Community Support Worker

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; On-site; GBP 18,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A large healthcare provider in Warrington seeks a Community Support Worker to provide direct care and observation of service users under supervision. You will work closely with qualified staff and assist clients both individually and in groups as per care plans. The role offers an opportunity to engage with various stakeholders while supporting individuals with autism and learning disabilities. This is an essential position within a committed team focused on delivering high-quality healthcare services.

Qualifications

• Experience working with service users in a supportive capacity.
• Ability to report observations and work as part of a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Carry out assigned duties for direct care under supervision.
• Report observations to qualified staff regarding service users' mental state.

Job description

Overview

Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to be part of a developingt in the Cheshire and Merseyside Region?

The Specialist Community Forensic Team have been commissioned to work with key stakeholders and partner agencies to enhance community provision for people who are autistic or who have a learning disability. The Specialist Community Forensic Team is a multi-disciplinary team consisting of Nursing, Speech and Language Therapists, Occupational therapists, Social Work, Psychology and Psychiatry. You will be expected to work in all areas of Cheshire and Merseyside and to liaise with a number of partner agencies including Health, Social Care and the Criminal Justice agencies to develop proactive and preventative risk mitigation and support.

Responsibilities

The primary role of the Community Support Worker is to carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.

• To report to the qualified staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users / productivity and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.
• To work with service users on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands. We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.