Job summary
- Main area
- Adult Mental Health - Community Division
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 350-CC6274318
- Employer
- Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rathbone Hospital
- Town
- Liverpool
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 26/05/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Support, Time and Recovery (STR) Worker
Band 3
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Job overview
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a full-time Band 3 Community Support, Time and Recovery (STR) Worker to work within the Autism Spectrum Condition Service - Mersey Care Foundation Trust.
This post will be based at Rathbone Hospital.
The post advertised will provide access to health and social support opportunities for people who have a diagnosis or awaiting diagnosis for Autism Spectrum Disorder (non-LD).
The successful candidate will work within a MDT setting with support from qualified practitioners from the team and will be expected to work unsupervised at times with people in the community.
Shortlisting planned for: 27 May 2024
Interview planned for: 3 June 2024
Main duties of the job
The post holder will work to assist with the continuity of care for service users within the appropriate care setting. The post holder will work from the community environment.
The post holder will provide support, give time to an allocated group of service users and aim to promote recovery predominantly within the community environment.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.
We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.
At the heart of all we do is our commitment to ‘perfect care’ – care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We’re currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Under the direction of the Qualified Practitioner, participate in the delivery of planned care for service users in the community:
The post holder will undertake a range of duties which include:-
Facilitate and support the development of appropriate personal care
Facilitate and support self help, communication and social skills acquisition
Assist and promote independence with activities of daily living
Facilitate a service users recovery by assisting them to participate in social, vocational, recreational and leisure activities within the appropriate setting
Promote social inclusion through developing opportunities in areas such as employment, volunteering and education.
Participate in the implementation of specific programmes of care or therapy to develop and enhance socially appropriate adaptive behaviours under the supervision of qualified staff
Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development
Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the direction of the qualified practitioner.
Contribute to the involvement of Service Users, and carers/relatives in the delivery of care
Provide reassurance and support to service users and carers/family
Work collaboratively within the Care team to ensure that Service Users needs are met
Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
Contribute to the development of services
Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources
Help to identify early signs of relapse as described within the care plan and alert the appropriate staff involved in the service users care.
Understand and adhere to Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines
Report any concern regarding Service User care to the Qualified Practitioner
Contribute to service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of Service User care
Participate in Service User and public involvement activities
Support individuals equality, diversity and rights
Participate in Serious Untoward Incident investigations/reviews as required
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ 3 or equivalent level of experience within a care setting
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Ability to function effectively as a team member.
- Experience of working with persons within the appropriate care setting and their carers.
- An understanding of the organisation of nursing care
- Basic understanding of NHS issues
Desirable criteria
- Basic awareness of the Mental Health Act
- Safeguarding children/ vulnerable adults guidelines
- Overview and knowledge of acute mental health related issues
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- Support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Strong customer service belief
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Skills
Essential criteria
- Ability to communicate and engage with Service Users.
- Able to present factual information and refer questions to others where appropriate
- Able to deal with sensitive issues with tact and diplomacy
- Ability to develop effective interpersonal relationships with colleagues in the health care setting
- Ability to work alone in a range of community environment
Desirable criteria
- IT skills
- Venepuncture training
- First Aid
- CPR training
Employer certification / accreditation badges
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Sophia Fashioni
- Job title
- Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 01514727575
- Additional information
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