Recovery-Focused Mental Health Support Worker

EAST LONDON NHS FOUNDATION TRUST; Biggleswade; On-site; GBP 23,000 - 29,000; Full time

Job summary

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Mental Health Support Worker to join a forward-thinking team. You will work with secondary mental health services, primary care, and voluntary sector partners to deliver a recovery-focused model of care.

You must be a car driver and own a car. The role involves supporting service users to identify and engage with local community resources and developing independent life skills within a multidisciplinary team.

Responsibilities

• Provide person-centred and holistic care enabling service users to be empowered and follow their recovery goals.
• 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.
• Work under minimal supervision, adhering to Trust procedures and policies, and employ value-based and socially inclusive practice.
• Detect, alert and respond to safeguarding concerns as directed by a registered practitioner, contributing to protection planning.

Job description

East London NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Community Mental Health Support Worker to join a forward-thinking team. You will work with secondary mental health services, primary care, and voluntary sector partners to deliver a recovery-focused model of care.

You must be a car driver and own a car. The role involves supporting service users to identify and engage with local community resources and developing independent life skills within a multidisciplinary team.