Associate Mental Health Worker

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust; Greater London; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting an Associate Mental Health Worker to join Community Mental Health Teams across Bromley and Greenwich. You will work under supervision to support service users with complex mental health needs, contributing to assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care.

You will collaborate with service users, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues to promote recovery, independence and social inclusion, maintaining high-quality, person-centred care

Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care or equivalent.
• Minimum two years’ experience as Band 3 Healthcare Assistant in mental health.
• Safeguarding or psychosocial interventions.
• Evidence of continuing professional development relevant to mental health and community services.

Responsibilities

• Manage a delegated caseload and provide practical and therapeutic support to service users with mental health needs.
• Assist with assessment, care planning, implementation and review of care packages.
• Deliver recovery-focused interventions and support service users to achieve agreed goals.
• Identify and report changes in mental state, risk or wellbeing to registered practitioners.
• Provide support to service users in clinic, community and home environments as required.
• Promote physical health, wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.
• Support carers and families with information and signposting.
• Maintain accurate documentation using Trust electronic record systems.
• Participate in supervision, mandatory training and continuing professional development.

Skills

Verbal and written communication

Assessment and care planning

Teamwork and collaboration

Clinical supervision understanding

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care

HNC/HND or equivalent

Safeguarding / Psychosocial Interventions

CPD in mental health/community services

Tools

RiO electronic patient record

Job description

Working across Bromley and Greenwich Community Mental Health Services, this recruitment campaign offers opportunities within several Community Mental Health Teams across both boroughs. Successful applicants will be assigned to a specific team and locality base upon appointment, dependent on service requirements and vacancy availability.

The Associate Mental Health Worker is a key member of the Community Mental Health Team, providing direct support to service users with complex mental health needs.

Working under the supervision of registered practitioners, the post holder will contribute to the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of care, promoting recovery, independence and social inclusion.

The role involves working collaboratively with service users, carers and multidisciplinary colleagues across community mental health services.

Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post

Main duties of the job

• Support the delivery of high-quality, person-centred mental health care within the community.
• Develop therapeutic relationships with service users and carers.
• Contribute to care planning, risk management and recovery-focused interventions.
• Monitor and report on service users' mental and physical wellbeing.
• Undertake delegated clinical and non-clinical tasks under the supervision of registered practitioners.
• Promote independence, social inclusion and engagement with local services.
• Maintain accurate clinical records in line with Trust policy and professional standards.
• Work collaboratively within the multidisciplinary team and with partner agencies to support positive outcomes for service users.

About us

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.

Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

• We're Kind
• We Listen
• We Care

Job responsibilities

• Manage a delegated caseload and provide practical and therapeutic support to service users with mental health needs.
• Assist with assessment, care planning, implementation and review of care packages.
• Deliver recovery-focused interventions and support service users to achieve agreed goals.
• Identify and report changes in mental state, risk or wellbeing to registered practitioners.
• Provide support to service users in clinic, community and home environments as required.
• Promote physical health, wellbeing and healthy lifestyles.
• Support carers and families, providing information and signposting where appropriate.
• Liaise effectively with multidisciplinary team members and external agencies.
• Maintain accurate and timely documentation using Trust electronic record systems.
• Participate in supervision, mandatory training and continuous professional development.
• Adhere to Trust policies, safeguarding procedures, confidentiality requirements and health and safety standards at all times.

Person Specification

Education/Qualifications

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care, HNC/HND, or equivalent recognised qualification
• Minimum two years' experience working as a Band 3 Healthcare Assistant (or equivalent) within a mental health setting, such as Community Mental Health, Acute, or Forensic Services
• Safeguarding, or Psychosocial Interventions.
• Evidence of continuing professional development (CPD) relevant to mental health and community services.

Experience

• Experience in a health or social care setting
• Experience of liaising with other agencies

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills with the ability to build positive therapeutic relationships with service users, carers and multidisciplinary teams
• Ability to assess situations, use initiative, remain calm under pressure, and work effectively both independently and as part of a team.
• Knowledge of community mental health services, the recovery model, and person-centred care approaches.
• Experience using electronic patient record systems (e.g. RiO) and IT systems for care documentation and reporting.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.