Job description
Role: Mental Health Support Worker
Salary: £17.34 to £21.05 per hour
Location: Maidstone & Tunbridge Wells
Job Type: Adhoc Shifts
Shifts: Long days from 7:00 to 20:00
About the Role
We are seeking a compassionate and dedicated Mental Health Support Worker to join our team working at Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust. The successful candidate will provide high-quality support to individuals experiencing a range of mental health conditions, promoting recovery, independence, and wellbeing within community and/or inpatient settings.
Thanks to our close partnership with Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS Trust, we have shifts available for the right Mental Health Support Worker.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide high-quality, person-centred support to individuals experiencing mental health challenges, promoting recovery and independence.
- Build positive therapeutic relationships with service users while maintaining professional boundaries.
- Support individuals with daily living activities, encouraging engagement in meaningful activities and promoting social inclusion.
- Monitor and report changes in mental or physical health, escalating concerns appropriately to registered healthcare professionals.
- Assist with the implementation of care plans developed by the multidisciplinary team.
Who We Are Looking For
Experience:
- Previous experience working as a Mental Health Support Worker, Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker, or within a mental health, social care, or healthcare setting is desirable.
- Experience supporting individuals with a range of mental health conditions, learning disabilities, or complex needs is advantageous.
Skills:
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to build trusting relationships.
- Compassionate, patient, and empathetic approach to supporting others.
- Ability to recognise changes in a person’s mental health and escalate concerns appropriately.
- Good organisational and time-management skills.
- Ability to work independently as well as part of a multidisciplinary team.
- Commitment to delivering person-centred, recovery-focused care.
- Understanding of safeguarding, confidentiality, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Why Join HCRG Staffing
HCRG Staffing is one of the leading healthcare recruitment companies in the UK. With over 20 years of experience, we have exclusive access to more roles than any other agency.
Looking for a better work-life balance? When joining us through Connect, you’ll have access to our industry-leading app, giving you the flexibility to manage your own shifts entirely from your phone, alongside the support of a dedicated consultant.
With a strong reputation for supplying skilled temporary healthcare professionals to providers across the UK, HCRG Staffing offers more than just a job – it offers a rewarding career where you can make a real difference in people’s lives. Whether you’re an experienced agency support worker or just starting your flexible healthcare career, you’ll benefit from comprehensive training, flexible working patterns, and opportunities for professional development.
HCRG Staffing is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applications regardless of sex, age, race, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, religion and belief, pregnancy and maternity, or disability.
