Recovery Support Worker

Are you interested in Mental Health and looking for a diverse role which is fun, stimulating and rewarding every day?

Creative Support is looking for an enthusiastic, confident and proactive Recovery Support Worker to join our friendly staff team in Derby, Derbyshire. At this mental health service based in Derby we provide quality care and support to residents with mental health support needs. You will be providing excellent tenancy support to these individuals according to their individual support plans, so personal care and medication administration are not required. Our tenants require support in areas such as cooking, shopping, developing daily living skills, accessing the community and attending appointments.

Your role will include:

• Developing warm and trusting relationships with service users enabling them to enjoy their time at the service to the fullest
• Encouraging service users to engage in a range of exciting social activities both within and outside their homes
• Completing welfare checks with residents, assisting them with appointments and providing excellent tenancy support

Full time hours (37.5 hours per week) or part time (to be agreed) and a willingness to work flexibly according to the needs of the service to include weekends and bank holidays.

We are looking for candidates from all walks of life and previous care experience is not essential. You just need a passion for providing person-centred care and support to individuals with mental health support needs. Full training is provided by our Creative Support Training Academy, as is the opportunity to work towards QCF Diploma in Health and Social Care.

This vibrant service in the DE1 area of Derby, Derbyshire is a ten minute drive from the train station.

Benefits of working with Creative Support:

We offer all employees competitive pay and a pension contribution in addition to 28 days annual leave. As an employer that is committed to the professional development of our staff we also support our care staff to complete the nationally recognised Care Certificate and pay for your enhanced DBS. Additional benefits include enhanced maternity leave, employee support programmes and an additional day of leave each year on or around your Birthday.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – Please be aware we are currently at full capacity with our Visa Sponsor Licenses, therefore we are not accepting applicants who are seeking sponsorship.

We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.