Community Services Senior Support Worker

4 weeks ago

Blandford Forum, Dorset, United Kingdom NHS Full time
Job Title: Community Adolescent Senior Support Worker

We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Community Adolescent Senior Support Worker to join our innovative Closer2Home service. This exciting opportunity will enable you to make a meaningful difference in the lives of children and young people with acute mental health problems.

The Closer2Home service operates across Dorset, including Poole and Bournemouth BCP, and provides a specialist service to help young people remain at home who otherwise would have been admitted to an inpatient hospital. As a Community Adolescent Senior Support Worker, you will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team to deliver time-limited programmes of intensive home treatment to young people who would otherwise have been admitted.

Main Responsibilities:
  • Deliver delegated clinical duties in a community mental health setting, involving direct and indirect care to patients under minimal supervision.
  • Undertake a range of responsibilities, including supporting patients, developing a broad underpinning knowledge base, and communicating with a range of professionals.
  • Contribute to risk assessment, drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, once trained and under clinical supervision.
Requirements:
  • Educated to diploma or NVQ Level 3 in Care and equivalent.
  • Maths / English Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE C / 4 or above).
  • Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject (e.g. psychology, social policy, health sciences) at 2:2 or above.
  • Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity.
  • Experience working in the community with Mental Health.
  • Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing.
  • Experience running groups/activities.
  • Experience working as part of a team.
  • Lived experience of mental health issues/difficulties.
Skills:
  • Able to establish and maintain empathic, supportive relationships with people in significant distress or who are cognitively impaired, their families and carers.
  • Able to receive, understand and communicate confidential client information of a sensitive and often complex nature, including discussing care with family members within boundaries of confidentiality.
  • Able to make good use of clinical supervision in a group and/or individual format.
  • Able to contribute to risk assessment drawing on complex and multiple sources of information, once trained and under clinical supervision.
Working for NHS:

We are an NHS Foundation Trust, and as such, we are committed to providing high-quality care to our patients. As a Community Adolescent Senior Support Worker, you will be part of a team that is dedicated to making a positive difference in the lives of children and young people.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates. If you are passionate about working with young people and have the skills and experience required for this role, we encourage you to apply.

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