Reconnect Community Support Worker

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Nottingham; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a dedicated community support worker. The role focuses on outreach to service users in the community in Nottinghamshire, with some work with individuals in prison settings who are returning to the Nottingham area.

You will engage with service users with a range of vulnerabilities and help develop and review support plans in collaboration with carers and professionals.

Responsibilities

• Outreach to service users in the community, local to Nottingham/Nottinghamshire, and supporting those in prison establishments across the country who are returning to the Nottingham area.
• Be actively involved in the assertive follow up of individuals with a range of vulnerabilities.
• Develop and review support plans in collaboration with service users, carers and other professionals.
• Liaise with prison and community services to establish through care and aftercare pathways.
• Receive robust clinical and managerial supervision and access to career development opportunities.

Job description

This role is primarily focussed on community support, however, there will be some expectation of working with people in prison, prior to their release. The role will involve outreach to service users in the community, local to Nottingham/Nottinghamshire and supporting those in prison establishments across the country who are returning to the Nottingham area. Active engagement - Be actively involved in the assertive follow up of individuals with a range of vulnerabilities. Working with Reconnect Practitioners and criminal justice agency staff, social care, health and charitable agencies. Caseload - To work with team-held caseload of service users with a range of complex vulnerabilities and to ensure support plans are formulated acted upon and reviewed. To support service user engagement, the post holder will be expected to be involved in the development of collaborative support packages/support plans. They will be expected to implement, promote and evaluate safe, creative and effective support plans in collaboration with service users, their carers and other professionals. Develop good working relationships - To effectively liaise and develop links with services within the prison setting and, in the community, to establish effective through care and after care pathways. Appointed applicants will have access to robust clinical and managerial supervision and career development opportunities. The service is committed to ensuring the staff in the team are well equipped to work with the complex service users accessing the service and so training is well supported and there is a range of access to robust supervision. Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. The cost of the DBS application is £26.40 (standard) or £54.40 (enhanced), this cost will be deducted from your salary over the first 2 months of employment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. An annual fee of £16 per year applies. Please note that this post does not meet the pay or skill levelrequiredfor a Skilled worker visa. Successful applicants with no prior NHS experience would normally be placed at the bottom of the band in line with Agenda for Change. This salary/ skill levelis below the minimumrequiredfor sponsorship for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. In these circumstances the Trust would not, therefore, be able to sponsor for a Skilled Worker / Health & Care visa. Applicantsrequiringa Skilled Worker Visa candeterminethe likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship against the relevant criteria here https://www.gov.uk/skilled-worker-visa

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust