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Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS Foundation Trust
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South Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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Job Reference:
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Posted:
03.03.2025
Expiry Date:
17.04.2025
Job Description:
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 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 in local communities leading to high-quality care standards.
The South Recovery Team is proud to be:
* A fantastic team to work in with supportive, innovative, and experienced staff
* A great environment that encourages and inspires staff to get involved in local initiatives
* Working alongside likeminded innovative, forward-thinking professionals who genuinely care about the people we work with and each other’s wellbeing
The successful candidate will be supported by 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
* Work with people providing support to service-users in a discreet Care Group alongside Primary Care Networks in the South of Sheffield.
* Promote positive outcomes by working with people in a proactive, practical sense encouraging service-users' independence.
* Ensure the service promotes healthy lifestyles and opportunities to enhance knowledge about mental health.
* Liaise with other services to ensure a service-user's 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:
* Working together for service users
* Respect and kindness
* Commitment to quality
* Improving lives
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
* Act as a Named Worker for a designated caseload to ensure service users receive a consistent approach and a named person to contact.
* Develop a rapport with service users within appropriate boundaries.
* Encourage service users to be fully involved and engaged with their agreed care plan and to access appropriate services.
* Implement agreed programmes of care collaboratively with service users and carers under the supervision of a named professional.
* Help identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the service user's progress, level of functioning, and mental state.
* Participate in the evaluation of care provided.
* Identify and support carer needs as required.
* Participate in health promotion including physical health needs.
* Help run social activity groups.
Person specification
Knowledge and Skills
* A Caring confident attitude.
* Able to work in a multidisciplinary environment.
* Demonstrate an interest in the entire client group.
* Able to respond to the individual rights/needs/opinions of service users.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
* Able to highlight risks in community settings, including those associated with lone working.
* Basic IT skills training is required.
* Able to read, understand, and follow care pathways.
* Able to write and record accurate information.
* Commitment to ongoing development in the role.
* Able to identify personal development needs participating in appraisal and clinical supervision.
* Knowledge of current issues affecting people with serious mental illness and Community Mental Health Teams.
Training and Qualifications
* NVQ Level 3 in Care or the equivalent/or be willing to work towards the qualification.
Experience
* Previous experience of working with people across the age range, with varying mental health needs.
* Evidence of working effectively as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
* Experience of working in the community/people’s own homes.
* Experience of working within acute mental health services.
* 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. 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.
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.
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