Mental Health Support worker

The Home Treatment Team will provide intensive support for patients as an alternative to hospital admission, acute illness, high risk crisis. We will be working through the night to complete crisis assessments in the A&E department if HTT is indicated. The team will also be able to complete night medication prompts, Clozaril titration and support patients on the pone through the night. All employed staff will be on a rolling rota of days/nights, Clinical
To assist qualified practitioners in the Home Treatment team and Home Treatment Team.
To support service users in the Home Treatment Team.
To support service users in engaging positively and actively with appropriate services and resources such as benefits, employment, housing and substance misuse services.
Promote independent living of service user through help, advice, practical and emotional support.
Provide information and support with health promotion.
Support the practitioners in monitoring the service user's physical health and mental state, level of functioning and progress., Clinical
· To assist qualified practitioners in the Home Treatment team and Home Treatment Team.
· To support service users in the Home Treatment Team.
AFC 12/10/20 JME-136-20 Mental Health Support Worker Safe Haven Band 3
· To support service users in engaging positively and actively with appropriate services and resources such as benefits, employment, housing and substance misuse services.
· Promote independent living of service user through help, advice, practical and emotional support.
· Provide information and support with health promotion.
· Support the practitioners in monitoring the service user's physical health and mental state, level of functioning and progress.
· To support the wider home treatment teams.
· Maintain accurate legible documentation in accordance with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust Policies and procedures.
· Provide information and support to enable service users to engage in meeting education, employment and vocational needs.
· Provide information and support to family and friends of service users.
· Promote mental health awareness and reduce stigma and discrimination wherever possible.
· To attend and actively partake in meetings, and training sessions as required.
· To liaise and communicate across statutory and non-statutory agencies
· To maintain confidentiality at all times.
· To develop knowledge of local resources and opportunities available to service users and keep an up to date file of community resources which can be shared with the rest of the team and outside agencies.
· To actively partake and utilise clinical and management supervision to develop and maintain safe practice
· To contribute to the learning environment for any students or workers on placement with the team
· To partake within the Key Skills Knowledge Framework system to identify and plan for areas of personal development
A hints and tips document is attached below for guidance on completing your application form.
Sponsorship - We are an approved sponsoring organisation. Applications will be considered from applicants requiring sponsorship alongside all other applications. Please be aware, not all roles are eligible for sponsorship. You can review the list of eligible role and requirements on the government website.
What happens after your application has been received?
You will be informed about the progress of your application following shortlisting via email. Only applicants who clearly demonstrate the criteria listed in the person specification will be shortlisted for interview. Interview invites will be sent out via email.
What happens if I am offered the position after interview?
The hiring manager will make contact with you to verbally offer you the position. The hiring manager will then inform Recruitment of the decision and provide relevant paperwork. You will be sent a formal conditional offer via email.
What pre-employment checks will I need to complete?
By conducting pre-employment checks, the recruitment team will verify that you meet the pre-conditions of the role you have been offered. Pre-employment checks will be carried out according to NHS Employment Check Standards. The checks are:
+ Identity verification
+ Right to work check
+ Disclosure and barring service (DBS)/Criminal record check (dependent on role)
+ Professional registration and/or qualification check
+ Occupational health assessment
+ Employment history and reference validation
All applicants external to NHS will be required to provide HMRC employment history to cover the most recent three years. This information will used to validate employment history and references as part of pre-employment checks.
If you are offer a position with is and you require sponsorship to support your right to work, we will review your eligibility in line with government guidance. If the role you have been offer is not eligible for sponsorship, and you are not able to evidence your right to work, your conditional offer could be withdrawn.
What happens when pre-employment checks are complete?
Recruitment will liaise with you and the hiring manager to arrange a start date for your new position. You will then be booked on to a Trust Welcome Session and be sent your Pennine Care NHS Terms and Conditions.
Other important information
+ We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion (EDI) and recognise the importance of ensuring our diverse service user population is reflected within our workforce. Unfortunately, we know that, at present, there is underrepresentation of our communities in our workforce. We welcome applications from people from diverse communities to help us grow, learn, be better and consider brilliant innovation diverse people bring.
+ If you would like to be considered under the disability confident scheme, you will be guaranteed an interview if you meet the essential criteria on the person specification for the post.
+ If you require reasonable adjustments to our recruitment process please phone us on at the earliest opportunity. We will support you to complete your application.
+ Unfortunately we are not able to guarantee the transfer of lease cars, or cover the costs of early termination charges.
+ We have a strict policy on unsolicited contact from recruitment agencies. Please do not contact our hiring managers directly.
We reserve the right to close a vacancy earlier than the advertised closing date if a sufficient number of applications have been received. To ensure you application is considered, please submit at the earliest opportunity.

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