Community Support Worker

Id Job: 316a794

🏢 On-site

💼 Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

📍 Newark on Trent, England

🕒 1 day ago

💰 20330 – 21777 GBP ANNUAL

Job Description

Mental Health Services for Older People is a major provider of specialist mental health services for older people in Newark and Sherwood. The service caters to the needs of all people suffering from dementia, regardless of age and those presenting with severe mental health illnesses. Services are provided in an in-patient and community basis and comprise of:

In-patient services -
Intensive Home Treatment Team
Rapid Response Liaison Psychiatry
Community Mental Health Teams
Memory Assessment Services
Working Age Dementia Service
Dementia Outreach Services
Psychological Therapies

MHSOP upholds the principle of person-centred care and supports staff to provide dignified and respectful care that meets individual needs, supports choice and enhances wellbeing. All services provide a multidisciplinary team approach. We have exciting opportunities for enthusiastic and proactive candidates to join our busy, well-established multidisciplinary services.

An opportunity has arisen to be part of the Intensive Home Treatment Team as a support worker working in the Newark and Sherwood locality. The service is for older adults with acute mental health needs and is delivered in their own homes, with a focus on reducing the need for hospital admissions. You will contribute to assessments and interventions, undertaking nursing, therapy and social activities as delegated by the relevant profession. You will frequently work without direct supervision in the community and be required to work in a flexible and holistic way in order to respond to this client group’s needs.

The Intensive Home Treatment Team operates 08:00 to 20:00 seven days a week, 365 days a year.

The shift patterns are 08:00 - 16:00, 12:00 - 20:00 or 08:00 - 20:00.

We have a huge variety of opportunities in our expansive Trust covering geographically from South Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire to Leicester, providing mental health inpatient and community services, community health services, forensic mental health services and secure prison healthcare across the East Midlands.

We have more than 100 sites and a huge scope of unique opportunities to develop your career and gain some amazing experiences. We strive to be a great place to work and offer many staff benefits and tailored staff support and wellbeing programmes.

Do you want to make a difference?

Do you believe in Trust, Honesty, Respect, Compassion and Teamwork?

Then Nottinghamshire Healthcare is the perfect place for you to start, maintain or further your career.

Join our team of nearly 9000 who are making a difference every day. We are all aboutourpeople – staff, volunteers, carers, service users and patients. We are NottsHC.

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You must have evidence of a good basic education and basic IT skills. You will require good verbal and written communication skills and previous experience of working in a caring environment and working as part of a team. Some knowledge of the mental and physical problems associated with older people and the risks associated with community working are required. You will need to have good prioritization skills and be able to recognize your own limitations. Recent significant experience of caring for older adults with mental health needs is very desirable for this post.

A driving licence is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.

Please refer to attached job description and person specification.

Please note that this post may not meet the pay and skill level required for a Skilled worker visa

Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of Agenda for Change Band 3. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.

Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likeilood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria herehttps://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

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