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Senior Community Support Worker
The closing date is 10 July 2025
We are very excited to be able to offer a part-time senior support worker post within the Cirencester Recovery Team. The post would be based at Cirencester Memorial Centre and also Weaver Croft which is in Stroud.
The post would mainly involve active participation and responsibility in working within the well-established South Clozapine clinic which serves patients prescribed this medication who live in the South locality and lead responsibility for a defined caseload of Recovery patients with suitable risk and complexity, mainly who access the clinic. Though mainly clinic based, due to the nature of community working the post does require vehicle access and ability to drive.
The Cirencester Recovery Team is a friendly, welcoming and dynamic team providing secondary care services to adults of working age, their families and significant others, to provide the best possible outcomes for people with complex mental health needs. The aim of the team is to work in line with the principles of Recovery and Social Inclusion. We strive to ensure that locality services represent excellent quality, (safe and a positive experience) and good value, (efficient and effective).
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has experience of working with adults of Working Age and supporting individuals with Enduring Mental Health problems.
Main duties of the job
* Under the supervision of registered practitioners assist in the provision of care and treatment to service users in a community setting, in line with the principles of social inclusion and recovery, and the 'Capabilities for Inclusive Practice'.
* To act as a Lead Professional for those service users on Standard care identified and directed by senior practitioners assessing service user's needs and developing and implementing care plans.
* To provide support, give time to allocated group of service users with more complex needs and thus promote their recovery and maintain them in their community environment.
* To assist the care co-ordinator or key worker to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individual care plans.
* To facilitate access to activities to meet the needs of service users and carers within community settings.
* To participate in induction and support of new staff and students and to co-supervise junior staff.
* To attend and participate in identified training and the staff appraisal process.
The qualification, training & experience requirements for the role are underlined in the Job Description/Person Specification.
About us
We have a skilled and dedicated workforce of over 5000 colleagues working in a diverse range of services over 55 sites and within people's homes. We strive to enable a welcoming workplace culture that builds and celebrates civility, inclusivity and diversity, while providing a sense of belonging and trust.
Annual staff surveys, regular Pulse surveys and other engagement opportunities provide our people with lots of opportunity to tell us about their experiences of working with us. In the latest staff survey, 61% of colleagues gave us their views. It was great to hear that:
* 72% of colleagues would recommend the Trust as a place to work, ranking us 1st for Provider Trusts in the South West region on this question.
* 76% would recommend the standard of care provided in our services if a friend or relative needed treatment, also ranking us 1st in the South West region.
* 81% said that care of patients and service users is the Trust's priority, compared with an average in comparable NHS Trusts in England of 64%.
This high-level overview shows we are in a healthy position, with higher scores than average for comparable organisations, alongside a great response rate, indicating good staff engagement. However, we also know we have plenty of room for improvement in many areas. To that end, we continue to prioritise and invest in our commitment to genuinely becoming a Great Place to Work with consistent top-quartile performance in the annual staff survey and Pulse surveys.
Job responsibilities
This is an exciting opportunity for an individual who has experience of working with adults of Working Age and supporting individuals with Enduring Mental Health problems.
Alongside regular supervision and peer meetings you will have the opportunity to attend a variety of training courses and practice enhancement to build on your portfolio of continual professional development.
Community Mental Health Services are undergoing significant transformation in the way we work together as part of the national agenda, and there are exciting changes ahead within Cirencester Recovery Team which the successful candidate will have the opportunity to be a part of.
Person Specification
clinical
* NVQ level 3 or equivalent level of competency based training in a relevant health or social care area PLUS theoretical and practical knowledge to diploma level equivalent, obtained through formal competency training, short courses and experience OR successful completion of approved associate practitioner training or relevant foundation degree or commitment to obtain within 2 years.
* Knowledge of the CPA process
* Knowledge and understanding of care planning and risk assessment (completed an Approved course in relation to Risk Assessment).
* Knowledge and understanding of using a Recovery based approach to care
* Clinical skills training (awareness of physical health and wellbeing).
Evidence
* Knowledge of relevant legislation e.g. Mental Health Act, Child Protection
* Awareness of issues of diversity
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.
Employer name
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
£26,530 to £29,114 a yearPer annum (pro rata)
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