Older Adults Community Advanced Support Worker

Sheffield Health and Social Care NHS FT; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional health service provider in Sheffield is looking for Advanced Support Workers to join their Older Adult Home Treatment Team. The role involves working with older adults experiencing mental health crises by providing short-term support in their homes and care settings. Candidates should be motivated and capable of working both independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. The position offers opportunities for personal development and supports staff wellbeing.

Benefits

Training and development opportunities

Support for staff wellbeing

Qualifications

• Motivated and enthusiastic individuals.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Experience in providing support to individuals in crisis.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and independently.
• Implement plans of care for service users in their homes.
• Support service users during crises and promote their recovery.

Job description

Overview

We are looking for two motivated and enthusiastic people to join the Older Adult Home Treatment Team (OA HTT). The OA HTT operates 7 days a week from 8am until 8pm. We provide short-term support including holistic assessments and person-centred recovery treatment plans for older adults experiencing mental health crises. We work with a range of mental health diagnoses including functional illness such as depression, anxiety and psychosis, and those with dementia. We operate as a multidisciplinary team which includes medics, nurses, occupational therapists and psychology. Advanced Support Workers will work with the MDT with the aim to prevent hospital admission for service users and support discharge from mental health hospitals.

Responsibilities

• Work as part of a wider multi-disciplinary team and also independently within the community, following and implementing plans of care for individual service users.
• Work in service users' own homes and care homes in the city; respond to and support service users in times of crisis.
• Support weekly MDT meetings and contribute to reviews of service users.
• Implement agreed programmes of care under supervision of a named professional; maintain appropriate clinical records regarding care observations and information provided.
• Work closely with the key worker/care coordinator to deliver high-quality care.
• Identify signs of recovery and relapse by monitoring progress, level of functioning and mental state; share findings with appropriate staff.
• Report untoward occurrences promptly to a named key worker/care coordinator for re-assessment.
• Arrange and attend discussions regarding service users, including handovers and a weekly MDT.
• Support service users in achieving goals by providing domestic and social support and assisting with personal health and social care, including shopping, cooking, daytime activities and treatment tasks; help service users to use mainstream facilities and activities.
• Build therapeutic relationships and provide reassurance and information regarding the care plan.
• Take a role in health promotion with service users, carers and other staff; provide input into the evaluation of the care plan.
• Encourage service users to be involved and engaged with their agreed care plan and access to appropriate services; promote equality, rights and choice.
• Be able to work alone in service users' homes, residential care or inpatient settings using your own initiative if required.
• Support and enable service users and their carers to effectively change from one care environment to another.
• Observe and support service users to administer their own medication and assist with collection and transport of medication.
• Take responsibility to develop and maintain the skills required to achieve the competencies and deliver effective client care.
• This list is not exhaustive and may include other duties within the role of a band 3 Advanced Support Worker.

Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

We are an organisation that is diverse and inclusive. We welcome applications from people with a wide range of life experiences and whose diversity echoes the diversity of Sheffield and the people who use our services. We are a Disability Confident employer offering a guaranteed interview to disabled applicants who meet essential criteria. We encourage you to think about your personal values and how they align with our values when applying.

Additional information

We provide training and development opportunities and support staff wellbeing. If applicable, you will be advised about DBS checks and related requirements during the recruitment process. When applying, information will be managed through our applicant system. Please ensure you check your email junk/spam folders, as some communications may be filtered there.