Job summary
- Main area
- Mental Health
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 186-851-24-MH
- Employer
- Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Mansfield / Mid Notts and North
- Town
- Sutton-in-Ashfield
- Salary
- £22,816 - £24,336 per annum (pro rata for part time)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 17/07/2024 23:59
Employer heading
Community Support Worker EIP Team
Band 3
Job overview
The post-holder will work as a Community Support Worker within the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Team, with an emphasis of covering mid Notts and North Nottinghamshire providing support in the delivery of evidence-based specialist mental health assessments and interventions that are socially inclusive and recovery-focused, in line with national standards for people aged 14-65 experiencing first episode psychosis (FEP) pathway.
Main duties of the job
The Community Support Worker has a specific remit to support service users to identify and develop clear recovery focused goals and support service users to attain these during their time in the EIP service.
The role involves contributing to and supporting the wider multi-disciplinary team in the timely assessment of service users referred to the Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP) Team, the provision of evidence-based interventions either on an individual or group basis to those supported by the service and the use of standard outcome measures to monitor recovery using the HoNOS, QPR and DIALOG.
The post holder may also be expected to use creative ability to use groups to aid the mental and physical health of service users with a first episode psychosis.
Working for our organisation
#TeamNottsHC comprises over 11,000 dedicated colleagues who #MakeADifference every day. We deliver intellectual disability, mental health, community health, forensic, and offender healthcare services across Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, and South Yorkshire. Our care is provided from over 200 sites, spanning community locations, acute settings, and secure environments, including prisons.
We are one of the largest mental health and community Trusts in the East Midlands and one of Nottinghamshire's biggest employers. We also host national and regional services, such as the National High Secure Deaf Service and the Nottingham Centre for Transgender Health.
We offer a variety of employee-led staff networks, including Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) groups, the Green Champions network, the Freedom to Speak Up network, the Health and Wellbeing Champions network, and the Menopause Champions network. These networks play a vital role in supporting our diverse workforce and promoting a culture of inclusivity.
The health and wellbeing of our colleagues is a top priority. We invest significantly in this through our in-house occupational health and staff counselling services, supported by a dedicated Health and Wellbeing team.
The Trust is committed to reducing its carbon emissions, with a specialised Energy and Environmental team working to ensure compliance with environmental legislation, enhance our environmental performance, and achieve our net-zero commitment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The EIP team is a community-based service. The post-holder will be required to travel across Mid-Notts and North Nottinghamshire to support the needs of service users, their family members and carers. The use of digital technologies to support service need and delivery are likely to be required within this role.
Please note that this post does not meet the pay level required for a Skilled worker visa.
Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary is below the minimum salary required for sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa.
Applicants requiring a Skilled Worker Visa can determine the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 2 with commitment to train to NVQ 3 Certificate in Mental Health
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 3 Certificate in Mental Health
- Evidence of other updating and development in social/mental health care
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with psychosis and/ or personality disorders in community settings
- Experience of providing support to family members and carers
- Experience of supporting people in terms of their social and occupational functioning
- Experience in providing input into assessment and management of clinical risk
- Experience of multidisciplinary and multi-agency working
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in an EIP service
- Experience of working with people with psychosis to develop recovery focused goals
- Supporting people with psychosis to achieve recovery focused goals
Knowledge & Skills
Essential criteria
- Awareness of national agenda related to EIP services
- Awareness of the culture and philosophy underpinning EIP services
- Ability to enable service users to access community services / agencies to meet their health and social care needs
- Able to demonstrate commitment to high quality care for people with psychosis
- Competent IT skills including word, outlook, excel and power point
- Ability to prioritise workload effectively
- Ability to communicate and work with a wide range of professionals
- Ability to effectively engage with service users, family members and carers
- Ability to work effectively under pressure
Desirable criteria
- Knowledge of EIP assessments and interventions
- Understand the importance of relapse prevention
- Experience of working with people who may misuse substances
- Able to encourage service users to adopt a problem-solving approach to overcoming difficulties
Physical requirements
Essential criteria
- Has the physical ability to perform the full range of duties
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria
- Good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Interpersonally calm and able to defuse difficult situations.
- Ability to exercise appropriate levels of self-care and to monitor own state
- Good organisational skills.
- Motivated towards personal and professional development with strong CPD record
- Demonstrate understanding of acceptance and commitment to the principles underlying equal opportunities.
- Possesses a “can do” attitude
- Reliable and punctual
Contractual Requirements
Essential criteria
- A full UK driving licence and vehicle for business use is required for this post; however reasonable adjustments will be made for disabled individuals in line with the Equality Act 2010.
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
- Paul Parslow
- Job title
- Team Leader
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0115 9560858
- Additional information
Tina Monte - Clinical Lead
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