Flexible Community Support Worker – Forensic & Disability Care

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust; Warrington; Hybrid; GBP 21,000 - 26,000; Full time

Job summary

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 3 Community Support Worker to complement the Specialist Community Forensic Team. You will carry out direct care and observations under supervision, reporting observations and risk factors to qualified staff to support service users in the community.

The multidisciplinary team includes Nursing, SLTs, OTs, Social Work, Psychology and Psychiatry, and you will work across Cheshire and Merseyside liaising with partner agencies.

Qualifications

• Experience in community support or similar care roles.

Responsibilities

• Carry out assigned duties involving direct care and observation of service users under guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.
• Report to qualified staff any observations, production details, and risk factors observed during care.
• Work with service users on individual and group bases as outlined in the care plan and directed by lead professionals.

Skills

Compassionate care

Observation skills

Team communication

Job description

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust is recruiting a Band 3 Community Support Worker to complement the Specialist Community Forensic Team. You will carry out direct care and observations under supervision, reporting observations and risk factors to qualified staff to support service users in the community.

The multidisciplinary team includes Nursing, SLTs, OTs, Social Work, Psychology and Psychiatry, and you will work across Cheshire and Merseyside liaising with partner agencies.