Job overview
The South Community Mental Health Service is undergoing an exciting transformation with additional resource allocation to provide ongoing intensive support to the population of the Sheffield, this includes working towards a joint approach with Primary Care and the Voluntary Care Sector, reviewing the Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) Service Criteria and working in discreet small teams into local communities leading to a high quality care standard.
The South Recovery Team is proud to be:-
1. A fantastic team to work in with supportive, innovative and experienced staff
2. A great environment which encourage and inspire staff to get involved in local initiatives
3. Working alongside likeminded innovative, forward thinking professionals who genuine care about the people we work with and each other’s wellbeing
The successful candidate will be supported with their leadership team through dedicated supervision with highly experienced and motivated team managers, where learning opportunities will be supported and encouraged. From the multi-disciplinary team, we offer regular CPD sessions and candidates are encouraged to bring their own interests to the team to share and develop their specific interests in mental health.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work with people providing support to service-users working in a discreet Care Group alongside Primary Care Networks in the South of Sheffield. You will promote positive outcomes by working with people in a proactive, practical sense encouraging service-users independence. You will work with your care team to ensure the service promotes healthy lifestyles, opportunities to enhance knowledge about mental health and provide encouragement to participate in care. You will liaise with other services to ensure a service-users journey remains as seamless as possible and report back to the MDT in a weekly meeting.
Working for our organisation
Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust is a major employer and provider of services. Our Service Users, Carers and Staff are central, and our Values are important, to the delivery of high-quality care. We actively seek out individuals who share these values:
4. Working together for service users
5. Respect and kindness
6. Everyone counts
7. Commitment to quality
8. Improving lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
9. Acting as a Named Worker for a designated caseload to ensure service users receive a consistent approach and a named person to contact. This will involve building a working relationship and to promote an individual’s ability to manage their own needs and independence. As a named worker you will work in collaboration with the Multidisciplinary team to support the overall care and treatment plan of the individual.
10. Develop a rapport with service users within appropriate boundaries.
11. To encourage service users to be fully involved and engaged with their agreed care plan and to access appropriate services.
12. Implement agreed programmes of care collaboratively with service users and carers under the supervision of a named professional.
13. Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the service user's progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in their care.
14. To take a role in evaluation of care provided
15. To identify and support carer needs as required.
16. To take a role in health promotion including physical health needs.
17. Participate in and help run social activity groups.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
Essential criteria
18. A Caring confident attitude.
19. Able to work in a multidisciplinary environment.
20. Demonstrate an interest in the entire client group.
21. Able to respond to the individual rights/needs/opinions of service users
22. Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
23. Able to highlight risks in community settings, including those associated with lone working.
24. To have or be able to undertake basic IT skills training.
25. To be able to read, understand and follow care pathways.
26. To be able to write and record accurate information.
27. An interest in and commitment to ongoing development in the role
28. Able to identify personal development needs participating in appraisal and clinical supervision
Desirable criteria
29. Knowledge of current issues affecting people with serious meillness. Knowledge of Community Mental Health Teams and care pathway.ntal
Training and Qualifications
Essential criteria
30. •NVQ Level 3 in Care or the equivalent/or be willing to work towards the qualification.
Experience
Essential criteria
31. Previous experience of working with people across the age range, with varying mental
Desirable criteria
32. Evidence of working effectively as part of a multi- disciplinary team.
33. Experience of working in the community/peoples own homes.
34. Experience of working within acute mental health services.
35. Experience of working in Children and Young People’s mental health services
We aim to be an organisation that is diverse and inclusive and to meet this aim we welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experience and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield, that of the people who use our services, and that of the people who may need to use our services but face barriers to access. Please think about your personal values and how these align with our values when you are applying. Find out more about our organisation through our website.
We are a Disability Confident employer level 2 and hope to achieve level 3 this year. We offer a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet all of the essential criteria for a role. When you apply you will have the opportunity to let us know if you require adjustments to be made, please contact us if you are not sure or if you require adjustments to the application process itself.
Our six staff network groups welcome new members, these are:
36. The Ethnically Diverse Staff Network Group
37. The Disability Staff Network Group
38. The Lived Experience Staff Network Group
39. The Rainbow Staff Network Group
40. The Staff Carers Staff Network Group
41. The Women’s Staff Network Group
We know how important flexible working can be to applicants and therefore we encourage you to discuss any working arrangements as part of this process. We will always aim to accommodate requests, wherever possible.
The Trust is committed to safeguarding adults and children and as part of our safe recruitment practice the successful applicant(s) will be subject to a check with the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) if it is deemed appropriate for the role. The cost of the DBS check (currently up to £48.23) must be met by the successful applicant(s).