Mental Health Complex Care Assistant – Rapid Response Team

Wigan & surrounding areas

£16.00 – £20.00 per hour base rate | Up to £22.41 per hour rolled-up rate
Guaranteed minimum 36 contracted hours per week

You must hold a full UK driving licence and have access to your own vehicle for work.

About the Role

Alcedo Care is looking for confident, compassionate and resilient people to join our specialist Mental Health Rapid Response Team, supporting new and existing complex care packages across Wigan and surrounding areas.

This is a varied, fast-paced role where you'll help new care packages get off to a safe and positive start while also providing support across established services when required.

You'll work with people who may have complex mental health, behavioural, learning disability or additional care needs. Depending on the care package, you may support adults, young people or children.

This role is particularly suited to people who are calm under pressure, comfortable managing challenging situations and confident building trust with people who may be experiencing significant difficulties.

Pay & Benefits

• Up to £22.41 per hour rolled-up rate
• Guaranteed minimum of 36 contracted hours per week
• Enhanced bank holiday rates
• Day and night shifts available
• Longer shifts available
• Mileage contribution
• Paid DBS
• Paid initial training
• Specialist mental health and complex care training
• CPI training where required
• Nurse-led training and competency support
• 24/7 wellbeing support through our Employee Assistance Programme
• Career progression through our Rising Stars programme
• Fully funded NVQ qualifications
• Structured mentoring and ongoing development
• Princess Royal Training Award-winning training programmes
• Join a Top 20 Rated Home Care Group – six years running

What You'll Be Doing

As part of our Rapid Response Team, you'll support the mobilisation of new complex care packages and provide high-quality, person-centred support across a range of services.

Your role may include:

• Helping new care packages start safely and smoothly
• Supporting clients with complex mental health and behavioural needs
• Building trusting and consistent relationships
• Supporting emotional wellbeing and positive behaviour
• Promoting independence, choice and daily living skills
• Supporting clients with activities and community engagement
• Following individual care plans, risk assessments and agreed support strategies
• Working alongside families, healthcare professionals and wider care teams
• Responding calmly and professionally to challenging or changing situations
• Travelling between care packages across Wigan and surrounding areas

The People You May Support

Following appropriate training and competency assessment, you may work with individuals who have needs including:

• Complex mental health conditions
• Learning disabilities or learning difficulties
• Behaviours that challenge
• Self-harm or suicide risk
• Ligature risks
• Positive Behaviour Support requirements
• Increased levels of observation or supervision
• Restrictive interventions where specifically required, trained and authorised
• Legal restrictions or safeguards relevant to the individual's care arrangements

CPI and other specialist training will be provided where required for the care package.

Who We're Looking For

We're particularly interested in applicants with relevant experience in areas such as:

• Mental health support
• Complex care
• Health and social care
• Secure services
• Prison or custodial services
• Ambulance or emergency services
• Healthcare and clinical support
• Other high-responsibility roles involving vulnerable people or challenging situations

You don't necessarily need to have followed a traditional care career route.

What matters is that you have relevant experience and can demonstrate the confidence, judgement, resilience and compassion needed to support people with complex needs.

Essential Requirements

You will need:

• Relevant experience supporting people with mental health, complex or behavioural needs, or substantial transferable experience from an appropriate setting
• A full UK driving licence
• Access to your own vehicle for work
• Ability to travel across Wigan and surrounding areas
• Confidence working in fast-paced and changing environments
• Strong communication and relationship-building skills
• A calm, reliable and professional approach
• The resilience to support people experiencing complex or challenging situations

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care is welcomed, but equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.

Training & Development

You'll receive extensive support from Alcedo Care's in-house training team, including Registered Nurses and specialist trainers.

Our Princess Royal Training Award-winning programmes include mental health and complex care training designed to give you the knowledge, practical skills and confidence required for the individuals you support.

Why Join Alcedo Care?

At Alcedo Care, we invest in our people through specialist training, funded qualifications, career development and ongoing support.

Our Rapid Response Team plays an important role in helping people receive safe, consistent care from the beginning of a new care package.

For the right person, this is an opportunity to develop specialist mental health and complex care experience while working in a role that offers variety, responsibility and the chance to make a genuine difference.

Apply Today

If you have experience in mental health, complex care, health and social care, secure or custodial services, emergency services or another relevant high-responsibility environment, we'd love to hear from you.

Apply today to join Alcedo Care's Mental Health Rapid Response Team in Wigan.

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