Support Worker, Mental Health

Overview

Do you have a genuine passion for improving lives? Join our growing care organisation and make a meaningful difference every day while developing your own skills and career. Live Connected is a dynamic division of the Connected Health Group. We deliver high-quality, person-centred support to adults with learning disabilities and complex needs. As a Support Worker, no two days are the same.

You will play a vital role in supporting individuals to live safely, independently, and with dignity.

• Competitive Pay: Earn £14 per hour
• Sign-On Bonus: £200*
• Recognition & Rewards: Employee of the Month, Quarter, and Year awards
• Refer a Friend: Earn £200 for successful referrals
• Career Growth: Ongoing training and professional development opportunities
• Extra Benefits: Free Access NI, Free uniform, Paid shadowing and training, Cycle to Work scheme, Bluelight Card, wellbeing package, and local business discounts

• Support service users with daily living tasks in line with individual care plans, agreed with families and professionals
• Work in accordance with Connected Living policies and procedures at all times
• Follow individual care plans and risk assessments tailored to each service user
• Complete health and safety checks in line with organisational policies
• Confidently lone work in accordance with lone working risk assessments
• Ensure safe administration and ordering of medication
• Encourage service users to express their preferences in how care and support are delivered
• Promote choice, independence, and dignity at all times
• Manage behaviours in a calm, respectful, and least restrictive manner
• Complete daily notes, handovers, and all required documentation by the end of each shift
• Deliver clear, accurate, and high-quality handovers to incoming staff
• Work collaboratively with colleagues and the wider multidisciplinary team (MDT) to support emotional and physical wellbeing
• Build and maintain professional relationships with service users and relevant professionals to achieve positive outcomes

• Minimum of 6 months' experience in Supported Living Services
• Must be based in Northern Ireland

At Connected Health, we don't just offer a job - we offer careers that are at the forefront of transforming the way homecare is delivered across Ireland. We recognise that the individuals we employ are pivotal to driving this transformation within the sector. That’s why, at Connected Health, our mission is unwavering: to continually attract, recruit, and develop the finest homecare team.

Connected Health is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to promoting equality of opportunity, good relations, respect for diversity and inclusion in the workplace and the delivery of its services to clients. It is also committed to ensuring that the talents and resources of all its employees are utilised to the full. Connected Health welcome applications for all job roles from members of all communities.