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Are you passionate about working with children and young people with disabilities? West Berkshire Council have an exciting opportunity for you to join our Childrens Occupational Therapy Team within Childrens Social Care. Our team strive to enable children and young people to participate, function and thrive in family life within theirhome environment. We are looking for an experienced Childrens Occupational Therapist to join us and help make a difference to the lives of children and families in our local area. We are a friendly and dynamic team working in Community Social Care in the beautiful setting of West Berkshire. The successful applicant must have relevant Occupational Therapy experience working with children who have disabilities and complex health/sensory needs. The Role As a competent Children's Occupational Therapist, you will be able to: Deliver robust child centred assessments and interventions for children and young people. Recommend and prescribe specialist equipment such as seating systems, bathing, toileting and safety equipment for sensory needs. Assess the need for both minor and major home adaptations and progress these through the Disabled Facilities Grant process. Work with the local housing team and associations to recommend suitable housing and facilitate adaptations to improve childrens access to essential facilities within their home. Complete moving and handling risk assessments and write manual handling care plans, prescribe hoists and slings to ensure safe moving and handling of children and ensure risks are reduced for parents and carers. Work collaboratively alongside Social Workers, Family Support Workers and a wider established multi-disciplinary team within social care, and our healthcare colleagues. The ideal candidate will possess the following skills and attributes: Occupational Therapist with HCPC registration. Experience working in a similar role elsewhere. Sound knowledge of legislation and standards relevant to Occupational Therapy and childrens services. You must have a diverse knowledge and understanding of how disability can affect children and their families and a sound awareness of safeguarding. Excellent assessment, intervention, and report writing skills. Ability to work collaboratively with children, families, and multidisciplinary teams. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Effective organisational and time management abilities. Knowledge of and experience in Sensory Integration would be an additional benefit. Why Work for West Berkshire Council? West Berkshire Council offers a range of excellent employment benefits, including: Flexible working arrangements to promote work-life balance. A £3000 market supplement on top of your salary. Access to a wide range of relevant training and professional development opportunities. 29 days Annual leave, rising to 34 days after 5 years in service. Local government pension scheme. Family-friendly policies to support your personal and professional commitments. A range of local discounts on shopping, services, and leisure activities. And much more! Please note that the closing date is given as a guide. We reserve the right to close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications for the role. Therefore, if you are interested, please submit your application as early as possible to avoid disappointmentc272c101-f45c-4783-b4a0-50ad222b87c0

We enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living. £25,325 - £27,378 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experience). 37 hours per week, Monday to Sunday, inclusive of bank holidays. Shifts include mornings, evenings, weekends, and sleep‑ins. Location: Carramar, Thatcham, Berkshire. Response is looking for an enthusiastic, caring person to join their dedicated team at Carramar. The Carramar team focuses on providing care for clients in a 24‑hour, 7‑day a week supported housing service in Thatcham. The team creates a comfortable, safe and pleasant environment while helping residents work towards more independent living in the future. As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will provide person‑centred support to residents with serious mental illness, including those with a primary diagnosis of a psychotic illness and co‑existing conditions such as physical health issues, neurodiversity, drug & alcohol use and cognitive impairment. You will work proactively with residents to promote independence, well‑being and self‑management of their mental health, while ensuring safety through effective housing management, risk assessment and health & safety practice. You will support residents in maintaining tenancies, looking after their homes and developing daily living skills. Overall job responsibility (detailed in the Job Description). • Provide emotional support, encouragement, and practical assistance with daily living activities, including medication assistance, engagement with interests, education, and accessing community groups, employment, life skills such as shopping, budgeting, public transport, meal planning and cooking, and maintaining accommodation., • Foster a supportive and empowering environment that promotes residents’ independence., • Support and monitor clients’ physical and mental health, ensuring access to primary health services and liaising with mental health services where appropriate., • Support clients to attend appointments where required., • Ensure daily paperwork is completed., • Support the Service Manager to achieve monthly service targets., • Comply with all health and safety measures to keep residents, visitors, colleagues and yourself safe., • Maintain properties and resident rooms to a good standard., • GCSEs in English and Maths (or equivalent), • Commitment to undertake continuous personal development, including completing the Care Certificate, • IT literate with experience using MS Office packages, • Good communication skills, written, verbal, and listening, • Flexible approach to working hours, including weekends, • Ability to provide non‑judgemental, emotional and practical support to residents, • Genuine interest in mental health and well‑being with a commitment to delivering Response’s mission, • Demonstrates high levels of personal and professional integrity working to Response’s vision, mission and values, • Ability to follow health and safety procedures, • Demonstrate respect for difference and diversity, • 33 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays), • Blue Light card and other discounted shopping, • Employee Assistance Plan – access to free counselling, • Cycle to Work Scheme, • Enhanced family‑friendly leave, • Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave, • £500 refer‑a‑friend bonus scheme, • Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments, • Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app – approved by NHS, • Free flu jabs If this Mental Health Support Worker position sounds like the role for you, then please apply today! We would love to hear from you. This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website. Closing date – 22/04/2026. Our employees and clients come from all over the world; we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer. We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of our clients. All our roles require an enhanced DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK. #J-18808-Ljbffr

