Community Support Worker

7 days ago

Stafford, United Kingdom Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Promoting Independence Worker - Stafford and surrounding areas inc Stone, Meir Heath, Eccleshall, Gnosall, Penkridge and Hixon.

We are currently recruiting people who are passionate about providing personal and reablement care to our patients to help them remain safe and well in their own home. As a Promoting Independence Worker your role will include enabling/supporting our service users to regain and maintain their independence, helping them to manage their personal care such as washing and dressing, to prepare meals, manage their medication safely and achieve their therapeutic goals as set by the therapy team as per their care plan.

It is important that you can complete patient records accurately after each visit and be confident in assessing any changes in the patient’s health, communicating these changes back to the health professionals involved in their care plan.

You will need to be able to demonstrate your previous experience of working in a caring role in either a formal or informal care setting and be able to bring this experience with you.

As this is a community-based post it is essential that you can travel to various locations across the geographical area of the service, therefore you must be a driver and have access to a vehicle.

The following hours to be recruited to are 25- and 30-hour contracts working split shifts and includes 1 in 2 weekends and rolling rest days.

Shifts are between the hours of 7am and 10pm and will include weekends and bank holidays.
- Be involved in the first point of contact for the discharge to assess pathway.
- Assist in the delivery of outcome-based goals and self-directed goal planning
- Undertake person centred support planning
- Deliver support plans and safeguard vulnerable people
- Contribute to outcome focused reviews
- Encourage people's independence, choice, health & wellbeing
- Identify the need and encourage individuals with the safe use of basis equipment and assistive technology, which may include in ordering basis equipment as required.
- Facilitate individuals transition to alternative services and support if needed
- Engage in organisational learning and development
- Promote rehabilitation and reablement individual plans of care to meet patient outcomes
- Appropriate recording and completion of all written and electronic records.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is an award winning organisation with over 9000 employees. We are one of the largest integrated Health and Social Care providers, covering services across North & South Staffordshire, Shropshire, Hampshire, Buckinghamshire, Isle of Wight and Essex.

We pride ourselves on the services provided to support with the well-being of all of our employees both physically and mentally and offer counselling support and lifestyle information. Opportunities for flexible working are also available depending on the role.

We encourage career development provided by in house training programs and coaching support.

We are embedding values based and inclusive recruitment practices to ensure that all applicants, from any backgrounds, have an equal chance of success in achieving a role with us.

**KEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES**:

- Work in partnership with other health professionals and external agencies to provide a personalised service to meet individuals’ needs.
- Undertake first visits to meet CQC compliance on behalf of the Home First service as requested by the CAS Shift Lead.
- Read, follow and implement rehabilitation plans in accordance to the patients’ goals clearly documenting their progression.
- To monitor and report any changes to the patients’ individual plan of care that contributes to a continuing review of the patients care.
- To work unsupervised in patients homes in the community.
- Promote the patients privacy and dignity whilst undertaking rehabilitation using all personal activities of daily living for example with personal care such as; bathing, showering, toileting, hygiene continence care, skin integrity, meal prep and medication.
- Identify and escalate any reduced patients’ allocated time or rehabilitation visits as evidence supports and communicate changes to management or health and social care professionals.
- Maintaining the patients’ personal information and confidentiality at all times in line with MPFT’s policies.
- Ensure the patient is involved in all decision making regarding their rehabilitation plan working with all health and social care professionals.
- Promoting independence with medication, compliance and concordance enabling self-management where possible in line with Trust Home First Medication Policy.
- Support and educate patients in managing long term conditions to maximise their independence which will includes following rehabilitation goals set by a competent health and social care worker.
- Promote and educate patients in managing their own personal safety for example referral to the fire service, ensuring that the property is

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