Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
An opportunity has risen within Home treatment team (HTT) NW to support the team in the community. We have two full-time roles .
Are you a compassionate and empathetic individual with a passion for supporting in the community in their own home environment? We would like to hear from you if you have good interpersonal skills, resilience, and a non-judgmental approach.
We provide holistic care, which includes physical health checks, identifying social stressors, and signposting patients to relevant services we closely work with.
You will be part of a team which comprises senior support workers, qualified nurses, Clinical Team Leads, and a medical team.
The candidate must have a full and valid driving licence and access to a vehicle for work purposes due to the community element of this role.
Main duties of the job
1. To support the work of the team by ensuring that people experiencing a mental health crisis (and their carer) are offered prompt interventions that involve the least restrictive action and provide for individual physical, social, and psychological needs.
2. To support the work of the team in undertaking visits and to provide intensive support and interventions to people using our services who are in crisis. To ensure that safe and effective interventions are offered and with discussion with senior colleagues in formulating care plans.
3. To participate in the operation of the hospital's Assessment Suite to include providing a safe and respectful environment for the assessment of people detained on a Section 136 and people who are living in the community who may need inpatient admission.
4. To work collaboratively with the service user, carers, MDT, and other relevant agencies to meet the identified need of the individual.
5. To work within the context of a multi-disciplinary team and ensure clear communication with people who use the service, their family or carers, and colleagues.
6. To communicate with clients, their carers, and other professionals, agencies, and services to maximise care, promote crisis resolution, and minimise risk.
Please refer to the job description for full details.
About us
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.
We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.
Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast. Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.
For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.
Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.
We look forward to receiving your application!
Job responsibilities
Please check the job description and personal specification document for more information on the requirements for this job.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* Ability and desire to obtain both underpinning knowledge and NVQ qualifications
* Commitment to undertake Continuing Personal Development
Experience
* Experience of mental health services (as a worker, service user, or carer)
* Previous experience as a support worker
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
Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
£25,329 to £26,958 a year (Incl. 5% Fringe HCAS) per annum, pro rata
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