A local community organization in Newbury is seeking a committed Outreach Worker to provide support and advocacy for clients affected by domestic abuse.This role focuses on risk assessment and empowering individuals to remain safe.Ideal candidates will have experience in a confidential and safeguard

An immediate role has come to fruition for a Fire Risk Assessor / Technical Fire Consultant to join our friendly team in the Newbury region. This is a marvellous opportunity for a technically strong professional with excellent report writing skills to work on complex commercial and residential projects, including: - Compartmental surveys - External wall investigations - PAS 9980 / FRAEW-style assessments - Complex residential Fire Risk Assessments (FRAs) You will be joining a team that values technical excellence, clear communication, and a shared commitment delivering independent, evidence-based advice to make buildings safer. Requirements: UK - based only (unable to sponsor visas) Level 4 Fire Risk Assessment qualification (or working towards) Minimum 3 years’ experience in residential FRAs Strong technical judgement and report writing capability Desirable Skills: Level 3 Passive Fire Protection, Fire Door Inspection qualification, and experience with PAS 9980 or external wall systems. If you’re passionate about fire safety and want to work in a collaborative, supportive environment please email me your career resume

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living. Do you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health? Senior Mental Health Support Worker - £28,938 - £32,214 per annum (Salaries vary depending on experiences) Hours – 37 hours per week, Monday – Sunday, inclusive of bank holidays, shifts include mornings, evenings, weekends & sleep in’s. Service – Carramar, Thatcham, Berkshire. What You’ll Be Doing: Response is looking for an enthusiastic, caring person to join their dedicated team at Carramar. The Carramar team focuses on providing care for clients in a 24 hour, 7 day a week supported housing service in Thatcham. The Carramar team creates a comfortable, safe and pleasant environment while helping residents work towards more independent living in the future. As a Senior Mental Health Support Worker, you will be responsible for leading shifts, medication management, delegate tasks, manage incidents, monitor the health & safety of the project and residents. You will mentor support workers, leading by positive example alongside having your own case load. You will be responsible for providing person-centred support to clients with serious mental illness including adults who have a primary diagnosis of a psychotic illness often with one or more coexisting conditions such physical health issues, neurodiversity, drugs & alcohol use and cognitive impairment. Our clients really appreciate the passion from our Support Workers too: “The staff are caring, kind, compassionate and understanding. They support me and care for me and are first class. I am happier now than I have been in years.” Client in Adult Services. Overall job responsibility: Further detail can be viewed in the Job Description. Lead shifts, delegating set diarised and daily tasks Take the lead during incidents, safeguarding and complaints in the absence of the manager, ensuring policies and procedures are adhered. Ensure all staff are completing relevant health and safety tasks Mentor new support workers through induction including the completion of the Care Certificate and medication training. Complete the care certificate assessors training. Work within a One Team Approach and ensure this culture permiates throughout the team and lead by example. Respond to service phone queries and requests from both internal and external customers in a timely manner and delegating where appropriate to other members of the team. Undertake assessments of referrals and attend regular assessment and risk management training. Provide emotional support, encouragement, and practical assistance to residents with daily living activities. This may include medication assistance, engaging with interests, education, accessing community groups/facilities, employment, teaching life skills such as shopping, budgeting, using public transport and skills such as planning to prepare and cook meals, maintain accommodation. Ensure risk is continuously assessed and risk management plans are kept up to date Comply and remain up to date with all safeguarding policies and procedures for both Adults and Children and Young People Always represent the company in a professional and appropriate manner by considering punctuality, personal appearance and professional boundaries, including equal opportunities. The Successful Applicant: Our main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day – Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational. Essential criteria: GCSE’s in English and Maths (or equivalent) A commitment to undertake continual personal development. Detailed understanding of mental health and wellbeing challenges and the level of care and support residents may require. An understanding of current approaches to mental health practice. Have good knowledge of how to support with referrals and assessments An understanding of equality, diversity and inclusion issues impacting people’s lives. IT literate with experience using MS Office packages. Previous related work experience. Good communication skills, written, verbal and listening. A genuine interest in mental health and well-being with a commitment to delivering Response's mission. What We Offer: 27 days annual leave and standard bank and public holidays. Blue Light card and other discounted shopping. Employee Assistant Programme - with access to free counselling. Cycle to Work Scheme (after probation) Enhanced family friendly leave. Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave. £500 refer a friend bonus scheme. Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app – approved by NHS. Free flu jabs. Free DBS application. You will receive the training and confidence to use core therapeutic talk therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Strength-based Trauma Informed Care and Mutual Aid to provide the best possible support to our clients. If this Senior Mental Health Support Worker position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website. Closing date – 04/06/2026. All our roles require a DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK – Unfortunately, Response are not able to offer sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for the role and require sponsorship, you will be withdrawn from the recruitment process. Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer

