The Knowsley Later Life and Memory service (LLAMs) are looking for an enthusiastic and dedicated Support, Time and Recovery (STR) Worker to join our team. We are a holistic community service for those with a diagnosis of or suspected diagnosis of dementia. We provide assessment, diagnosis, treatment and ongoing care.
You will work as part of an MDT, offering support to our service users, alongside senior nurse practitioners, Occupational therapy and dementia care navigator. This role will include 1-1 intervention, supporting the running of a diagnostic clinic and complete physical health screens in the community.
If you enjoy working as part of a supportive team, with the opportunity to make a real difference in people’s lives, then this job is for you!
Our operating hours are Mon to Fri 9-5. We are a community based team and therefore travelling to service users' homes is essential. This Knowsley team covers Huyton, Halewood and Whiston.
Main duties of the job
In your role as STR Worker, you will work as part of a wider LLAMS Team, providing care, treatment and support to service users with significant Older Adult Mental Health Needs, within the Borough of Knowsley.
This role will require you to undertake home visits and assist service users to access local support and network opportunities. You will promote positive mental health and wellbeing for individuals, encouraging independence and providing opportunity. You may help to co-facilitate our CST group/s. The role involves supporting the running of a busy diagnostic clinic with the teams medics, and completing physical health screens- including bloods and ECGs.
All under the guidance and supervision of our highly qualified, experienced and supportive MDT staff.
About us
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Job responsibilities
Please refer to the attached Job Description & Person Specification for a full list of duties and responsibilities.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 3 or equivalent level of experience within a care setting
Knowledge/Experience
* Ability to function effectively as a team member
* Experience of working with persons within the appropriate care setting and their carers.
* An understanding of the organisation of nursing care
* Basic understanding of NHS issues
* Basic awareness of the Mental Health Act
* Safeguarding children/ vulnerable adults guidelines
* Overview and knowledge of acute mental health related issues
Skills
* Ability to communicate and engage with Service Users
* Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
* Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
* Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
* Ability to work alone in a range of community environments
* Venepuncture training
* First Aid
* CPR training
Values
* Accountability
* Support
* High professional standards
* Responsive to service users
* Engaging leadership style
* Transparency and honesty
* Discreet
* Change oriented
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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