Bank Mental Health Support Worker
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Bank Mental Health Support Worker
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is looking for an enthusiastic, caring person to join their dedicated team at Morrell Crescent, Littlemore, Oxfordshire. This part-time, permanent role offers £14.06 - £15.19 per hour (depending on experience).
About the Role
Our mission at [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living. As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will be responsible for providing person-centred support to residents with serious mental illness including adults who have a primary diagnosis of a psychotic illness often with one or more coexisting conditions such physical health issues, neurodiversity, drugs & alcohol use and cognitive impairment.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide emotional support, encouragement, and practical assistance to residents with daily living activities. This may include medication assistance, engaging with interests, education, accessing community groups/facilities, employment, teaching life skills such as shopping, budgeting, using public transport and skills such as planning to prepare and cook meals, maintain accommodation.
- Foster a supportive and empowering environment that promotes residents' independence.
- Support and monitor clients physical and mental health through key working and ensuring access where appropriate to primary health services or liaising with mental health services.
- Support clients to attend appointments where required.
- Ensure daily paperwork is completed.
- Support the Service Manager to achieve monthly service targets.
- Comply with all Health and Safety measures to keep residents, visitors, colleagues and yourself safe.
- Proactive approach to maintain properties and resident rooms to a good standard.
- Promote family, friend and carers engagement, ensuring they are involved in their loved one’s support and given information about the service.
Requirements
- GCSE’s in English and Maths (or equivalent)
- A commitment to undertake continual personal development including completing the Care Certificate
- IT literate with experience using MS Office packages.
- Good communication skills, written, verbal and listening.
- Flexible approach to working hours, including weekends.
- A genuine interest in mental health and well-being with a commitment to delivering [Employer hidden — sign up to reveal]'s mission.
- Ability to provide non-judgemental, emotional and practical support to residents.
- Ability to follow health and safety procedures.
What We Offer
- 37 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays)
- Blue Light card and other discounted shopping
- Employee Assistance Plan - with access to free counselling
- Cycle to Work Scheme
- Enhanced family friendly leave
- Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave
- £500 refer a friend bonus scheme
- Optional health cash care plan
- Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app
- Free flu jabs
- Free DBS application
[Employer hidden — sign up to reveal] is not able to offer sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for the role and require sponsorship, you will be withdrawn from the recruitment process.
Closing date: 17/06/2026. Apply via the link on this page.