Support Worker | Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust
| Posting date: | 28 April 2025 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £24,625 - £25,674 per annum |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 28 May 2025 |
| Location: | Blackburn, BB1 3BL |
| Company: | Lancashire Care Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 7173553/351-SPS1404-CLK |
Summary
Post: Support Worker
Location: East Lancashire
Band: 3
Salary: £24,625 to £25,674
Hours / Pattern of work: 37.5hrs Monday - Friday
Type of contract: Permanent
An opportunity has arisen within the Liaison and Diversion (L&D) services in East Lancashire for the role of Support Worker.
This key position of Support Worker within the established Liaison and Diversion Service for Custody suites and Magistrates Courts will be offered as a full time, substantive post.
The Liaison and Diversion service work with adults and young people in contact with the Criminal Justice system.
The Liaison and Diversion Support Worker will have the responsibility for providing quality services for vulnerable individuals in contact with Criminal Justice system under the supervision of a Liaison & Diversion practitioner. L&D is not itself a treatment service, but it is an identification, assessment and referral service offering brief intervention to support engagement.
The post holder will be responsible for supporting access to health and social care services for potentially vulnerable adults and young people in the community.
They will value experiential learning and will work with the person to identify, navigate and engage with opportunities that may improve their health, personal wellbeing, social inclusion and social functioning.
They will promote hope and optimism, working with strengths rather than deficits in working towards developing a short term plan at the point of referral; this may be within Custody or Court settings, or within the community. The plan will be based on needs identified during assessment by Liaison and Diversion Practitioner in Custody, Court or community setting. The aim of the intervention is to support and empower the individuals to reach identified goals and attend initial appointments with identified services. This will involve the individual in planning and prioritising their needs.
Pathways to care and support will be across a range of health and social care services for adults and young people, including but not limited to Housing, Drug and Alcohol Services, Mental Health and Physical Health care and other services specific for Women, Veterans, Gambling. Police, Courts, Youth Offending Services, Probation, Prisons.
Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.
The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.
Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.
For more information please visit our website via Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS FT
Please see attached the job description and person specification for more information about this role
Important: This post is requires successful candidates to undergo Level 2 (full) or (Abbreviated) Vetting from Lancashire constabulary from which you will be working, of which clearance is essential in order to fulfil the role.
This advert closes on Monday 12 May 2025