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Band 4 Dementia Service Support Worker - Shearwater Lodge
| Posting date: | 28 November 2024 |
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| Salary: | £26,530.00 to £29,114.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £26530.00 - £29114.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 12 December 2024 |
| Location: | Warminster, BA12 9AA |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9342-24-1420 |
Summary
To provide focused, person-centred support and care interventions to people living in at home or in a care home. To work alongside a multidisciplinary team, under the indirect supervision of registered clinicians, in an associate recovery worker and/or care coordinator role. Key activities will include: Forming compassionate, recovery-focused, therapeutic relationships with service users and their carers, supporting them to manage their mental health needs in a community setting. Engaging in the full range of ongoing needs assessment processes required by the team, including mental state, dynamic clinical risk, spiritual and cultural needs, and emotional, psychological and physical wellbeing. Supporting service users to manage their finances and / or housing needs. Empowering service users to self-manage aspects of their ongoing treatment, such as medication, diet and lifestyle, physical health and general wellbeing. Depending on the team, key activities may also include: Undertaking the role of Care Coordinator for service users who have been assessed as presenting relatively low to moderate levels of clinical complexity and risk, under the guidance and supervision of registered clinicians. AWP Trust guidance on the allocation and management of community support worker caseloads can be found in P032 CPA and Risk Policy