Band 3 Mental Health Community Support Worker CERT

Job summary

Come and join Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, where we offer a wide variety of challenging and rewarding roles within a supportive, innovative and dynamic work environment!

We are the Community Enhanced Rehabilitation Team (CERT), who assist service users in the community with their Mental Health recovery to promote independence and autonomy. Covering Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland visiting service users in their homes, providing a holistic approach to Mental Health rehabilitation.

We are looking for an enthusiastic and motivated Health Care Support Worker, with experience in mental health care to join our friendly and supportive team.

We are a psychology led service, using psychological formulation to gain a bio-psycho-social understanding of individuals to aid their recovery and work towards their rehabilitation goals.

We currently work from home providing you with IT equipment to enable you to do this, however we do have work space available to us, should we need to meet in person.

We care about staff wellbeing and offer a supportive team environment and frequently meet of outdoor meetings to enhance our wellbeing.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will be working alongside Nurses and Occupational Therapists and working independently, visiting service users in their homes to deliver planned rehab and goal-based interventions.Supporting service users to maintain their health and wellbeing.

The post holder will keep clear and accurate records of your interventions with service users using the patient electronic records. Escalating any concerns regarding service users in a timely manner.

You will contribute to planning and implementing rehab based interventions and participating in Multi Disciplinary team discussions regarding the service users you visit. The successful candidate will alsobe trained in Decider Skills and supported to deliver a simplified combination of CBT and DBT techniques. Supporting other colleagues and learners, contributing to the development of the team.

About us

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust (LPT) provides a range of community health, mental health and learning disability services for people of all ages. Delivered through over 100 settings from inpatient wards to out in the community, our 6,500 staff serves over 1 million people living in Leicester, Leicestershire and Rutland.

Here at LPT, our values are Compassion, Respect, Integrity and Trust, which we keep at the heart of everything we do.

We aim to develop a workforce that reflects our community. We actively implement equal opportunities in employment and service delivery and seek people who share our commitment. We strongly encourage applications from all sections of the community, particularly from underrepresented groups.

Details of our benefits, leadership behaviours and other important information are contained in the attached document titled Information for Applicants.

We will consider requests to work alternative hours or varied working patterns in line with our flexible working policy.

For all substantive roles, new staff (excluding medical staff) are appointed subject to a 6-month probationary period (see Probation Policy).

All jobs will require permission to work in the UK.

For all jobs the cost of any DBS disclosure required will be met by the individual. This will be deducted from salary once started.

Applicants at risk within the local NHS who meet essential criteria will have preference for interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

The Willows

Cordelia Close

Leicester

LE5 0LE

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust

Address

The Willows

Cordelia Close

Leicester

LE5 0LE

Employer's website

https://www.leicspart.nhs.uk/jobs/ (Opens in a new tab)

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