Mental Health Support Worker - Social Care in Whitehaven inWhitehaven PUBLISHED TUE 28 OCT 2025 Jump to job information section

Mental Health Support Worker - Social Care Job details Posting date: 28 October 2025 Salary: £24,638 to £24,850 per year Additional salary information: Salary £24,638 to £24,850 Hours: Full time Closing date: 17 November 2025 Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28 7AY Remote working: On-site only Company: Home Group Limited Job type: Permanent Job reference: 251513 Apply for this job Summary Mental Health Support Worker Salary £24,638 to £24,850 per year and great benefits including Health Cash Plan Permanent, Full Time (37.5 hpw), split over shifts covering 24 hours a day Whitehaven and surrounding areas We can’t offer a CoS for this role Home, a place where you belong We are delighted to be launching a new clinical partnership with Everyturn Mental Health and Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust and we are hiring Support Workers to join Home Group, supporting individuals and communities across Whitehaven and Copeland. Our new service combines specialist health, social care, and community support, offering a mix of drop-in services, local events and temporary safe spaces for those in crisis. This is a unique opportunity to be part of ground-breaking mental health service and deliver life changing outcomes. What you’ll do • Supporting customers with practical, daily living tasks to develop their independence, helping them to achieve the goals, aspirations and outcomes documented in their support plans. • Supporting and encouraging customers with daily living activities such as making meals, shopping, budgeting, maintaining their tenancy and moving onto independent accommodation if they are able. • Carrying out risk assessments, support planning, goal setting and regular reviews. • Working closely with colleagues from other organisations to provide the best support when needed. Why join us? Fancy going home each day knowing that you have helped change our customers lives for the better? You’ll do that here, working for one of the Top Ten Great Places to Work in the UK! You have • A genuine passion for supporting people through mental health challenges • Experience caring for others, professionally or personally and willingness to learn and grow, with or without formal qualifications • Calm, confident decision-making, even under pressure • A flexible, person-centred approach that adapts to each individual • To get from A to B, you’ll need a vehicle insured for business purposes. The great news is that we’ll pay your mileage! The practical bits • Shift patterns- covering 24 hours, 7 days a week • Where we’re flexible with you, we do need to meet the needs of our customers. That may mean adapting your start or finishing times on occasion. • If you are applying for a night role, we will still get together regularly, in the daytime, for training and team meetings. • Able to use technology to update support plans, complete online learning and to collaborate with colleagues. • You’ll need an Enhanced DBS check done and we pay for that. Stronger together We do our best work when we’re ourselves. That’s why inclusion, wellbeing, and our diversity networks help make Home Group a great place to work! What’s in it for you? • 34 days leave, pro-rated (including bank holidays and a “me day”) • Paid time off for volunteering • Matching Pension contributions (up to 7%, with life assurance of 3x Basic Salary) • Save up to £1140 yearly with our health cash plan, covering dental, optical, and therapies • Career path with development and an excellent training package • Excellent benefits and rewards including supermarket discounts and travel expenses Find out more Click APPLY NOW to see our Support Worker Job Description, find out about us and for help to apply. Roles can close early, so don’t wait. For reasonable adjustments email Proud member of the Disability Confident employer scheme Disability Confident About Disability Confident A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer. It is important to note that in certain recruitment situations such as high-volume, seasonal and high-peak times, the employer may wish to limit the overall numbers of interviews offered to both disabled people and non-disabled people. For more details please go to Disability Confident .