Social Work Support Worker

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT); Huntingdon; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare organisation in the UK is seeking a Social Work Support Worker to join a mental health social work team. This role involves providing support to older individuals experiencing mental health needs, working collaboratively with service users and their families to promote resilience and independence. Candidates should possess a good basic level of education and be able to travel independently. A positive, dynamic personality is essential for this fulfilling role in improving the wellbeing of clients and their families.

Qualifications

• Experience working with older people experiencing mental health needs.
• Ability to travel independently around the county.
• Dynamic and positive personality.

Responsibilities

• Work with eligible users of Older Peoples Social Services for support.
• Assess need and eligibility of service users.
• Contribute to regular reviews of service users' needs.
• Deliver person-centred care focusing on collaborative relationships.
• Work with families to meet individual social care needs.

Skills

Resilience and independence support

Collaborative relationship building

Assessment and eligibility evaluation

Education

Good basic level of education

Job description

Role Overview

Social Work Support Worker required to join a busy and diverse mental health social work team in the north of the county. Our team primarily supports older people who have previously or are currently experiencing mental health needs and require additional care and support, extending that support and guidance to carers and family, as a holistic approach to wellbeing. This role involves working directly with service users and their families, lone working or in partnership with other professionals and organisations, and requires a dynamic, positive personality to help achieve the best outcomes for our service users and team. You will have a good basic level of education and be able to travel independently around the county.

Key Responsibilities

• To work with eligible users of Older Peoples Social Services to provide resilience and independence focused interventions. This will be achieved through ongoing support, practical assistance and problem resolution under the supervision of Social care.
• To assess need and eligibility of service users supported by the team.
• To contribute to the regular reviews of service users supported by the team.
• To ensure these reviews in conjunction with MDT colleagues support the transforming lives and care act agenda.
• To deliver person centred care and support focussing on collaborative relationships. This will include facilitating and empowering the person to develop personal and social networks that are meaningful to them. To aid and facilitate what the person defines as ‘their good life’.
• Where appropriate to work in partnership with families and carers to ensure the persons individual social care needs are met.

About CPFT

Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health and social care organisation dedicated to providing high-quality care with compassion to improve the health and wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting and empowering them to lead a fulfilling life. Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services, not only via inpatient and primary care settings, but also within the community. These services include children's, adult and older people's mental health, forensic and specialist mental health, learning disabilities, primary care and liaison psychiatry, substance misuse, social care, research and development.

EEO Statement

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high-calibre candidates who share our vision and values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including people with long term conditions and members of our ethnic minority and LGBTQ+ communities.

Additional Information

Please be advised we reserve the right to close adverts earlier than the closing date should we receive sufficient applications.

Regrettably, we cannot offer sponsorship for all our job roles. If you apply for a role that we cannot offer sponsorship for, unfortunately, your application form will be rejected from the process.

For further information on CPFT, please visit our website at www.cpft.nhs.uk

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Cayt Symonds Job title: Team Manager Email address: [e-mail] Telephone number: 01354 637014