Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Do you want to expand your skills and knowledge in working with people with severe and enduring mental health needs?
South Shropshire Mental Health Service based in Ludlow and Bridgnorth has been chosen to host a two year pilot project to look at innovative ways of supporting hard to reach clients who may struggle to engage with traditional models of service provision.
We are looking to recruit 2 full time Support Workers to become part of this team who will under the guidance of qualified staff offer therapeutic interventions, to assist service users to achieve their recovery goals including improving activities of daily living, social inclusion, meaningful occupation, accessing employment, mental health and physical health promotion.
Main duties of the job
* Establish and maintain relationships with service users, relatives/carers and colleagues.
* Deliver agreed therapeutic interventions, in accordance with the care plan, to assist the service user to achieve their recovery goals including; improving activities of daily living, social inclusion, meaningful occupation, accessing employment, mental health promotion and physical health promotion.
* Undertake physical health assessments including; weight, height, blood pressure.
* Regularly support service-users to access a range of activities and services to maintain their independence and promote their recovery.
* At all times ensure that own actions support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals and promote independence.
* Regularly report and effectively communicate service users' health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to key workers and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Have an awareness of community resources appropriate for the service user to access.
* Involvement in the review of risk, communicating any changes to the Team Nurses and Assistant Psychologist.
* Work with other Trust services to promote seamless service user focused care, admission, transfer and discharge on identified care pathways.
About us
By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:
* Supporting your career development and progression.
* Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave.
* Options for flexible working.
* Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days).
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
* If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
* Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate.
* Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates.
* Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k.
* Free car parking at all trust sites.
* Free flu vaccinations every year.
* Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met).
We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job responsibilities
* The post-holder is responsible for the provision of planned recovery focused care working with a defined group of service users.
* The post-holder is responsible for working collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for service-users on defined care-pathways.
* The post-holder is responsible for working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust supporting service-users access to services in the independent and non-statutory sector.
For more information relating to this position please see the attached job description and person specification.
Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.
Person Specification
Experience
* Previous Experience in Mental Health Care.
* Previous Experience in Inpatient or Community Care.
Skills
* Ability to undertake Physical Observations e.g. Blood pressure, Pulse, Weight.
* Skills supporting people to work towards recovery using outcome measures such as Requol10, Dialog.
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.
Address
South Shropshire Mental Health Service Ludlow and Bridgnorth
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