STR Worker

Job summary

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Support Worker working within the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team based at Cannon House. The role will involve working across the Southampton area. The work is varied and interesting and there is a strong team approach ensuring good support for the successful applicant. The role requires lone working, use of initiative and a commitment to team working and service user empowerment. There will be an opportunity to develop your skills working in a specialist team and to increase your knowledge of working with psychosis. Applicants will require experience of working in a mental health team. This post may involve weekend and bank holiday working on a rota basis as per service user need. Car drivers are required for this post due to covering a large geographical area.

Main duties of the job

To work with a caseload of Service Users on the Early Intervention in Psychosis Team caseload who require support with their mental and physical health using NICE recommended interventions for psychosis.

To support service users in the transition from Inpatient to Community setting.

To support service users who have experienced mental health problems who wish to return to work to find or retain employment or education by accessing benefits advice, liaising with work, education and training providers and by providing ongoing support to service users in employment and education.

To contribute to the opportunities for an individual's increased social inclusion by developing partnership working with voluntary sector agencies, and linking primary care initiatives.

To provide a physical and psychological care to service users in accordance with the specified plan of clinical care and in line with the recovery model.

To provide support to the person responsible for the clinical care of the service user.

To accurately record service user information.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?

Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?

We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

• Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
• We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
• We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cannon House

6 Cannon Street

Southampton

Hampshire

SO15 5PQ

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Cannon House

6 Cannon Street

Southampton

Hampshire

SO15 5PQ

Employer's website

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

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