Job profile

Job reference

REQ004655

Date posted

07/04/2023

Application closing date

Blank

Location

Islington

Salary

£18,642.00 per annum

Package

Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Contractual hours

30

Basis

Part time

Job category/type

Fixed Term Contract, Part Time

Job description

We’re looking for three kind, compassionate and resilient Waking Night Support Workers to join our Mental Health service in Islington.

£18,642.00 per annum, working 30 hours per week. Benefits include 25 days Annual Leave, pension schemes, staff discounts, healthcare and career progression.

Want to feel like you’re part of one team? You’ll feel at home here.

Making you feel at home here means helping you thrive in every way. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits, award-winning Learning & Development and a culture that welcomes all. These aren’t token gestures - we’ve thought long and hard about how best to support our team. After all, our people are doing something amazing: helping to transform lives every day.

Hanley Gardens and Caledonian Road are a pair of services supporting 15 High Needs customers with an enduring mental health diagnosis to achieve greater independence and health outcomes. The service is an interim service that will eventually move, along with its customers, to a new site in the next 6 months once the building has finished development. The service works closely with health and community colleagues to support customers to achieve their goals and engage in their local community safely.

This is a 6 month Fixed Term Contract, starting in June and ending in November.

This role requires a valid Right to Work for the UK as Look Ahead are not a sponsoring organisation.

What you’ll do:

• Building supportive, trusting relationships with customers and creating a positive atmosphere
• Working proactively with other members of the team to handle the service caseload and administrative responsibilities
• Ensuring ongoing assessment and management of risks associated with customers within an attitude of ‘positive risk taking’
• Providing support with daily living activities, including practical assistance to support customers to independent living e.g. budgeting, cooking, establishing a night time routine
• Supporting customers to maintain a healthy environment and where appropriate assisting them to clean their accommodation and maintain good personal hygiene
• Assisting in the recording and reporting of customer incidents
• Managing customer interactions, completing assessments and obtaining and maintaining all relevant paperwork
• Developing productive relationships with partner organisations to improve service outcomes
• Adhering to lone working protocols and maintaining high levels of awareness in relation to the health and safety of yourself and colleagues
• Involving customers in the design, development and delivery of the service
• Encouraging and enabling tenants to pay their rent and avoid personal debt
• Ensuring Look Ahead Health and Safety policies and local protocols are adhered to at all times e.g. fire risk assessments, fire alarm checks etc
• Taking on shift leading responsibilities by coordinating and leading shifts in the absence of a manager
• Being responsible for the handover of key information between shifts
• Adhering to all other Look Ahead’s policies and procedures
• Engaging in learning and development activity to increase knowledge and skills
• Undertaking any other duties consistent with the grade and nature of the post as assigned by the Team Leader/Manager

This is not an exhaustive list of all the duties and responsibilities that may be required from time to time and is subject to change in accordance with the needs of Look Ahead

About you:

• Enjoys social interaction and the company of others
• Exudes a warm friendly presence and open behaviour
• Prefers working as part of a group or team
• Ability to cope positively with challenging and diverse behaviour with minimal supervision
• Is fundamentally calm and resilient, does not let emotion adversely affect them or obscure their judgement
• Has a practical and logical mind and is naturally well organized
• Able to apply the right balance of care and support dependant on the needs of the customer
• Thrives on change and enjoys dynamic diverse environments
• Is confident with high levels of self-esteem
• Is respectful, articulate and sensitive in style of communication
• Is motivated towards excellence and improvement of personal performance with a can do attitude
• Ability to adhere to Look Ahead’s professional boundaries policy

What you’ll bring:

Essential:

• NVQ Level 2/3 or equivalent with little or some previous relevant sector work experience involving working with those with mental health needs

About us:

Look Ahead is a dynamic, leading, not-for-profit care and support provider in London and the South East. As an organisation we deliver over 110 services, providing support to around 7000 customers each year. We work across mental health, homelessness, young people and learning disabilities so there are plenty of opportunities to grow and progress your career with us.

Look Ahead is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and adults at risk, and expects all employees, workers and volunteers to share this commitment.

If your application for this role is unsuccessful, but we feel that you would be suitable for another role, we may contact you to discuss alternative opportunities. If this occurs you would not need to submit another application for the alternative role.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we are able to appoint to the vacancy before the advertised closed date.

We are committed to diversity and inclusion at work and are accredited with Silver in the Inclusive Employers Standard 2021. We are a proud member of the Employers Domestic Abuse Covenant and encourage applications from a diverse range of applicants of all backgrounds.