Mental Health Care Support Worker - Crisis Team West Staffordshire

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Are you a Mental Health 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.

We are offering an exciting opportunity to join our Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment Service Team based at St Georges Hospital in Stafford as a Mental Health Support Worker.

The multi-disciplinary team provides a 24/7 service to the population aged 16 and above residing in the Southwest Staffordshire Locality, delivering urgent response and a comprehensive Mental Health Assessment to people who are presenting in an acute Mental Health Crisis, and Home Treatment to those people requiring a period of short-term intensive intervention.

This role is shift patterns covering 24/7, and you will be required to work night shifts. You may be required to work flexibly across pathways.

Under the direction of the senior health and social care staff in the team and/or the shift coordinator, you will assist in delivering interventions with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs.

The Interventions Will Be Focused On

• Assisting the person to identify and achieve their agreed goals of Recovery.
• Interventions related to meaningful occupation, accessing employment, assessing and promoting physical health, social inclusion, activities of daily living, and mental health promotion.
• Supporting the service user to complete appropriate outcome measure tools and participate in reviews of the service users' care and effectiveness of the interventions provided.

As part of this role, you will be required to deliver a high-quality clinical service to patients and their families comprising:

• Accompanying Band 6 staff in the assessment of crisis situations.
• Assisting with the provision of effective home treatment to prevent hospital admission, including effective physical health assessment and care.
• Working collaboratively with other Trust services to provide seamless care for service-users on defined care-pathways.
• Responsible for working in partnership with agencies external to the Trust, supporting service-users' access to services in the independent and non-statutory sector.

Come and work with us at our award-winning NHS Trust, leading the way for trying new and better ways of working to help improve life for our local communities.

We have around 9,000 staff who provide physical and mental healthcare, support for people with learning disabilities, and adult social care across Staffordshire, Stoke-on-Trent, Shropshire, and Telford & Wrekin. We also run regional and national services, including help for new parents (perinatal care), eating disorders, forensic services, sexual health, and support for people in prison with mental health, drug, or alcohol problems.

We offer great career development for both clinical and non-clinical roles, with ongoing training and support to help you learn and grow.

We are United in our Uniqueness and committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome and can be themselves, no matter their background or identity. We want our staff to feel supported and valued, and we aim to build a team that reflects the communities we serve. Together, we can make sure every voice is heard, and every difference is respected.

Please note, we may be required to close this vacancy early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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