EIS Community Support Worker

Job description

Job responsibilities

• They will be expected to work under minimal supervision, with adherence to Trust procedures and policies, and to employ value based and socially inclusive practice.
• Although the Community Support Worker will not lead on safeguarding investigations they will be responsible for detecting, alerting and responding to concerns either through the course of their duties or as directed by a registered practitioner, including contributing to effective protection planning.

The successful post holders will be supported with induction and training packages and will receive supervision within the team. Regional and local training programmes are available to ensure continued professional development and learning.

The successful candidate will join a creative and motivated team who continue to make positive differences to families and individuals across the county.

We believe that psychosis is treatable and recovery is expected.

A full clean driving license and access to a car for work purposes is essential.

Person Specification

Education Training and Qualifications

Essential

• NVQ level 3 or equivalent mental health experience

Previous Experience

Essential

• Relevant experience working with adults with acute and chronic mental health problems
• Working within a multidisciplinary team environment
• Working with service users and carers within their own homes.

Skills and Abilities

Essential

• Ability to work with patients on an individual or group basis, focusing on their recovery pathway.
• Ability to enable and empower patients in a way that increases their self esteem, raises their confidence and help them to identify positive qualities in self.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills relevant to the legal requirements of client care and related issues and the documentation of that care.
• Ability to support the multidisciplinary team in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of mental and physical care appropriate to the needs of the client group and clinical specialty and the ability to use evidenced based approaches in the delivery of care.
• Ability to work autonomously and to work as part of a team
• Demonstrate an awareness how your own approach and communication style may impact on service users, their carers and members of your own team.
• Be prepared to use reflection in action and on action to gain a deeper understanding and insight from situations and experiences occurring inside and outside the work environment and how these can impact on each other.
• Be able to respond with compassion towards clients when they present in a way that is considered aggressive, maladaptive or socially immature or unacceptable

Knowledge

Essential

• Mental Health issues relevant to adults with acute and chronic mental health issues and or forensic histories
• The impact mental health difficulties have on other areas of a service user's life. E.G. Lack of social inclusion, inability to reach life goals, inability to reach others expectations, inability to maintain relationships. Poverty financial and social.
• An understanding of the Care Programme Approach and Mental Health Act and how this impacts on the service user group.
• A knowledge and understanding of the Care Act and the rights of individuals
• An ability to monitor physical observations and identify when results are outside considered normal parameters.
• To have an awareness of the side effects of medication.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

East London NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Twinwoods Resource Centre

Milton Road

Clapham, Bedford

MK41 6AT

Employer's website

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