Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

This role is not eligible for visa sponsorship. If it is identified that you require sponsorship to undertake this role your application may b e withdrawn

North Shropshire Community Mental Health Team is recruiting a Band 3 community mental health support worker.In the role you will work in an adult community mental health service, delivering a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families. You will be working with an identified caseload with access to regular and robust supervision.You will be delivering supportive interventions, in accordance with an agreed care plan, to an identified group of people experiencing mental health related difficulties.You will work in conjunction with the multi-disciplinary team and will provide interventions to support the person to meet their agreed goals and coordinate and / or participate in the review of progress towards those goals, utilising recommended outcome measures, involving the service user and any identified carer throughout the clinical pathway.

You will need to travel independently over a large geographical area and will require suitable transport

Main duties of the job

Under the direction of the key worker deliver interventions with an allocated group of service users with severe and enduring mental health needs.

The interventions will be focussed on assisting the person to identify and achieve their agreed goals of Recovery and help a person explore their barriers to receiving care and looking at creative ways to overcome these barriers.

These will include interventions related to engaging in meaningful occupation, accessing employment, assessing and promoting physical health, social inclusion, activities of daily living and mental health promotion.

The post holder will also be involved in supporting the service user to complete appropriate outcome measure tools and participate in reviews of the service user's care and effectiveness of the interventions provided.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helpingyour 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. (pro rata)
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• 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, mileage paid at business rates
• 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.