Community Mental Health Support Worker- Restormel

24 hours ago


St Austell, United Kingdom Cornwall Partnership NHS Foundation Trust Full time

The position will be for the successful applicant to work with in the Restormel iCMHT based in St Austell and covering the Restormel district including surrounding areas and Newquay. The successful applicant will be expected to work in the Community with individuals with Severe and Enduring Mental Health Conditions.

This is a Fixed Term contract for 1 year initially.

Ideally the successful applicant will have experience in working with individuals with Mental Health conditions and illnesses

It is essential you have good communication skills.

The post holder will be part of a multi-disciplinary team, contributing to the effective provision of Mental Health Services to an identified caseload of service users.

The post holder will provide a range of services including practical and emotional support to individual service users as indicated by the individual care plans provided by their care co-ordinators.
- Foster and maintain good working relations with the integrated Community Mental Health Teams and other services.
- Work within the Clinical Support Team across the Mid and North Cornwall Localities.
- Establish and maintain effect contact with service users, their relatives and carers in order to ensure good communication.
- Give information and assistance to service users and their carers so that they are aware of their rights, entitlements from the team and wider health and social care community.
- Use of appropriate community resources appropriate to the needs of the service user.
- Practice in a way that actively minimizes dependency and promotes recovery.
- Communicate information in a way that makes it relevant and understandable for service users and carers, working to the principles of the functions policy implementation guidelines and practice in line with the standards and values set out to them.
- Work with service users and their carers to access identified services.
- Monitor mental health and be aware of fluctuations in mental health through observations and report changes to the team practitioners so that service users are directed to appropriate services and risk is managed.
- Encourage social/physical activities as appropriate to the service user’s needs.
- Participate in safeguarding children level 2 as set out in Safeguarding Children & Young People: roles and competencies for Health Care Staff.
- Participate in Safeguarding Adults as per Trust Policy

We’re an NHS community and mental health provider Trust based in Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly. We deliver community and hospital-based care to improve people’s physical and mental health. We also provide specialist support to people with dementia or a learning disability.

We are a people organisation and people matter to us. As part of the team, you'll help support the health and wellbeing of the people who live and visit this beautiful part of the UK.

Over 4,000 people make up the Trust. This includes doctors, nurses, therapists, plus admin and support staff.

We work in people's homes, in community clinics and bases. Some staff work from one of our 13 community hospitals. Our aspiration is to have great people, provide great care, be a great place to work and a great partner.

Approximately 568,000 people live here. A third of people who live in Cornwall are supported by acute hospital services in Devon. As a result, we also work closely with our partners in Devon. In the summer, and during other holidays lots of people choose to visit the area. This increases the numbers of people who use our services.

To view a detailed job description and person specification including the main responsibilities of this role please see ‘supporting documents’.



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