Healthcare Support Worker - Community Mental Health Team

Job summary

Fareham Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) are looking for a Mental Health Support Worker to join our busy team. Working alongside members of the multidisciplinary team, you will prove holistic, person centred care for people with severe and enduring mental illnesses. We work with adults aged 18 and over and support people to live full and meaningful lives as independently as possible in their community.

We will strive to prevent mental health crisis and ensure that anyone in need has access to the right care at the right time in their own community.

This is a varied role and applicants will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, person-centred approaches to care and utmost respect and compassion for the people we serve. You will work as part of a large team of multi skilled, experienced colleagues who will be able to support to deliver safe and effective care. Opportunities for training and development are encouraged and offered within the team.

Car driver is essential and access to a car within working hours. Ideally full time post however part time or flexible working requests can be considered.

If you would like more information or an informal chat about the role please contact CMHT team manager Cat King on 01329 227180.

Main duties of the job

* Work under the direction and supervision of qualified staff.

* To be able to undertake specific therapeutic roles with service users, that may include but is not limited to, Anxiety Management work, Graded exposure work, behavioural activation work and client centered recovery focussed care.

* To observe, report and record changes in the service user's physical health, mental health and behaviour.

* To provide care for service users as directed by care co-ordinators

* To give and receive clear messages by telephone and/or personal contact.

* To identify and provide the necessary physical care to service users to help them complete daily living activities i.e. personal hygiene, diet and fluid intake, clothing and laundry, maintain personal environment, maintaining rest sleep and activity, physical observations.

* To act in a manner to respect customs, individuality, values, sexuality and spiritual beliefs, actively supporting the individual to fulfil these.

* To identify and provide social activities, emotional support and stability to service users to ensure effective engagement whilst maintaining professional boundaries.

* To contribute and be actively involved in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluating of care.

* To provide escort duties to the service user under the direction of a qualified team member.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

Everything we do is underpinned by our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect and excellence

Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fareham Health Centre

Osborn Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO16 7ER

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Fareham Health Centre

Osborn Road

Fareham

Hampshire

PO16 7ER

Employer's website

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

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