# Support Mentor

**Company**: Social Interest Group
**Location**: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Job type**: Full time
**Salary**: GBP 28,800 per year
**Category**: Social Care
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

We are seeking a Support Mentor to join our team in Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, Greater London, England. As a Support Mentor, you will work within a 24-hour service providing person-centred support to our residents, focusing on empowering them to take control over their lives and meet their personal goals.

The residents in this service have experienced long-term street homelessness and have faced significant challenges, including mental health issues, substance use, and alcohol dependency. Your role will involve building trusting professional relationships with residents, helping them to achieve their goals and aspirations through tailored one-to-one sessions, group sessions, and general wellbeing check-ins.

Key responsibilities include:

- Creating tailored support plans through one-to-one sessions, group sessions, and multi-agency meetings

- Empowering residents to make decisions and take control over their lives

- Monitoring residents' wellbeing and responding to incidents or emergencies

- Working closely with the team to provide excellent service delivery

- Keeping support plans updated on online portals

- Recognising signs of deteriorating mental or physical health and initiating appropriate interventions

We are looking for someone with a true passion for supporting those who have faced homelessness and complex needs. You should be adaptable, proactive, and able to use your initiative to resolve challenges. Previous knowledge of the needs of residents with complex needs is essential.

In return, we offer a salary of £28,800 per year, plus benefits including 25 days annual leave, employer pension contribution, eligibility to register with Blue Light Discount Card, and access to training and development opportunities.

About Social Interest Group (SIG): SIG is a not-for-profit organisation providing thousands of people with good-quality support and care in residential, drop-in centres, community floating support settings, probation settings, and hospitals across London, Brighton, Bedfordshire, Luton, Kent, and Liverpool. Our goal is to transform lives through empowering change.

## Skills

### Required
- IT systems
- case notes
- email
- software
- cultural awareness
- self-awareness
- sensitivity
- empathy

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