09 Oct
Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Telford
Job description
Job summary
The team is based at Hall Court in Telford and provides mental health assessment, treatment and support to people in Telford & Wrekin.
As an integral team in the Urgent Care Pathway we work 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We work with people who are experiencing a mental health crisis, require extra support alongside their regular support network or who can have the same treatment provided at home that they would receive in a Mental Health Hospital.
We are a team that consists of Band 5 & 6 Nurses, Band 3 Support Workers, Non-Medical Prescribers, Medical Staff, Occupational Therapists, Administrators and Business Support Staff.
As we work with people with all types of mental health presentations,
we need to have a range of skills and interests that create a strong and responsive team.
We are looking to recruit a Band 3 Community Support Worker who will provide support, and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs.
You will promote service-users recovery and to assist them to maintain their place in the community or manage transitions between services.
To assist the Shift co-ordinator / Lead Professional to plan, implement and evaluate individualised care plans .
Main duties of the job
- Communicates with service-users and carers, all members of the multi-disciplinary team and staff in external agencies using a variety of methods including Information Technology.
- Regularly reports and effectively communicates service-users health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to care-co-ordinators and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Relates appropriately with service-users, carers,
colleagues and others - at all times maintaining professional boundaries.
- At all timesensures that own actions, support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals.
- Identifies, minimizes and reports risks of danger, harm and abuse to senior colleagues.
- At all times minimizes risks to self by undertaking safe working practices whilst regularly working under remote supervision in community settings.
- At all times works within agreed and established Trust policy and operational procedures.
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
- Excellent NHS Pension scheme
- Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
- Options for flexible working
- Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
- 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)
And more. 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.
Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications
Job description
Job responsibilities
For further information relating to this position please refer to the attached job description and job specification
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
NVQ 3 in (Mental)
Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE's or Functional Skills)
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working with people with Mental Health Needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary community team