Mental Health Support Workers & Assistants

Mental Health Support Workers & Assistants
Salary: £14,430 - £25,733.50 pro rata per annum
Contract Type: Permanent
Location: Bristol

Maples is a vibrant and forward thinking organisation who are currently looking for driven individuals to become part of their Support Team.

As a Maples Support Worker or Support Assistant you will be working as part of an innovative and compassionate team responsible for enabling people with various support needs progress towards recovery, wellbeing and independence, through the utilisation of creative, flexible, and outcomes-driven support planning and delivery techniques. 

We have a range of roles available, from entry level positions designed to enable individuals with a passion to support others gain the experience necessary to forge a career within a diverse and rewarding community, to those who feel they are ready to take the next step in their career progression and take on a new challenge. Working with us will provide invaluable experience of working within the mental health field, and will offer you first-hand experience in working alongside Forensic Services, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatrists, Psychologists and Social Services which will greatly improve your understanding of what can help service users succeed within a community setting.

Benefits - 

• Competitive rates of pay subject to experience and hours worked 
• Generous company pension scheme
• Regular overtime opportunities
• Flexible hours available
• To be part of a friendly, successful and diverse team
• To work with a diverse client group
• Nationally recognised package of training with opportunities to gain qualifications
• Our own resource centre, where clients and staff have access to a wide range of advisory and socially inclusive programmes
• Pool cars available for staff to enable service users access other services and the community
• Part of the ride-2-work scheme

Requirements - 

• Have an inclusive and positive approach to life
• Motivated by enabling other to achieve their goals.
• Reliable, resourceful and familiar with lone-working procedures
• Able to undertake evening and weekend work, as well as core hours
• A driver or cyclist and have access to transport.
• Must be honest, innovative, organised, flexible, driven, and resilient.
• All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced DBS application and satisfactory references

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