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Prif leoliad
Adult Community Mental Health Service
Gradd
Band 3
Contract
Parhaol
Oriau
Llawnamser - 37.5 awr yr wythnos
Cyfeirnod y swydd
367-ACMS-8564
Cyflogwr
Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Math o gyflogwr
NHS
Gwefan
Oxford House, London Road, Bishops Stortford, HERTS, CM23 2LA
Tref
Bishops Stortford
Cyflog
£22,816 - £24,336 p.a. pro rata
Cyfnod cyflog
Yn flynyddol
Yn cau
05/08/2024 08:00

Teitl cyflogwr

Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust logo

Support Worker - Duty Support

Band 3

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form. 

http://hpft.recruitforvalues.com/

 

Trosolwg o'r swydd

We are seeking a duty support worker to join our Community Mental Health Service in Bishops Stortford to work closely with our qualified staff in support of service user calls to our service.

  • To work as part of a team which provides mental health services.
  • To focus directly on the needs of the service users using the Support Time and Recovery Model.
  • To work across service and/or care group boundaries as necessary.
  • To work within the Care Programme Approach/Care Management process with a focus on Recovery Principles.
  • To provide support, give time and thus promote recovery.
  • To support our duty and Initial Assessment Service

 

Prif ddyletswyddau'r swydd

You will support the qualified staff to deliver care and support to service users contacting our duty system Monday to Friday. 

The support will aim to enhance and maximize the potential and recovery of people who are open to our service.

You  will also support qualified staff with tasks to ensure the smooth running of the duty system such as answering calls, attending visits, feeding back accurate information to the team, accurate documentation, support to the delivery of prescriptions,  and getting to know local resources to be able to link service users to universal resources that will help them.

HPFT have excellent support & career progression opportunities as well as access to in house & external training. The team has been awarded ACOMHS accreditation in recognition of the excellent standard of care they provide. Come & be part of an organisation rated as 'outstanding' by the care quality commission.

Gweithio i'n sefydliad

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

 

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

 

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

 

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

 

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Swydd ddisgrifiad a phrif gyfrifoldebau manwl

  • To be responsible for providing the link into the care co-ordination process for an allocated number of individual service users.
  • To ensure service users engage effectively with the agreed Care Plan and access to appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis.
  • Positively promote independent living of service users within the community.
  • Provide support with daily living; “living ordinary lives”.
  • Help service users gain access to resources to include benefits and welfare rights.
  • Provide information on health promotion to service users.
  • Help to identify early signs of relapse by monitoring service user’s progress, level of functioning and mental state and alert the appropriate staff involved in the client’s care.

For a more indepth Person and Job specification please read the attached

Manyleb y person

Knowledge/Training/Experience

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Good standard of education (to include Maths and English GCSE grade c or above – or equivalent).
  • Computer literate (able to use Word, Excel, Powerpoint).
  • Knowledge of legislation related to mental health and social care (e.g. Mental Health Act, Mental Capacity Act, National Service Framework, National Dementia Strategy, Care Programme Approach etc)
  • Ability to manage distressing and challenging situations.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • NVQ in Health and Social Care
  • Experience of working with people with mental health conditions

Communication Skills

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing
  • Ability to feedback and discuss cases within the multi disciplinary team.
  • Excellent documentation of duties performed.
  • Confidence to work autonomously in the community.

Analytical skills

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Good range of problem solving skills
  • Good range of information gathering skills.
  • Positive approach to people
  • Fine attention to detail

General

Meini prawf hanfodol
  • Good team player
  • Committed to high quality care and service provision for people with mental illness
  • Good time management.
  • Ability to work flexibly to meet the service needs.
Meini prawf dymunol
  • Ability to network, and form working relationships with other agencies, charities and providers.

Bathodynnau ardystio / achredu cyflogwyr

Apprenticeships logoMenopause Friendly EmployerAge positiveMindful employer.  Being positive about mental health.Disability confident employerCare quality commission - OutstandingStonewall equality policy. Equality and justice for lesbians, gay men, bisexual and trans people.

Gofynion ymgeisio

Mae'r swydd hon yn ddarostyngedig i Orchymyn Deddf Adsefydlu Troseddwyr 1974 (Eithriadau) 1975 (Diwygio) (Cymru a Lloegr) 2020 a bydd angen cyflwyno Datgeliad i'r Gwasanaeth Datgelu a Gwahardd.

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Enw
Ian Gasson
Teitl y swydd
Service Manager
Cyfeiriad ebost
[email protected]
Rhif ffôn
07554437598
Gwybodaeth i gefnogi eich cais

for an informal discussion about the post call the team on 01279 464800

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