Community Support Worker

Job summary

The Southampton Rehabilitation Outreach Service offers community-based rehabilitation to people across the whole of Southampton. We offer time limited tailored rehabilitation interventions to support service users to maintain successful discharge from hospital, and to service users who are living in the community and require rehabilitation support to maintain their recovery. We are a client centred service, supporting people to work towards the goals they identify. Our outcomes are measured on the satisfaction of our service users, and we have had very positive results. Our interventions have included supporting people to develop skills for activities of daily living, develop confidence using public transport, participate in community social groups and activities, and to obtain voluntary work.

Main duties of the job

We are currently looking for a Band 3 Mental Health Support Worker to complement our small but passionate team, which is currently comprised of an Occupational Therapist, Mental Health Practitioner and Support Workers. As a Support Worker you would be working with service users in their own homes and the community to work towards the goals they identify. You will help to implement the interventions planned by the Occupational Therapist and Mental Health practitioner. We are looking for someone with experience of working in mental health, particularly in rehabilitation or community settings, with a passion and enthusiasm for promoting independence and recovery.

The service is still developing, providing an opportunity for you to contribute to the development and growth of the service to maximise benefits for our service users. The service operates Monday to Friday with no requirement to work any unsociable hours. We have an office base in central Southampton, however there is some flexibility to do some working from home. We work closely with other Mental Health Community Teams across Southampton in addition to local charities and other supportive organisations. A valid driving licence and car are required for this role.

For more information or to arrange a visit to Forest Lodge, please contact Thomas Franklin Rehabilitation Manager on 023 8231 0250. Or Andy Burnett community Rehab team leader 07341 862032

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

Forest Lodge (Southampton)

20 Hulse Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO15 2JX

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

Forest Lodge (Southampton)

20 Hulse Road

Southampton

Hampshire

SO15 2JX

Employer's website

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

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