Children's Community Support Worker for Crisis Home Treatment

Job summary

BeeU provides emotional wellbeing and mental health services for children and young people (ages 0 to 25) in Shropshire, Telford and Wrekin

We are looking to recruit a Band 3 Crisis Home Treatment Support Worker who can provide support, and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs.

You will promote service-users recovery and to assist them to maintain their place in the community or manage transitions between services.

You will work alongside the Shift Co-ordinator/ Lead Professional to assess, plan, implement and evaluate individualised care plans.

You will be responsible for the provision of planned recovery focused care working with a defined caseload. You will be expected to work collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for service-users on defined care-pathways

In return as a Trust we offer a range of training and developmental opportunities.

Main duties of the job

• Communicates with service-users and carers, all members of the multi-disciplinary team and staff in external agencies using a variety of methods including Information Technology.
• Regularly reports and effectively communicates service-users health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to care-co-ordinators and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.
• Relates appropriately with service-users, carers, colleagues and others - at all times maintaining professional boundaries.
• At all times ensures that own actions, support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals.
• Identifies, minimizes and reports risks of danger, harm and abuse to senior colleagues.
• At all times minimizes risks to self by undertaking safe working practices whilst regularly working under remote supervision in community settings.
• At all times works within agreed and established Trust policy and operational procedures.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by;

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, milage paid at business rate s
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more, we are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.