Senior Mental Health Support Worker

The Prevention & Wellbeing, Adult Mental Health Team is an award-winning Adult Social Care Provider in Cheshire West and Chester.

We work alongside a wide range of consultants, clinical experts and specialised agencies providing rehabilitation, treatment programmes, care planning, assessment, and long-term focus on recovery and overall wellbeing.

We have four core support offers, all with a view to offer the tools and guidance needed to navigate life’s choices and personal pathways.

We are looking to recruit 1 x 35 hours (fixed term - 12 months) Senior Mental Health Support Worker.

Cheshire West and Chester Council is a place where everyone can Thrive – through our core values of Teamwork, Honesty, Respect, Innovation, Value for Money and Empowerment.

We seek an inspiring member of the team who can offer a ‘Can Do’ and flexible approach to the development and wellbeing of our customers.

Working across a range of mental health support functions, Senior Mental Health Support Workers provide short-term, intensive support to adult service users with mental health needs, enabling and empowering them to maximise their social, emotional, and physical independence in line with their individual care plan and the principles of mental health recovery. This involves ensuring that individual care plans are outcome focused and implemented and reviewed in a timely way, communicating any changes to the relevant internal colleagues and external multi-agency partners. Senior Mental Health Support Workers are required to work closely with individuals to develop onward pathways to appropriate services, community groups and third sector organisations to further enable independence and recovery.

As part of a focused and specialised team within the Social Care Sector of Cheshire West and Chester Council, we offer a range of employment benefits for you and your family. This includes:

The Adult Mental Health Prevention & Wellbeing Team is one of the leading specialist care providers in Cheshire West and Chester, working alongside a wide range of consultants, clinical experts and specialised agencies providing rehabilitation, treatment programmes, care planning, assessment, and long-term focus on recovery and overall wellbeing.

We have consistently gained a reputation for innovation, creativity and providing the right treatment solutions for services users with particularly challenging and complex needs. Our ethos is to ensure that every individual referred to our service has the potential to further their recovery within a community setting, leading to independence, choice and positivity.

We are continuously under the process of reshaping our service in order to provide a more integrated service, supporting an array of health & care providers. We are also proud to work closely with a number of agencies that support people with mental health problems.

What we expect from you

The successful candidate should have a natural yet professional approach to a wide range of circumstances and complex issues surrounding mental health including, forensic history, substance misuse, homelessness and many other challenging factors.

If you would like an informal discussion prior to the application process, then please contact Mandy Mandrallis on mandy.mandrallis@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk or 01244 973860

Please note that this job is subject to a Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check.

The Council is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of adults at risk and children. It’s a criminal offence for people who are barred from working in Regulated Activity (under the Safeguarding and Vulnerable Groups Act 2006) to apply for roles that require them to work unsupervised with that particular group (i.e. adults at risk, children, or both).

To find out more information about what it is like to work for Cheshire West and Chester Council including our rewards and benefits please see www.cwcrecruitment.co.uk

Candidates may use AI tools to support proofreading, editing and presentation. However, all application materials should represent the candidate's own experience, perspectives and thinking. We are seeking original and authentic responses, and applicants should ensure that any submission reflects their own analysis, judgement and vision for the role. No candidate will meet every single requirement - if your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

Cheshire West and Chester Council are committed to equality and diversity in employment. Please see the Equality Policy for more information.

Cheshire West and Chester Council have adopted a Local Living Wage for our employees which means that all employees will receive a minimum of £13.45 per hour for all contracted hours.

For any technical enquiries please email Sourcingteam@ecwip.co.uk and quote job reference number in all correspondence.

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