Mental Health Support Worker

1 week ago

Devizes, Wiltshire, United Kingdom Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust Full time

About the Role

We are seeking a compassionate and resilient Healthcare Support Worker to join our team in our 20-bedded acute ward. The successful candidate will have a strong understanding of mental health issues and experience of using evidence-based approaches to reduce their impact.

Key Responsibilities

  1. Deliver high-quality care and recovery interventions for service users, working collaboratively with registered care staff.
  2. Maintain a clean, well-organised, safe, and therapeutic environment, supporting registered care staff to perform standardised environmental assessments.
  3. Deliver psychosocially-informed one-to-one and group interventions to positively impact service users' cognitive and emotional wellbeing.
  4. Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, assuming lead or link roles on core practice initiatives and priorities.
  5. Practise planned care, participating in the development of recovery-focused interventions that address service users' and carers' needs and preferences.

Person Specification

Essential

  • Understanding of mental health issues and experience of using evidence-based approaches.
  • Experience of working in a busy team and ability to use initiative at times of pressure.
  • Possession of, or ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification.
  • Ability to work with a degree of autonomy, taking direction from senior colleagues.
  • Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard and basic numeracy skills.

About Us

Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust is a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services to approximately 1 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset, Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, and parts of Dorset.

We actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds, particularly those from Black, Asian, and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities, and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives, and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

What We Offer

We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care. We are committed to supporting employees and staff wellbeing and development is important to the team at Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust. You will be learning on the job, continually building new skills, and there will be developmental and learning opportunities accessible to you. You will also receive training to complete the NHS Care Certificate and a Level 3 Healthcare apprenticeship.

The ward operates on a 24/7 shift basis, and you will be required to work shifts including evenings, nights, weekends, and Bank Holidays, qualifying for unsocial enhancements in addition to your basic pay.

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