Mental Health Senior Support Worker - Integrated Mental Health Service
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Job Title: Mental Health Senior Support Worker - Integrated Mental Health Service
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Organisation: Hackney Council Anonymous Apps > Adults, Health & Integration
Job Number: HCAA02667
Service: Adult Social Care
DBS Required: Yes
Organisation Logo: Hackney Council
Agreement Type: Permanent
Work Pattern: Full Time
Contracted Hours: 36
Grade: PO1
SCP Range: £44,937 - £45,852
The Role:
Step Up to Senior: Lead Prevention, Reablement & Recovery in Mental HealthAre you an experienced Mental Health Support Worker ready to take the lead in supervising a team and championing preventative, strengths-based work?
The London Borough of Hackney is a vibrant, progressive, and creative authority. We're on a mission to fight for equity and become an actively anti-racist borough , extending fairness across gender, neurodiversity, and the poverty divide. Join our Integrated Mental Health Service (IMHS), a Section 75 partnership with East London Foundation Trust (ELFT) , and play a key leadership role in shaping meaningful change for our residents.
The Role: Your Leadership Impact
We're seeking a Senior Support Worker to supervise a team of mental health support workers within the IMHS. This role is centred on early intervention, prevention, and reablement, maximising independence and reducing reliance on statutory services.
You will:
- Provide day-to-day supervision and guidance to support workers, ensuring high quality, person-centred interventions.
- Lead on early intervention and preventative approaches that support recovery.
- Screen referrals to identify and allocate the most appropriate support worker input across the service.
- Work directly with residents and carers to promote wellbeing and social inclusion.
- Collaborate effectively with social workers, health colleagues, and wider partners to ensure a joined-up response.
About You: Key Skills
We’re looking for someone with a passion for recovery-focused work and a commitment to Hackney’s core values.
You must bring:
Experience of working with adults with mental health needs in a health or social care setting. Strong understanding of prevention, reablement, and recovery-focused approaches. Experience of supervising, mentoring, or supporting staff in a team environment. Excellent communication, organisational skills, and the ability to build positive relationships.
A relevant vocational qualification in health or social care is an advantage.
An Enhanced DBS is required.
What We Offer
About Us:
In Hackney, our staff are our greatest asset. You will be supported to thrive and develop your career in one of London’s most diverse boroughs.
Your Benefits include:
A key leadership role with responsibility for shaping support worker contributions across IMHS.
Access to comprehensive training and development, including mentoring, shadowing, and skills development.
A range of financial and wellbeing benefits, including flexible working options, tenancy deposit loans, discounted gym membership, and employee assistance.
Key Accountabilities:
As a Council, our most outstanding asset is our staff, who are highly dedicated to serving our residents and committed to our goals as an organisation.
If you want to work in a place where you can represent our values so we achieve the best for our residents, please click on the apply button below.
We operate a fair and open anonymous selection process. Therefore, we do not accept supporting statements or CV’s.
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Closing date for applications: 23 November 2025 (22:59)
Interview date: Janauary 2026
We are also working towards our vision, which is to be a place for everyone; where residents and staff can be proud; a place that celebrates diversity and where everyone can feel valued, included and involved. In order to achieve this, we look for people who are: Proud; Ambitious; Pioneering; Open; Proactive; Inclusive.
Hackney Council works to eradicate discrimination on the basis of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.We also recognise that people can be disadvantaged by their social and economic circumstances, so we will also work to eliminate discrimination and disadvantage caused by social class. We also welcome those interested in flexible working. We particularly welcome applications from disabled people, as this group is currently under represented in our workforce.
Skills & experience:
The Council has a dedicated employment support service (Hackney Works), which offers Hackney residents guidance in relation to applying for jobs. If you are thinking about applying for a job, please contact the Hackney Works team to find out what support is available: hackneyworks@hackney.gov.uk
Salary range
- £44,937 - £45,852 per year