Support Worker - Mental Health
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Position Overview & Specifications
Mental Health Support Workers in Durham wanted for immediate start!
Why join the Major Healthcare family?
Major Healthcare Newcastle, a rapidly growing division of Major Recruitment (est. 1992) are a national leading health and social care agency specialising in the provision of professional temporary and permanent staff.
We enable you to use your experience in a wide variety of settings across the North East supporting those who are most vulnerable, while maintaining the flexibility of working in line with your availability.
As a Mental Health support worker you will be expected to deliver a high standard of support across various settings; supported by a team of healthcare professionals, empower service users to maintain as much independence as possible, and ensure all daily living activities are met to the highest standard of person centred care. The settings we currently provide for could be within a hospital or within a family home.
Main duties include:
- Working as part of a team of Child and Adolescent Support Workers to deliver excellent standards of person-centred care
- Develop positive relationships with other professionals, clients, and most importantly; the service users
- Act professionally and responsibly on shift, alongside the management team of the services
- Carry out all practical duties as required by services, ensuring customers are treated with respect and dignity
- Report any concerns to management within the service
- confidence in carrying our personal care requirements
- Confidence and experience working with babies
Person Specification:
- 6-12 months experience and preferably qualifications within the health and social care sector
- Be reliable and professional
- Experience in working with complex needs and challenging behaviours
- Preferably hold a current, transferable DBS (registered on the update service)
- Approach employment as a Children and Young Person's Support Worker in a 'hands-on' way and be willing to work as team
- Preferably hold a clear driving licence, with access to a vehicle (or willing to travel to via public transport)
- Experience working with mental health
What can Major Healthcare offer you?
- Flexible hours to fit in with your lifestyle and commitments
- Holiday accrual
- Discounts for various high street retailers and supermarkets, via our staff app
- Free training/refresher training
- Opportunities for career progression
To apply for this role, or to express interest in joining Major Healthcare in another role - click below now!
Major Recruitment act as an Employment Agency for permanent roles and an Employment Business for temporary opportunities
Job Types: Temporary contract, Zero hours contract
Salary: £15.00-£16.50 per hour
Benefits:
- Company pension
- Employee discount
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Schedule:
- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Holidays
- Monday to Friday
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability
Work Location: On the road
Reference ID: HeatherK994
Candidate Selection & Onboarding Process
Application & Resume Screening
Submit your tailored CV/Resume directly to the talent acquisition portal.
Technical & Competency Interviews
Virtual interviews with the hiring manager and multidisciplinary team.
Formal Offer & Benefits Negotiation
Written agreement outlining compensation, equity, retirement vesting, and relocation allowances.
Onboarding & Corporate Integration
Equipment provisioning, team orientation, and commencement of duties.
United Kingdom Right to Work & Skilled Worker Visa Guide
Employment in the United Kingdom requires legal Right to Work verified under the Home Office Points-Based Immigration System:
Sponsoring employers must hold an active Home Office A-rated Sponsor License and assign a valid Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS). Role must meet the general minimum salary threshold (£38,700) or occupation going rate.
Continuous employment under Skilled Worker status establishes eligibility for Indefinite Leave to Remain (ILR) after 5 continuous years, leading to British Citizenship.
Candidate Preparation Blueprint: Staffing, Recruitment & Subcontracting
Based on transatlantic hiring benchmarks for Support Worker - Mental Health roles across Major Healthcare's corporate sector, successful applicants typically excel across three core dimensions:
Demonstrated portfolio evidence, architecture/system design case studies, or validated professional certifications directly applicable to Staffing, Recruitment & Subcontracting.
STAR method competency responses highlighting cross-functional leadership, conflict resolution, and delivering measurable enterprise ROI under tight timelines.
Total compensation expectation aligned within the benchmarked £15 - £17 bracket, including retirement vesting and health parity.
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