Job summary
We are looking for Part time, Band 4 Support Worker to join Adult Community Mental Health Team based in Civic House, Borehamwood. You will provide intensive support to service users within South-West, Hertfordshire. You will need experience of working with people who have mental health issues in the community. Please be aware that HPFT no longer offer sponsorship for support worker roles, you must have the right to work in the UK.
Main duties of the job
The successful candidate will:
* work as part of a multidisciplinary team which provides mental health services to adults
* work alongside a qualified duty worker to support the team's duty function
* support in the assessment and provision of social care
* work closely in association with the Team Leader and other senior staff
* work within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with a focus on Recovery Principles
* provide support, give time, and promote recovery to service users in the broader
* provide support to the care co-ordinator, in the implementation of a recovery focused care plan for an allocated number of individual service users.
* ensure that service users engage beneficially with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent
About us
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trustare one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex 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.
About us - Hertfordshire NHS Partnership Trust
Heard. Respected. Included. Together, we help people with mental ill-health, learning disabilities and autism to live life to the fullest. We work throughout Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Norfolk...
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the duty function of the team. Duty works from 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will work alongside a qualified member of staff from social work / OT / nursing.
You will spend their day in contact with service users receiving treatment from the team. This could be via phone contact, by seeing people in our Borehamwood clinic, or seeing people in their own home.
Full details in attached Job Description
Job description
Job responsibilities
To support the duty function of the team. Duty works from 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will work alongside a qualified member of staff from social work / OT / nursing.
You will spend their day in contact with service users receiving treatment from the team. This could be via phone contact, by seeing people in our Borehamwood clinic, or seeing people in their own home.
Full details in attached Job Description
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
* NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
* Commitment to Continuing Personal Development
Desirable
* Venepuncture training
Experience
Essential
* Solid experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties
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
* NVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2
* Commitment to Continuing Personal Development
Desirable
* Venepuncture training
Experience
Essential
* Solid experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficulties
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 details
Employer name
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust
Address
Civic Offices, Borehamwood WD6 1TG
291 Shenley Road
Borehamwood
WD61TG
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