Our mission at Response is to enable people of all ages to live a more fulfilled life by providing excellent mental health services, housing, and supported living. Do you have the desire to empower and promote independence and an interest in mental health? Bank Mental Health Support Worker - £14.06 - £15.19 per hour (depending on experience) Hours – Part-Time hours, Monday – Sunday, inclusive of bank holidays, shifts include mornings, evenings, weekends & sleep in’s. Service – Carramar, Thatcham, Berkshire. What You’ll Be Doing: Response is looking for an enthusiastic, caring person to join their dedicated team at Carramar. The Carramar team focuses on providing care for clients in a 24 hour, 7 day a week supported housing service in Thatcham. The Carramar team creates a comfortable, safe and pleasant environment while helping residents work towards more independent living in the future. As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will be responsible for providing person-centred support to residents with serious mental illness including adults who have a primary diagnosis of a psychotic illness often with one or more coexisting conditions such physical health issues, neurodiversity, drugs & alcohol use and cognitive impairment. Support workers work with residents to enable them to achieve and sustain a rewarding life in the community. Working proactively with residents to promote independence, well-being and ability to manage their own mental health. Staff are responsible for ensuring safety is always maintained though good housing management, risk assessment and health & safety practice. Supporting people to maintain tenancies, look after their homes and develop daily living skills. Our clients really appreciate the passion from our Support Workers too: “The staff are caring, kind, compassionate and understanding. They support me and care for me and are first class. I am happier now than I have been in years.” Client in Adult Services. Overall job responsibility: Further detail can be viewed in the Job Description. Some of the core duties include: Provide emotional support, encouragement, and practical assistance to residents with daily living activities. This may include medication assistance, engaging with interests, education, accessing community groups/facilities, employment, teaching life skills such as shopping, budgeting, using public transport and skills such as planning to prepare and cook meals, maintain accommodation. Foster a supportive and empowering environment that promotes residents' independence. Support and monitor clients physical and mental health through key working and ensuring access where appropriate to primary health services or liaising with mental health services. Support clients to attend appointments where required. Ensure daily paperwork is completed. Support the Service Manager to achieve monthly service Comply with all Health and Safety measures to keep residents, visitors, colleagues and yourself safe. Proactive approach to maintain properties and resident rooms to a good standard Comply with all Health and Safety measures to keep residents, visitors, colleagues and yourself safe. Promote family, friend and carers engagement, ensuring they are involved in their loved one’s support and given information about the service. The Successful Applicant: Our main priority for all our roles at Response is to find people that can live our values every day – Caring, Safe, Creative and Aspirational. Essential criteria: GCSE’s in English and Maths (or equivalent) A commitment to undertake continual personal development including completing the Care Certificate IT literate with experience using MS Office packages. Good communication skills, written, verbal and listening. Flexible approach to working hours, including weekends. A genuine interest in mental health and well-being with a commitment to delivering Response's mission. Ability to provide non-judgemental, emotional and practical support to residents. A genuine interest in mental health and well-being with a commitment to delivering Response's mission. Demonstrates high levels of personal and professional integrity working to Response’s vision, mission and values Ability to follow health and safety procedures. Demonstrate respect for difference and diversity What We Offer: 37 days annual leave (inclusive of bank holidays) Blue Light card and other discounted shopping Employee Assistance Plan - with access to free counselling Cycle to Work Scheme Enhanced family friendly leave Professional qualification sponsorship and study leave £500 refer a friend bonus scheme Optional health cash care plan with money off prescriptions and treatments Wellbeing hub and mental wellbeing support app – approved by NHS Free flu jabs Free DBS application You will receive the training and confidence to use core therapeutic talk therapies such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Strength-based Trauma Informed Care and Mutual Aid to provide the best possible support to our clients. If this Bank Mental Health Support Worker position sounds like the role for you then please apply today! We would love to hear from you! This vacancy may be closed early. To learn more about Response and what we do, please visit our website. Closing date – 04/06/2026. All our roles require a DBS check, two references from most recent employers and you must have the right to work in the UK – Unfortunately, Response are not able to offer sponsorship under the points based system. Should you apply for the role and require sponsorship, you will be withdrawn from the recruitment process. Our employees and clients come from all over the world, we proudly promote a friendly and inclusive culture and are registered as a Disability Confident Employer