Community Support Worker - Central Bedfordshire OPCMHT

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST is seeking a Community Support Worker to join the Multi-Disciplinary Team under the supervision of a community mental health practitioner. The role promotes and monitors the physical and mental health of service users, delivering person-centred and holistic care to empower recovery goals.

You will support service users in identifying and engaging with local community resources, developing independent living skills, and building an individual support network to

Responsibilities

• Support service users in identifying and engaging with local community resources.
• Assist with independent living skills and recovery goals.
• Provide carer support, signposting to services, and help with funding applications.

Job description

To work as an integral and highly valued member of the Multi-Disciplinary Team under the direction and supervision of community mental health practitioner in promoting and monitoring the physical andmental health of service users. Providing person centered and holistic care which enables service users to be empowered and follow their recovery goals.

The Community Support Worker will support individual service users in identifying, accessing and engaging in support in their local community, fulfilling independent life skills and developing an individual support network to promote service user's recovery journey. The post holder will work with service users and carers with assessed eligible social care needs in order to promote recovery or prevent deterioration. They will offer direct support for carers completing carer's assessments, reviews, offering advice & guidance, signposting to support services and completing funding applications., For a detailed description of main duties of the job, please refer to the attached job description and person specification.

Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.