Community Mental Health Duty Support Worker

Hpft; Bishop's Stortford; On-site; GBP 27,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) in Bishop's Stortford is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Adult Community Mental Health Services Team. The role focuses on delivering mental health care within the community, supporting service users and carers, and working within established care coordination and recovery principles.

The post offers a pathway to professional development within a trusted NHS environment, with a competitive salary (£27,106–£28,850

Qualifications

• Good standard of education (to include Maths and English GCSE grade C or above – or equivalent).
• NVQ in Health and Social Care.
• Experience of working with people with mental health conditions.
• Experience of working with people with dementia.

Responsibilities

• To support our duty system working alongside our duty worker and duty manager.
• To be responsible for providing the link into the care co-ordination process for an allocated number of individual service users.
• To ensure service users engage effectively with the agreed Care Plan and access to appropriate services provided on a regular and consistent basis.
• Positively promote independent living of service users within the community.
• Provide information on health promotion to service users.

Skills

Mental health conditions

Dementia care

Distress management

Education

Maths and English GCSE (C or above)

NVQ in Health and Social Care

Job description

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) in Bishop's Stortford is seeking a Community Mental Health Nurse to join the Adult Community Mental Health Services Team. The role focuses on delivering mental health care within the community, supporting service users and carers, and working within established care coordination and recovery principles.

The post offers a pathway to professional development within a trusted NHS environment, with a competitive salary (£27,106–£28,850