or aclarke@venngroup.com
Venn Group is an equal opportunities employment business and employment agency and welcomes applications from all candidates.