Community Support Worker

Are you a Community Support Worker looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck.

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service Team based in Lichfield in South East Staffordshire. We are an award-winning team and when you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

As an experienced Community Support Worker from the NHS or private sector, you'll join a team that works in close partnership with Staffordshire Police and Mental Health Services, and you’ll join a Trust that puts people at the heart of what we do.

Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

You must have a valid driving licence and access to a car for your shifts
- Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grown your career here at MPFT:
Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube

What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
- Working in an identified adult community mental health pathway covering 24 hours per day, 365 days per year, with the flexibility of working across pathways, dependent on skill and service need.
- Delivering a high quality clinical service to patients and their families comprising: - Accompanying B6 staff in the assessment of crisis situations
- Assisting with the provision of effective home treatment to prevent hospital admission including effective physical health assessment and care
- Working collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for service-users on defined care-pathways
- Responsible for working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust supporting service-users access to services in the independent and non-statutory sector.

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.

The East Staffordshire Crisis Home Treatment Team, based in Lichfield, is a multi-disciplinary team which is operational 24/7, and provides a service to the population aged 16 and above residing in the East Staffordshire Locality.

The team provide an urgent response and a comprehensive Mental Health Assessment to people who are presenting in an acute Mental Health Crisis, and Home Treatment to those people requiring a period of short term intensive intervention.

Under the direction of the senior health and social care staff in the team and/or the shift coordinator you will assist in delivering interventions with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs. The interventions will be focussed on assisting the person to identify and achieve their agreed goals of Recovery. These will include interventions related to; meaningful occupation, accessing employment, assessing and promoting physical health, social inclusion, activities of daily living and mental health promotion. You will also be involved in supporting the service user to complete appropriate outcome measure tools and participate in reviews of the service user’s care and effectiveness of the interventions provided.

Please note this role is shift patterns covering 24/7, you will be required to work night shifts.

**What you will get**:

- An annual salary of up to £23,177 (37.5 hours per week) depending on experience
- 35 - 41 days annual leave - including bank holidays (depending on length of service)
- Ongoing career development and training
- NHS Pension Scheme - one of the most comprehensive and generous schemes in the UK
- Wellbeing support, such as access to the MPFT Staff Psychology Service, and additional wellbeing days, along with activities throughout the year
- Annual recognition event recognising our employees who live and breathe our values
- Flexible working opportunities

There is also a range of other benefits including retail discounts and special offers, a cycle to work scheme, an annual leave purchase scheme, and much more

**Things that you will have**:

- Advanced Apprenticeship in (Mental) Health and Social C