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Are you an experienced Community Mental Health Support Worker looking for a new opportunity to become a Rapid Responder and work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck. 

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our new Adult ADHD/ASC Service. The role will be based in South East Staffordshire, covering Lichfield, Tamworth and Burton on Trent. 

MPFT are pleased to announce we will be providing assessments for ADHD and Autism for adults in South Staffordshire. We will be having two parts to the service, assessment and post diagnosis support. We will have a multi-disciplinary team including Consultant Psychiatrist nurses, occupational therapists, peer support workers and more. We strive to meet the needs of our locality providing a gold standard service.

Early applications are also advised as we reserve the right to close the advert early dependent on the volume of applications received.

Main duties of the job

•    Identify risks through use of appropriate assessments, act immediately if the situation requires, and ensure all risks are reported to senior clinicians/line managers.
•    Implement and support detailed care plans, outcome measures documentation, risk assessments and treatment programmes (including intervention Support Plans, mental health and multi-disciplinary care plans)
•    Review the ‘Duty Inbox’ for the team and signpost service users accordingly 
•    Offer interventions in line with ‘Overcoming Challenging Times Plan’
•    You will work without direct supervision to undertake assessments and deliver interventions relating to individual needs.
•    Support and assess patients on point of referral under supervision. 
•    Working collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for service users in the Integrated Mental Health Teams

Working for our organisation

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping  your communities and in return for this, we will support you by; 

• Supporting your career development and progression
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity and adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional leave
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccinations every year
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.