Relief Recovery Support Worker

Creative Support is a non-profit provider of person centred care and support to older people, people with learning disabilities, mental health needs, and autism spectrum conditions. We are recruiting Relief Recovery Support Workers for our Mental Health Services in the Smallthorne and Burslem areas in Stoke on Trent.

We are recruiting motivated, warm individuals for the role of Relief Recovery Support Workers to provide person-centred care and support to people with mental health needs at our Nursing and Residential homes services in Stoke.

Your role will include:

• Providing ad-hoc cover on the rotas to cover instances such as sickness, annual leave, training and vacancies.
• Working with service users in a recovery-focused way in line with their support and risk management plans with a person centred approach, assisting someone to make their breakfast in the morning, go swimming or to a local cafe in the afternoon – or even helping them plan their holidays.

Sometimes it is challenging, but it is always rewarding. You will go to work knowing that you are making a positive difference to someone’s life. You will be working in a team of skilled, dedicated colleagues who will support you all the way.

The shift pattern includes days, evenings, nights, weekends and bank holidays.

As a Creative Support Bank Staff member you will have access to our free app which allows you to pick up shifts in any area of the country, provides information on the service and shifts as well as directions. You will be paid on a weekly basis.

Creative Support is a passionate, inclusive, and anti-racist organisation. We are a Stonewall Diversity Champion, Disability Confident Employer, who have recently received Investors in People Gold award. We actively encourage applications from candidates from all backgrounds and cultures, however we can only accept fully completed applications from those located in and eligible to work within the UK – This post will not be open to Sponsorship under the UKVI scheme. We are also not accepting applicants who are currently on a Skilled Worker Visa, seeking secondary employment, as we are unable to actively track the hours worked with the primary sponsor.

Please note, we do not accept CVs as a form of application.

We will be interviewing for this role as suitable applications are received and may close this role before the closing date upon a successful candidate being appointed. We do not notify unsuccessful candidates of their outcome at application stage, previously unsuccessful applicants must wait six months before reapplying.