Community Outreach Support Worker - Mental Health
| Posting date: | 30 June 2025 |
|---|---|
| Salary: | £24,242.40 per year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 14 July 2025 |
| Location: | Peterborough, Eastern England |
| Remote working: | On-site only |
| Company: | Longhurst Group Ltd |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | LHG1117687 |
Summary
At Amplius, we’re on a mission to deliver homes that make a difference. As a fresh and forward-focused social housing provider, we prioritise tenant safety, sustainability, and smart property investment.
In our Community Outreach Support Worker – Mental Health role, you’ll provide ongoing support to our customers with profound and enduring mental health issues, helping them improve their quality of life, sustain tenancies, and achieve independent living through structured and community outreach services.
Location: Eastfield Road, Peterborough.
Salary: Up to £24,242.40 per annum.
Contract: Permanent ¦ Full-time.
⏰Your week: 37 hours per week (You’ll work a 3-week rolling rota covering shifts between 8:30am and 8:30pm, including some 12-hour shifts, evenings, and weekends)
✨Snapshot of your role
This is what your day will look like as our Community Outreach Support Worker – Mental Health:
Provide a comprehensive range of support services to customers with profound and enduring Mental Health conditions.
Encourage the customer to take their medication as directed by their GP in promoting positive emotional and physical well-being.
Help the customers understand the responsibilities of holding a tenancy – particularly with respect to keeping the property in a clean and tidy state, not causing a nuisance to neighbours and paying rent.
Your toolkit for success
To thrive in our Community Outreach Support Worker – Mental Health role, you’ll need:
A full UK Driving Licence for use to deliver services in the community.
To demonstrate a positive ‘can do’ attitude while adopting a people-focused friendly and approachable manner.
To be able to demonstrate an awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.
Ability to communicate clearly when speaking and writing including maintaining clear and accurate records and reports whilst using Microsoft Office systems including Word, Excel and competent user of the Internet and email system.
Please note that having a full UK driving licence is essential for this role to deliver services in the community.
Why join Amplius?
There are loads of things that make Amplius a great place to be - every colleague has the chance to grow with us, make a real difference to our customers lives and ultimately be the most authentic version of themselves:
Grow with us
Your development matters to us. With tailored training programs, ongoing feedback, and career progression pathways, we support you to advance as far as you want to go.
❤️Make a real impact
Our mission is rooted in service and community. Your work will contribute directly to improving the lives of people in the communities we serve.
Environmental and social impact
We’re dedicated to sustainability and social responsibility, taking real steps to protect our planet and foster inclusivity.
Perks of working at Amplius
26 day’s annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to carry over allowance and purchase more
Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%, plus life cover of three times your annual salary
Paid professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role
Employee Assistance Programme offering free wellbeing tools, free flu jabs and more
Health cash plan giving cash back for everyday health checks such as optical and dental
Cycle to Work and Electric Car Lease schemes
High street, holiday and gym membership discounts
Plus lots more once you join!
The important stuff
We’re dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible. Reasonable adjustments will be provided upon request for all candidates.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities.
We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK to join Amplius. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.
Have any questions? Contact the Amplius Recruitment Team and we’ll be in touch to support you with any questions, queries or conundrums!
In our Community Outreach Support Worker – Mental Health role, you’ll provide ongoing support to our customers with profound and enduring mental health issues, helping them improve their quality of life, sustain tenancies, and achieve independent living through structured and community outreach services.
Location: Eastfield Road, Peterborough.
Salary: Up to £24,242.40 per annum.
Contract: Permanent ¦ Full-time.
⏰Your week: 37 hours per week (You’ll work a 3-week rolling rota covering shifts between 8:30am and 8:30pm, including some 12-hour shifts, evenings, and weekends)
✨Snapshot of your role
This is what your day will look like as our Community Outreach Support Worker – Mental Health:
Provide a comprehensive range of support services to customers with profound and enduring Mental Health conditions.
Encourage the customer to take their medication as directed by their GP in promoting positive emotional and physical well-being.
Help the customers understand the responsibilities of holding a tenancy – particularly with respect to keeping the property in a clean and tidy state, not causing a nuisance to neighbours and paying rent.
Your toolkit for success
To thrive in our Community Outreach Support Worker – Mental Health role, you’ll need:
A full UK Driving Licence for use to deliver services in the community.
To demonstrate a positive ‘can do’ attitude while adopting a people-focused friendly and approachable manner.
To be able to demonstrate an awareness/understanding of equal opportunities and other people’s behaviour, physical, social and welfare needs.
Ability to communicate clearly when speaking and writing including maintaining clear and accurate records and reports whilst using Microsoft Office systems including Word, Excel and competent user of the Internet and email system.
Please note that having a full UK driving licence is essential for this role to deliver services in the community.
Why join Amplius?
There are loads of things that make Amplius a great place to be - every colleague has the chance to grow with us, make a real difference to our customers lives and ultimately be the most authentic version of themselves:
Grow with us
Your development matters to us. With tailored training programs, ongoing feedback, and career progression pathways, we support you to advance as far as you want to go.
❤️Make a real impact
Our mission is rooted in service and community. Your work will contribute directly to improving the lives of people in the communities we serve.
Environmental and social impact
We’re dedicated to sustainability and social responsibility, taking real steps to protect our planet and foster inclusivity.
Perks of working at Amplius
26 day’s annual leave plus bank holidays, with the ability to carry over allowance and purchase more
Pension scheme with matched contributions up to 10%, plus life cover of three times your annual salary
Paid professional subscription for membership fees relating to your role
Employee Assistance Programme offering free wellbeing tools, free flu jabs and more
Health cash plan giving cash back for everyday health checks such as optical and dental
Cycle to Work and Electric Car Lease schemes
High street, holiday and gym membership discounts
Plus lots more once you join!
The important stuff
We’re dedicated to ensuring our recruitment process is fair, transparent, and accessible. Reasonable adjustments will be provided upon request for all candidates.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early in response to an overwhelming number of applications or a change in business priorities.
We do not provide visa sponsorship; you must be eligible to work in the UK to join Amplius. You must reside in the UK for the duration of your employment and provide Right to Work evidence.
Have any questions? Contact the Amplius Recruitment Team and we’ll be in touch to support you with any questions, queries or conundrums!
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