Recovery-Focused Community Mental Health Worker

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Dunstable; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 27,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust in the Luton and Bedfordshire Mental Health and Wellbeing Service seeks a Community Support Worker to support adults with mental health needs, promoting recovery and wellbeing under supervision of the Care Coordinator and Senior Community Nurses.

You will co-produce care plans, assist with goal setting, help service users engage with community resources, and contribute to physical health monitoring within a multidisciplinary team.

Qualifications

• Experience in mental health support and person-centred care.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Commitment to recovery-focused practice.

Responsibilities

• Recovery-Focused Support: empower service users to lead their recovery, co-produce care plans, deliver time-limited interventions (up to 12 weeks), and help access community resources.
• Risk Assessment & Safeguarding: assess/manage risk per Trust policies, escalate concerns, and participate in joint visits for high-risk cases.
• Physical Health Monitoring: undertake baseline observations (BP, pulse, glucose, weight, sleep) and escalate abnormal results to nursing/medical colleagues.

Job description

East London NHS Foundation Trust in the Luton and Bedfordshire Mental Health and Wellbeing Service seeks a Community Support Worker to support adults with mental health needs, promoting recovery and wellbeing under supervision of the Care Coordinator and Senior Community Nurses.

You will co-produce care plans, assist with goal setting, help service users engage with community resources, and contribute to physical health monitoring within a multidisciplinary team.