Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
We have a wonderful opportunity for a Community Mental Health Support Worker to join our team within Shrewsbury West & Rural.
We would love to hear from you if you:
* have previously worked with people with mental health difficulties
* can demonstrate that you are skilled in working as a part of a team
* can engage with people and promote independence
The role of the Community Mental Health Support Worker involves working under the direction of the key worker/multi-disciplinary team to deliver interventions to people with mental health needs.
The interventions will focus on assisting individuals to identify and achieve their agreed goals of recovery. These will include interventions related to meaningful occupation, accessing employment, promoting physical health, social inclusion, activities of daily living, and mental health recovery.
You will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that includes Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Nurses, Social Workers, Occupational Therapists, and Support Workers.
Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.
Main duties of the job
Main duties and responsibilities include:
* 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 in achieving their recovery goals including improving activities of daily living, social inclusion, and meaningful occupation, accessing employment, mental health promotion, and physical health promotion.
* Undertake physical health assessments including weight, height, blood pressure, ECG, and phlebotomy.
* Contribute towards planning and delivering therapeutic activities with an identified group of service users as part of the care programme approach.
* Support service users in accessing a range of activities and services to maintain their independence and promote their recovery.
* Ensure that actions support the equality, diversity, rights, and responsibilities of individuals and promote independence.
* Report and communicate service users' health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to care coordinators and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Be aware of community resources appropriate for service users to access.
* Involve in the review of risk and communicate any changes to the key workers.
* 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, 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) with the opportunity to purchase additional leave.
* Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources.
* 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), with gross pay reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI, and pension deductions, 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 criteria is met).
And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organization with a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.
Job responsibilities
For further information relating to this position, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ 3 in (Mental) Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSEs or Functional Skills).
* Experience that equips the person with the necessary knowledge, skill, and competence as outlined below.
* Working in a community setting.
Experience
* Experience working in mental health.
* Experience in a care/support worker role.
* Experience working in mental health and community settings.
* NVQ in health care.
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.
Employer name
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Severn Fields Health Village - Shrewsbury West & Rural CMHS
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