Mental Healthcare Support Worker

NHS; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading NHS organization in Boston seeks a Mental Healthcare Support Worker to provide high-quality care within a rehabilitation unit. The role involves supporting individuals in their recovery journey, promoting independence, and working collaboratively with a multi-disciplinary team. Applicants should have relevant qualifications and experience in mental health support, and be prepared to work flexible hours, including nights and weekends.

Benefits

Enhanced benefits package

Early access to psychological support

Financial wellbeing packages

Qualifications

• Experience working with mental health problems at HCSW grade.
• Willingness to work towards Cavendish Care Certificate.

Responsibilities

• Assist in maintaining patient observations under supervision.
• Promote independence and daily living skills for service users.
• Participate in recreational activities with patients.

Skills

Effective communication

Physical healthcare interventions

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Care

Cavendish Care Certificate

NVQ Level 3 in Promoting Independence

Job description

Go back Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Mental Healthcare Support Worker

The closing date is 22 May 2025

At Maple Lodge, we believe that everyone within our service should be enabled to live their best life. We believe that everyone should have the opportunity to regain or learn new skills that facilitate a person to move forward in their mental health recovery.

Maple Lodge is a purpose built 15 bed rehabilitation unit within the Boston area for people with enduring mental health problems and complex needs.

We support people to recover to their optimum following a period of mental ill health, we support individuals to improve their quality of life. We work with people to manage their long-term mental health conditions to enable them to live well in their communities.

You will have the opportunity to participate and maintain high quality care within the ward environment to work alongside service users to aid in their recovery and transition back to independence.

We provide intervention for both men and women with severe and enduring mental ill-health in an open environment within the community to support their ongoing recovery and social integration/inclusion needs.

If you want to be part of our team and take advantage of this exciting opportunity, then we will be happy to hear from you.Applicants must meet the job specification and must be able to work a range of flexible hours to include nights and weekends, bank holidays, and long days.

Must have a manual driving licence for the wards pool car.

Main duties of the job

Under the supervision of a registered nurse participate in the development, implementation and maintenance of high-quality care within a ward environment, through involvement in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of patient care.

About us

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust provides mental health services and a number of learning disability, autism and social care services in the county of Lincolnshire

You could be part of a Trust rated by staff as one of the best mental health and learning disability trusts in England, in an area heralded as a fantastic place to live and work.

We firmly believe the key to high quality care is a contented workforce. This is reflected in our Care Quality Commission rating of 'outstanding' for well-led and 'good' overall. In the most recent National NHS Staff Survey, our staff rated us as the number one trust nationally for staff morale and one of the top scoring NHS Trusts in the Midlands for being compassionate and inclusive. We're really proud of this!

We are also leading the way in transforming care, with multi-million-pound transformation of patient environments and radical redesign of community services. This is the time to join and help redesign our services of the future.

We offer options for flexible working and provide a wide range of training and promotion opportunities in all professions.

We support and celebrate diversity, have active staff networks groups and are always looking at what more we can do to support our staff. As well as all the usual NHS benefits, LPFT also provides an enhanced benefits package including early access to psychological support and physiotherapy, support with transport and travel, financial wellbeing packages and discounts.

Job responsibilities

To work within the policies, protocols and clinical procedures of Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Trust and to promote competent working practice within an integrated multi-disciplinary team. To liaise with the nurses and carry out assigned duties as a member of the multi- disciplinary mental health team. To be prepared to work on own initiative as necessary and report to the Nurses. Promote equality for all patients and understand their health needs. Demonstrate an awareness of service user and carer perspectives on the provision of treatment and continuing care. Participate regularly in clinical supervision sessions. Liaise with representatives from associated voluntary and statutory organisations and facilitate good communication processes. Attend in-service training and other study / refresher days to meet individual, statutory and service needs. Participate in performance reviews. To work with service users to promote independence, maximising daily living skills. Assist in maintaining general and specific patient observations under the supervision of registered nursing staff. Facilitate and participate in recreational and physical activities in the provision of health and social care to service users. Demonstrate an understanding of the responsibilities in relation to patients property and valuables, respecting cultural values. Always act in a manner as to promote and safeguard the interests and well-being of patients. Actively promote a responsible caring attitude at all times, treating all patients with dignity and respect. Always act in a manner that ensures no patient is the subject of any form of abuse. To report any incident which does not comply with Trust policy regarding incident reporting. Participate in the escorting of patients as per the Unit procedures. Accompany patients and participate, as needed, in recreational activities. Maintain good order and cleanliness on the Unit

Person Specification

Qualifications

• Cavendish Care Certificate or willingness to work towards resourced by LPFT
• NVQ Level 2 in Care or equivalent
• NVQ level 3 in Promoting Independence or equivalent or working towards achievement.
• Certificate in Community Mental Health ECDL

Experience

• Previous relevant experience working with people with mental health problems at a HCSW grade or equivalent within a health and social care setting.
• Voluntary or working capacity with mental health service or equivalent

Skills and Competences

• Effective communication with service user, other members of the team and outside agencies.
• Skills related to Physical healthcare interventions such as urine analysis, phlebotomy, TPR and BP etc, recording findings and informing supervising nurse of results.

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer name

Lincolnshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust