Mental Health Support Worker

Job summary

The Home Treatment Team based at St Ann's hospital is looking for a Band 3 Mental Health Support Worker on a 12 months Fix-term/Secondment basis 37.5 hours per week, to join our fun, friendly and fabulous team, who have patient care at the heart of all that we do! This is a fixed term/secondment arrangement to cover maternity leave.

The Home Treatment Team East (HTTE) offers an alternative to hospital admission for service users aged over 18 with mental illness through intensive home treatment. We pride ourselves in working flexibly with patients and supporting their carers when in a mental health crisis.

This role requires you to provide a supportive role for carers and service users accessing the Home Treatment Service, carry out assigned tasks as identified by the registered nursing staff in relation to patient needs, to provide support, give time to individuals, and thus promote theirrecovery and assist them to remain in the least restrictive environment.

This role will require the worker to undertake shift based work. The service hours cover the period 09.00 - 22.00, seven days per week.

Main duties of the job

To provide a supportive role for service users and carers accessing the Home Treatment Service, in order to promote their recovery.

Working with people in the community with severe mental illness who have multiple and complex needs.

To provide high quality care and treatment in conjunction with other professionals through the Trust's agreed multi- disciplinary assessment and treatment/ care programmes.

To participate as an active member of the Home Treatment Team and be part of a Team who take pride in providing high quality and innovative services to people with severe mental illness.

Carrying out assigned tasks which have been identified by the registered nursing staff in relation to patients' needs including visiting patients in their own home, in locations across the county of Dorset to support their recovery in line with an agreed care plan and prevent hospital admission.

About us

At Dorset HealthCare we're on a mission to empower people to make the most of their lives through our outstanding, joined-up healthcare services. We're a dynamic, forward-looking Trust, running 12 community hospitals, specialist inpatient facilities and a wide range of integrated community and mental health services for a population of almost 800,000 people.

We do things differently here - it's one of the reasons the CQC rated us 'outstanding' in 2019. It's also why 95% of patients across our services say they have a good or very good experience of our services and 89% of staff feel they can really make a difference. Whether you're looking to work with us in one of our bustling market towns, vibrant urban locations, thriving seaside spots, or among the rolling hills of Dorset, there are lots of ways you can make a difference in our communities.

Our 7,000-strong workforce is at the heart of what we do and our success is a testament to our brilliant people. We're all about building a workplace for the future, we believe in equal opportunities and we celebrate diversity. We're an inclusive workplace, where everyone is welcome, everyone can be authentic, and we are all encouraged to be the best version of ourselves.

Working with us you'll be part of a strong team, challenge yourself, build a career, and teach us what we don't know. And you'll be working towards our vision to be better every day through excellence, compassion and expertise in all we do.