Community Support Worker - Home Treatment Team
Job overview
The Wokingham Older Adult Mental Health Service is looking for an enthusiastic, caring and highly motivated Community Support Worker to join our friendly and innovative Home Treatment Team. We are based at Wokingham Hospital where we have access to free parking and an onsite café.We are friendly and supportive team with a shared passion for providing our patients and carers with the best experience of using our service.
Main duties of the job
The post holder will under supervision hold a caseload of patients with the aim of maximising independence and improving wellbeing. In addition, the post holder will support the delivery of excellent care provided to our HTT caseload, providing high quality and intensive mental health interventions in the homes of people with functional mental health problems, as well as people with dementia.
Working for our organisation
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health and community health services trust. Rated ‘outstanding’ by the CQC, we’re committed to providing the best possible care to people across Berkshire. As an employer, we’re committed to offering an inclusive and compassionate environment where our people share in a sense of belonging and are supported to flourish.
Our values at Berkshire Healthcare are:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- Working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
Your wellbeing is important to us. Some of the benefits of working for us include:
- Flexible working options to support work-life balance
- 27 days’ annual leave rising with service + opportunity to buy and sell
- Generous NHS pension scheme
- Excellent learning and career development opportunities
- ‘Cycle to Work’ and car leasing scheme including electric vehicles
- Access to a range of wellbeing tools and services
- Discounts at hundreds of popular retailers and restaurants
- Staff networks for race, diversity, disabilities, the environment and armed forces community to support equality
- Generous maternity, paternity, adoption and special leave
- Free parking across Trust sites
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The “must haves” for you to be considered for this role:
- Have experience of supporting older adults with mental health needs including dementia.
- Be able to work shifts -a combination of 9-5pm or 11-7pm, including one weekend 9-3pm once a month
- Be a team player, demonstrating you are highly motived and compassionate
- Hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes, including carrying patients and carers as passengers
For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.
We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.
We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award.Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.
Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.
Person specification
Education/Qualifications/Training
Essential criteria- Good level of education
Experience
Essential criteria- Paid or unpaid direct care experience
- Working with older people with mental health problems including dementia
- Experience in dealing with challenging behaviour
- Work in a multi- disciplinary environment
- Community working experience
- Have experience of therapeutic group work with older adults
Knowledge, skills & abilities
Essential criteria- Excellent interpersonal skills, including verbal & written communication
- Ability to prioritise & manage demanding workload
- Ability to deal with sensitive issue & manage conflict situation
- Computer literate
- Ability to work on own initiative and/or within a team
- Intervention & outcome monitoring skills
- Ability to drive & have the use of a car
- Knowledge of mental health legislation
- Knowledge in risk assessment
- Ability to manage stress
Personal Qualities
Essential criteria- Flexible & innovative
- Proactive & dynamic
- Well organised and highly motivated
- Commitment to equal opportunity
These are the values that we live by at Berkshire Healthcare:
- Caring for and about you is our top priority
- Committed to providing good quality, safe services
- working Together with you to develop innovative solutions
We welcome people who share these values to come and work for us.
Please find attached the behaviour framework that underpins these values for this job role.
At Berkshire Healthcare, we foster an inclusive workplace where everyone belongs.
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We welcome talent from all backgrounds and offer guaranteed interviews to disabled applicants and armed forces community members who meet the minimum criteria.
Please note we may close positions before the advertised date.
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