Job overview
Community Mental Health Services are transforming! Would you like to be part of this exciting development?
We are seeking 1 full-time Band 3 Support Time and Recovery Worker, preferably with community experience, to join the Community Recovery Services (CRS) serving Dudley North at The Poplars in Brierley Hill. The position is for 37.5 hours per week.
This role offers an excellent opportunity to develop your skills with support from healthcare professionals, including the Clinical Lead and Team Leader. You will work alongside Care Co-Ordinators, other Support Time and Recovery Workers, and the wider Multi-Disciplinary Team, gaining insight into their roles and practicing autonomously under guidance.
Main duties of the job
You will be a Healthcare Support Worker or in an equivalent role, ideally with community experience in assessing mental health and implementing individual care plans and outcome measures for adults with mental health issues. You should have a current knowledge of NHS policies and practices in mental health.
An understanding of the Care Programme Approach is essential. There will be opportunities to develop your skills in therapeutic interventions. You should be able to work with partner agencies and be supported by Care Co-Ordinators, the Clinical Lead, and the Team Leader to support service users’ care.
The team is committed to providing safe, sound, and supportive services. You will receive regular supervision and have opportunities to develop your clinical and professional practice in line with service user needs and organizational values.
Working for our organization
We are committed to staff wellbeing, offering access to various support networks, mindfulness groups, physio services, and staff counseling. Additional benefits include Vivup services, car lease schemes, and more.
For more information or to arrange site visits, please contact Helen Day.
Responsibilities
You will support Care Co-Ordinators in managing the mental health needs of service users, under guidance from the Clinical Lead and Team Leader. You will assist in developing and implementing therapeutic interventions based on the Care Programme Approach. You will manage caseloads of less complex and more complex service users, working from community bases, via phone, agile working, or in the service user’s home.
Person specification
* Good general education to GCSE level or equivalent
* Evidence of training and development
* Good IT skills
* NVQ level 2, working towards NVQ level 3 or equivalent
* Effective communication skills
* Ability to support service users with severe mental health needs
* Skills to promote independence and recovery
* Experience in working with mental health illnesses and early warning signs of relapse
* Understanding of risk assessment and management
* Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team and independently
* Proficiency in planning and facilitating group work
* Knowledge of the Mental Health Act (1983) and psychosocial interventions
* Care certificate and NVQ level 3 in health and social care preferred
* Willingness to travel within the Trust area
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