Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.
At any one time, around 23,000 people in Norfolk and Suffolk are receiving care and attention from the Trust. We believe in whole life care - seeing people in the context of their whole lives, understanding the importance of good physical health, friends, family, spirituality, culture, home, work, education and a sense of purpose and achievement to experience good mental health.
Nearly 3,800 full and part-time practitioners care for our service users in hospitals, in the community and in their own homes, whilst an additional 1,400+ staff provide non-clinical support, including cleaning, catering, delivering supplies, ward administration, information technology, human resources and financial services.
We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience.
We are committed to delivering quality driven mental health services. Every individual makes a valuable contribution. We are proud of our staff who have been commended for the care they provide. Do you value working positively, respectfully and together? If so, we'd love you to join us!
We will consider flexible working arrangements for our roles, please indicate in your application if this is something you require.
Job Overview
Community Clinical Support Worker - Dementia Intensive Support Team - West Suffolk
An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the West Suffolk Dementia Intensive Support Team. You will be joining a motivated and passionate multi-disciplinary team working to achieve positive outcomes for service users and their carers.
The team is community based and works in individuals' homes to prevent breakdown of care and support, to promote independence and stabilise situations preventing admissions to hospital and premature moves into long term care.
The role involves working with service users, building trust and rapport, and enabling them to have the appropriate care and support in place to maintain their independence.
The role involves working with the support of practitioners but managing your own workload and working autonomously in the community.
Main Duties of the Job
1. To undertake work as guided by Practitioners with a specific and clear role from the outset.
2. To build relationships and engage with individuals and their families.
3. To provide intensive short-term goal oriented input to the person.
4. To explore and better understand needs and risks for individuals.
5. To test out and trial care and support with the individuals and then hand over to external agency following this.
6. To support people to access resources in the local community.
7. To demonstrate/transfer knowledge and skills to other carers/family members.
8. To be flexible and adaptable in the input you give.
9. To highlight any concerns or risks to the Practitioner responsible for the case.
10. To write notes of visits and input onto the computer system in a timely manner.
11. To manage own workload effectively.
Working for Our Organisation
Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.
Benefits
1. NHS pension
2. A comprehensive in-house & external training programmes
3. Career progression
4. Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
5. Staff physio service
6. NHS discounts and many more.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential Criteria
* Previous experience within the care sector.
Desirable Criteria
* Mental health experience.
Qualifications
Essential Criteria
* Care Certificate - must be achieved within first 12 weeks of employment.
* NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care.
Skills
Essential Criteria
* Good interpersonal and communication skills.
Other
Essential Criteria
* Ability to travel independently.
Knowledge
Essential Criteria
* Awareness of professional boundaries in relation to client care.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.
As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme, we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification). We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.
DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK: FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures - these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it. #J-18808-Ljbffr