Mental Health Care Support Worker - Memory & Dementia Team

Are you a Community Support Worker looking for a new opportunity to 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 Memory & Dementia Team based in Lichfield at St Michaels Court, Trent Valley Road.
We are an award-winning Trust and have recently been ranked by HSJ awards as top in the Midlands for Mental Health, Learning and Development and Community Trusts as Best Place to work recommended by employees. When you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally., + You will be responsible for the provision of planned recovery focused care working with a defined caseload.
+ Working collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for service users in the Integrated Mental Health Teams
+ Responsible for working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust supporting service-users access to services in the independent and non-statutory sector.
+ Deliver agreed therapeutic interventions, in accordance with the care plan, to assist the service user to achieve their recovery goals including; improving activities of daily living, social inclusion, meaningful occupation, accessing employment, mental health promotion and physical health promotion.
+ Undertake physical health assessments including; weight, height, blood pressure, ECG & phlebotomy.
+ Responsible for contributing towards planning and undertaking delivery of planned therapeutic activities with an identified group of service users as an element of the care programme approach., While working with the Memory & Dementia Services Team, you'll help shape the well-being of the elderly population in South Staffordshire; work in tandem with Staffordshire Police and Mental Health Services, embodying the Trust's commitment to people-centric care.
Please note this role requires you to cover a large geographical area so you will need access to appropriate travel during your work hours.
We reserve the right to close the vacancy early depending on the volume of applications we receive.

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, 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 annual 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 vaccination 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.