Community Mental Health Support Worker
6 months ago
In MPFT Children and Families Mental Health Function, we work with young people who have a wide range of needs in an inclusive way. Our model places our young people’s needs at the heart of what we offer to ensure that they are getting the best care possible. The Intensive Support Team offers: support and intervention for young people with high risk and complex mental health needs in an intensive time bound way. We recognise the children or young person's home or community environment as being an important part of their recovery, working to sustain the right community support, avoiding admission to hospital wherever possible.
This role as a Support Worker is a diverse one. We are looking for professionals with a passion for working with our Children & Families. You will have the opportunity to expand your skill set and have the opportunity to integrate with our core services, offering learning and development opportunities such as shadowing and specialist supervision and consultation from others working with Children, Young people & Families.
Within the CAMHS Intensive Support Team, you will be offered regular training and shadowing opportunities from across the Children & Families care group. We pride ourselves on developing team members and progressing within the team.
- Establish and maintain relationships with children, young people, relative/carers and colleagues
- Deliver agreed therapeutic interventions, in accordance with the care plan and as directed by the Lead Clinician/ care co ordinator or other involved professional, to assist the service user to achieve their recovery goals including; improving activities of daily living, social inclusion, meaningful occupation, accessing employment, mental health promotion and physical health promotion.
- Undertake physical health assessments including; weight, height, blood pressure, ECG, phlebotomy.
- Responsible for contributing towards planning and undertaking delivery of planned therapeutic activities with an identified group of service users as outlined within their care plan
- Regularly reports and effectively communicates patient health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Lead Clinician/ care coordinators and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
- Involvement in the review of risk, communicating any changes to the care coordinator / lead professional.
- Maintain accurate contemporaneous records and other documentation relating to work with service users.
- Regularly access and make use of supervision
- At all times take responsibility for own personal and professional development
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, milage 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 see attached job description and person specification for further information. Please feel free to contact the named Team Lead with any questions or queries.
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