Mental Health Support Worker
7 months ago
Are you passionate about helping people with dementia? Intensive Community Support Dementia have a unique opportunity for a Mental Health Support Worker to join our dynamic and supportive team based at Forston Clinic.
ICSD are a well-resourced Specialist Community Team that offers specialist interventions at times of urgent and complex needs to help people with dementia and their carers in their place of residence safely. We offer as much care as possible within the person's living environment, with care, compassion and expertise and to strive to be better every day at what we do. You will need to have relevant skills, experience and knowledge in dementia health. As a Mental Health Support Worker passion and compassion are essential personal qualities for this role, along with excellent team-working, initiative, communication and assessment skills.
This post is full time hours however could be flexible and part time hours would be considered. ICSD is a 7 day a week service, currently operating from 9:00-17:00
Car owner and driver with clean and full UK driving licence is essential for this role.
To undertake visits as per a patients care plan, completing the tasks within the care plan to assist a patient and/or carer.
We offer a wide range of support from taking patients out into the community to assisting with personal care and looking at non pharmacological interventions to reduce distressed behaviours.
To visit and support patients in their own home or a Care Home
We offer assistance to physical health hospitals for patients that they are struggling to manage due to patients’ behaviours associated with their Dementia.
To report back to Nurse in charge to enable effective communication within the team.
You will have management supervision from a designated supervisor and be supported in your role with daily handovers, in house training and reflective practice sessions.
At Dorset HealthCare we’re on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We’re a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.
We do things differently here - it’s one of the reasons the CQC rated us ‘outstanding’ in 2019. It’s also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you’re looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.
Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We’re an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.
Working with us you’ll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don’t know. And you’ll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.
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You will be required to undertake a Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression course and it is a condition of your employment that you successfully complete all aspects of this course; if this is not achieved you will not be able to commence working in the post.
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