Healthcare Support Worker

Job summary

*****Please note this role is not open to sponsorship*****

This is an exciting and new opportunity for a Healthcare support Worker to join the Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team.The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team offer 7days support to service users, and their families/carers, who are suffering from mental health concerns that would otherwise require admission to an acute in patient environment. There is a strong focus on a recovery model and effective risk management to provide quality care in a community setting.

The Fylde Coast Home Treatment Team are always striving towards excellence in service delivery and ensuring that the Trust values are achieved. The successful applicant will be dynamic and forward thinking with the ability to work as part of a Team and in partnership with local services.

There will be an expectation that the successful applicant will undertake shift work as part of their role.Successful applicants will be provided with a full induction and appraisal to formulate a Personal Development Plan and to identify training and development needs.

Main duties of the job

To assist in the provision of assessment, care and treatment for those with a diagnosis of moderate to severe mental illness who are experiencing a mental health crisis, with a relapse in symptoms and risk to themselves and others, as an alternative to hospital admission, and to facilitate early discharge from psychiatric in-patient settings.

The post holder is expected to contribute and support the day to day functioning of this service, and the post holder would have the opportunity to work creatively within the team to meet the demands and needs of the service and the service-users.

The post holder would work without direct supervision on completion of their initial induction programme.

Support to carry out this role would be provided by the management, clinical and staff team.

About us

LSCFT values diversity and inclusion, recognising that talent from varied backgrounds creates a flexible, creative, and effective workforce. We actively challenge discrimination and welcome applications from all, regardless of age, disability (including those with experience of accessing or caring for someone who has accessed mental health or learning disability services), ethnicity, gender, religion, belief, or sexual orientation.

Our aim is to reflect the communities we serve, so we particularly encourage applications from under-represented groups. If you'd like to discuss your application, please ask.

We also welcome individuals with lived experience relevant to the role or service area, as your insight brings authenticity to our services.

LSCFT support 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 and flexi-time.

The wellbeing of our people is at the heart of everything we do. We offer a wide range of resources, tools and support to help you thrive both in and out of work.

Explore our full wellbeing offer here: Keeping our workforce well

Job responsibilities

For more information about this vacancy please review the attached job description and person specification.

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential

• Higher education studies certificate
• NVQ 3 or equivalent experience
• Certificate in Mental Health

Knowledge

Essential

• Knowledge on mental health issues and how these impact on the individual, carer's and the wider community
• Awareness of evidence based practice
• Ability to influence and inspire innovative and effective practice in others.

Experience

Essential

• Experiences including individual and group work in mental health specialities.
• The ability to work as part of a team.
• To have knowledge of the cultures and religions of the communities of Lancashire.