Description
Priory Beacon House is a therapy-led residential addiction treatment centre in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, providing structured support for adults recovering from substance and behavioural addictions. With 17 single-occupancy bedrooms and a calm, homely, community-focused environment, Beacon House delivers the Priory Flourish programme, offering evidence-based therapies including CBT, trauma-informed therapy, group work and wellbeing activities to help residents develop healthier coping strategies and rebuild their lives.
As a Bank Support Worker, you'll be an important part of everyday life,creating a welcoming community through conversation, shared activities, and practical encouragement.
Key responsibilities:
- Collaborative Support: Work closely alongside our therapy team and multidisciplinary colleagues, ensuring smooth communication and a unified approach to client care.
- Professional Boundaries: Build warm, positive relationships with clients while maintaining clear, safe professional boundaries to support their recovery journey.
- Daily Engagement: Guide everyday routines and activities, encouraging clients to participate actively and develop independence.
- Accurate Handovers: Maintain precise, objective daily notes and share critical insights to keep the wider team aligned.
- Safety & Dignity: Help maintain a secure, welcoming environment that strictly protects client confidentiality and wellbeing.
We look for individuals with the right personal qualities and transferable skills. Experience in care, support, or a role focused on helping people is valuable, but a background in addiction services is not required to make an impact here.
Required skills:
- Compassion: A naturally empathetic approach and an understanding of the complex challenges faced by people experiencing addiction.
- Connection: Strong communication skills to build genuine rapport while maintaining clear professional boundaries.
- Teamwork: A positive, collaborative approach to working alongside both clients and multidisciplinary colleagues.
- Resilience: Deep patience, emotional stamina, and the ability to maintain a calm, reassuring response in challenging situations.
- Empowerment: The confidence to encourage client independence, respect individual choices, and champion recovery goals.
- Growth: A proactive willingness to learn, undertake training, and continuously develop your skills.
Benefits:
- Your birthday off (extra annual leave)
- Funded professional qualifications & clear career pathways
- Tax-free Tech & Cycle schemes
- Simply Health Cash Plan & subsidised gym memberships
- Contributory pension scheme & long service rewards