Band 3 OPD IIRMS Support Worker - Bath & North Somerset

Job description

Job responsibilities

To deliver high quality care and recovery interventions for service users within designated clinical areas, in collaboration with, and under the indirect supervision of, registered care staff. These mayinclude:

• Assisting service users with financial or accommodation issues.
• Escorting or accompanying service users for planned periods in the community facilitating social inclusion.
• Encouraging service users to talk about their experiences in one-to-one or group discussions.

To help maintain a clean, well-organised, safe, and therapeutic environment that meets the needs of service users, carers, and colleagues, and to support registered care staff to perform standardised environmental assessments to monitor and improve the care setting.

To co-deliver (alongside a qualified clinician) psychosocially-informed one to one and group interventions aiming to positively impact service users cognitive and emotional wellbeing.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team. To assume lead or link roles on core practice initiatives and priorities under the supervision of registered staff.

To integrate areas of personal interest with clinical practice to enhance the diversity of the teams provision of care.

To practise planned care, and to directly participate in the development of recovery-focused interventions that address service users and carers needs and preferences.

To proactively review, record and assess the on-going impacts of such interventions.

To participate in the on-going risk planning and assessment processes in collaboration with service users, their carers, and other members of the care team and to contribute to all aspects of clinical record keeping.

To maintain a basic working understanding of both the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act (2005), and any other relevant legislation, as required by mandatory and statutory training (MaST).

To adhere to AWPs Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners; promoting and embedding it through the delivery of peer support and supervision to junior, temporary, and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers.

To observe and record interactions with service users and carers both verbally and in writing via clinical records and to communicate these to relevant partner agencies.

To deliver a wide range of fundamental care interventions using evidence based clinical tools, to monitor and improve physical health and personal wellbeing and to model a high standard of dignity, respect, and candour.

To engage in reflective practice to maintain and promote ongoing clinical practice.

To promote and enhance a positive learning culture, being proactive in the induction, orientation, and support of junior, temporary, and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers, seeking to embed core care values into practice.

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Person Specification

Education

Essential

• Educated to a L3 diploma or equivalent (A level)

Desirable

• Further training or education in a healthcare related topic

Experience

Essential

• Experience working in healthcare
• Knowledge or experience of mental health issues
• Ability to use computer systems and document work

Desirable

• Experience of working in a busy team

Skills

Essential

• Empathy, self awareness and emotional resilience
• Good communication (IT, written, verbal)

Desirable

• Ability to travel

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Address

Worle Probation Office

The North Somerset Courthouse

Weston-Super-Mare

BS22 7BB

United Kingdom

Employer's website

http://www.awp.nhs.uk/about-us/working-for-us/