About this role
Job summary
We are currently seeking an experienced Support Worker, at Band 4 to work via a Bank Contract, based in Watford for our Community Adult Mental Health Team. You will be joining our Temporary Staffing Team within HPFT - Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust.
You will work as part of a small team within a wider multidisciplinary team that provides mental health services to adults. The role involves delivering practical and emotional support in a holistic manner, assisting with the assessment of needs and the provision of social care services.
You will work closely with the Flexible Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) Clinical Lead and other senior staff to ensure coordinated and effective care delivery. Additionally, work within the Care Programme Approach (CPA) and Care Management processes, maintaining a strong focus on recovery principles and supporting service users to achieve their individual goals and improve their overall wellbeing.
HPFT provides services for service users with mental health, learning disability and children's and adolescent mental health problems. Applicants should have some experience of working in a healthcare setting.HPFT has a range of healthcare settings across the County and therefore access to a car would be beneficial unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010 which prevents you from driving
Main duties of the job
The job holder will provide support, dedicated time, and encouragement to service users, promoting their recovery and helping them maintain meaningful roles within the wider community and work closely with the FACT Clinical Lead to implement recovery-focused care plans for an allocated caseload of service users, ensuring that they engage positively with their agreed care plans and access appropriate services on a regular and consistent basis.
A key aspect of the role is promoting independent living and empowering service users to achieve their personal goals within the community and to contribute to developing strong therapeutic relationships based on attentiveness, sensitivity, understanding, compassion, and honesty, enabling effective engagement and support. Additionally, assist in developing plans that provide practical support to service users and their carers, helping to maintain dignity, independence, and an improved quality of life.
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is rated by the Care Quality Commission as anOutstandingprovider of mental health and learning disability services. Feedback from our staff about working for the Trust is very positive and, in the NHS national staff survey, we regularly see a high percentage of staff saying their role makes a difference to our service users and that they would recommend the Trust as a place to work. Our people tell us they feel supported though a great development, wellbeing and work-life balance offer and a highly compassionate, values-driven culture. We are equally proud of our staff, who live our values of being welcoming, kind, positive, respectful and professional so that together we provide great care and great outcomes for our service users and carers.
Job description Job responsibilities
Be responsible for reviewing information available to staff and service users for its quality and relevance.
Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring the service users progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the service users care.
Report regularly to care co-ordinators and appropriate key workers.
Maintain accurate records as required by existing procedures, entering appropriate details on the service users case notes / electronic patient records as necessary.
Ensure the service user understands and has a clear pathway of care across sector / agency boundaries with key contact points / named individuals.
Participate in and be responsible for appropriate elements of staff development as part of STaR Team meetings as and when required.
Driving required unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010
Visiting accommodations
Please see JD attached for further information and responsibilities required
Person Specification
Qualifications / equivalent experience: Essential
NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
Desirable
Venepuncture trianing
Skills and Knowledge: Essential
Basic written communication skills Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users Ability to provide practical support with daily living activities
Experience Essential
Three years 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
Car Driver
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Certificate of Sponsorship Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details Employer name Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address Colne House, Upton Road, Watford, WD18 0JP
Watford
WD18 0JP
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)