Community Support Worker- Older Peoples Service

Job summary

We are seeking a compassionate and motivated Mental Health Support Worker to provide practical, emotional, and recovery-focused support to older adults with mental health needs, including both functional and organic conditions, living within the community.

The role focuses on promoting independence, wellbeing, and social inclusion by working collaboratively with service users, carers, families, and the multidisciplinary team (MDT). You will support individuals to achieve their recovery goals, maintain dignity and choice, and live as independently as possible

Main duties of the job

• Provide person-centred support to older adults experiencing mental health difficulties.

• Monitor mental health, emotional wellbeing, and presentation, reporting changes appropriately.

• Support service users to maintain independence in daily living and decision-making.

• Assist individuals in developing coping strategies, self-management skills, and recovery-focused goals.

• Encourage engagement in meaningful activities, hobbies, and social opportunities to reduce isolation and promote inclusion.

• Support service users with physical health monitoring in line with care plans.

• Work collaboratively with service users and carers to support agreed care and recovery plans.

• Contribute to the development, review, and evaluation of care plans.

• Monitor progress towards recovery goals and provide timely feedback to the MDT.

• Support positive risk-taking in line with organisational policies and individual care plans.

• Promote physical health awareness, healthy lifestyles, and wellbeing.

• Encourage and support attendance at medical and health-related appointments.

• Recognise early warning signs of relapse, deterioration, or safeguarding concerns and escalate promptly to clinical staff

About us

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive.

Why work for us? We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.

Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. Our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Haymills house

81 Station Road East

Stowmarket

IP14 1RF

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Haymills house

81 Station Road East

Stowmarket

IP14 1RF

Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

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