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CAS Support Worker | Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 04 June 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £30,279 - £33,116 per annum inc HCAS |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 04 July 2024 |
| Location: | London, W10 6DZ |
| Company: | CNWL NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6340664/333-J-UC-0017 |
Summary
We are looking for a dynamic and enthusiastic mental health support worker, to join our Integrated Discharge Team (IDT) in Kensington & Chelsea and Westminster Acute Mental Health Services; the post is based at St Charles Hospital.
The IDT work alongside the Multidisciplinary team in in-patients based services to ensure admission to hospital is purposeful and discharge is planned in a timely way, thus reducing individuals’ long term stay in hospital and also repeated admissions.
We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated individual who would be committed to supporting the recovery of service users being cared for in hospital. You must have experience of working in inpatient mental health services, and / or some experience of working in a related health or social care field.
You will be responsible for working with individuals towards the best possible outcome, helping them to identify personal recovery goals and supporting them to fully embed into their local communities whilst working towards their own aspirations of a meaningful recovery.
You will need to be motivated, organised, energetic and a flexible team worker with effective communication and interpersonal skills in order to work with patients, carers IDT team members, inpatient Multidisciplinary Teams, Bed Management Staff, Community Mental Health Teams, Home Treatment Teams and other professionals / community organisations.
The role of the IDT support worker will support the IDT team and adult inpatient service to address barriers to discharge and facilitate discharge from the ward.
As an integral and highly valued member of the team, the support worker will provide practical assistance to patients in order for them to regain control over their lives and their own unique recovery journey. They will support the team to ensure admission to hospital is purposeful and help facilitate safe and effective discharge for the patient back to their homes.
The IDT support worker will take a role in embedding recovery values within urgent care and MDT Team. They will promote their role, through the provision of information and a range of learning opportunities for the Integrated Discharge Team, the multidisciplinary team and others across the trust.
As a core member of the IDT team, the support worker will work alongside patients on a 1:1 basis, and also work alongside other colleagues in the team and inpatient staff, and will develop partnership working within the local community.
The IDT team work with patients in order to achieve high quality care and best outcomes. Patients are assessed to ensure that treatment plans are personalised and are able to offer appropriate and purposeful care and support when people need it the most. The team works with people towards gaining greater independence and in managing their health and wellbeing.
We are passionate about delivering first-class patient-centred, safe and effective care, whether it is in a hospital setting, in a community clinic or in the patients own home. Patients are at the heart of everything we do. Providing top quality care depends on our ability to employ the best people. Were always looking to recruit outstanding people who will go the extra mile to support our patients, colleagues, teams and the Trust. With every new employee were hoping to find our future leaders and well support our staff by providing opportunities to develop your career.
With a diverse culture and equally diverse range of opportunities across mental health, community services, addictions, eating disorders, learning disabilities and more whatever stage of your career you're at, there's always a place for you at CNWL.
The successful applicant may have contact with patients or service users. As an NHS Trust we strongly encourage and support vaccination as this remains the best way to protect yourself, your family, your colleagues and of course patients and service users when working on our healthcare settings.
The successful candidate must have experience working with people with mental health problems. You must be enthusiastic, patient centred and able to provide a flexible and creative approach to patient care delivery. The pace of work is often fast, with a rapid turnover of patients in a limited period of time. You will be required to be a team player, enjoy working with a shared caseload and feel confident at delivering evidence based interventions.
You will work both alongside, but at times independently under the direction and supervision of qualified mental health professionals as part of a multi-disciplinary team with the opportunity of developing links with other professionals and teams in a wide variety of settings.
This advert closes on Tuesday 18 Jun 2024
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