Community Support Worker for Older Adults

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity for an enthusiastic and passionate individual to join our diverse and professional team.

We are looking for individuals who have experience of working with older adults and are able to engage and work with people in a practical way that promotes wellbeing among those experiencing difficulties related to older age, such as dementia and comorbid anxiety and depression.

We would like applicants to have:

• NVQ at Level 2 in health and social care or equivalent relevant training/experience
• Good written and verbal communication
• Good IT skills
• Ability to work autonomously
• Willingness to develop skills and abilities
• An outgoing and enthusiastic personality
• Ability to work well as part of a team

The post holder must hold a full, valid, UK driving licence and have access to a car/vehicle to use for business purposes (unless you have a disability as defined by the Equality Act 2010)

Main duties of the job

• To provide regular and practical support to service users and their carers (as appropriate) in developing and managing independence and maintaining dignity and self-respect working in conjunction with other members of the MDT such as Occupational Therapists.
• To provide support with 'daily living' to individuals that might involve practical help, emotional/psychological support, assistance with any difficulties that may arise.
• To empower service users to speak up for themselves and act as their own advocates
• To actively listen to help the service user make sense of their mental health problems using basic CBT formulation model.
• Enable people with mental health needs to develop coping strategies, based on CBT and mindfulness approach.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,800 people from 66 nationalities, and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our strategy

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

23-29 Albion Place Medical Centre

Albion Place

Maidstone

ME14 5DY

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Address

23-29 Albion Place Medical Centre

Albion Place

Maidstone

ME14 5DY

Employer's website

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

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