Job summary

We are looking for a Band 4 STaR Worker to join our Early Intervention in Psychosis Team. You will provide specialist support to service users based in the hatfield area. You will need experience of working with people who have mental health issues in the community. Your role as support worker will be part of the wider multi disciplinary team and support the community treatment of people as part of the First Episode of Psychosis Pathway.

The work is varied and rewarding. It can at times be challenging and unpredictable. You will need to be a good communicator, able to support people in distress or who are very unwell, be practical, sensible, and able to work alone as well as part of a skilled team. There is good opportunity for training in-house and also developmental opportunities for STaR is a great opportunity for you to be part of a developing and exciting service, at the forefront of implementation of the First Episode of Psychosis pathway. This pathway will make a major difference to the quality of care received by those with First Episode Psychosis and greatly improve their ability to recover. You can play a valuable part in ensuring our service users receive the right treatment at the right time from an EIP service and can go on to lead full, hopeful and productive lives.

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a team which provides mental health services to those experiencing their first episode of psychosis .

To focus directly the on the needs of service users requiring accommodation solutions using the Support Time and Recovery

To work across service and/or care group boundaries as necessary.

To work closely in association with the Team Leader, other senior staff and other agencies, to help maximise the quality and quantity of STR services within available resources.

To work within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with a focus on Recovery

To provide support, give time and thus promote recovery

About us

We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality CommissionOur family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout: Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

Job description

Job responsibilities

To provide support, give time to an allocated group of service users and thus promote their recovery and promote their place in the broader

To contribute towards the management of a team of STR workers, by leading on clearly identified, appropriate day to day team management

Responsible for providing support to the care co-ordinator, in the implementation of a recovery focused care plan for an allocated number of individual service

To ensure that service users engage beneficially with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent

To positively promote independent living of service users within

To enable the capacity of the team to develop a rapport with service users, based upon attentiveness, sensitivity, understanding, compassion.

To develop plans that will enable the provision of practical support to service users and their carers in developing and managing dignity

To enable staff to provide support with daily living of ordinary lives

To ensure the right information is available to enable staff and service users to gain access to resources, including benefits and welfare

To be responsible for reviewing information available to staff and service users for its quality

The Above is just a small example of the duties involved please read the attached documents before applying

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit or equivalent level of experience NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2

Skills and Knowledge

Essential

Basic written and verbal communication skills Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings Ability to provide practical support with daily living activities Knowledge of benefits/employment systems An understanding of the mental health system

Experience

Essential

Experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties

Other Requirements

Essential

Access to own transportation

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