Community Support Worker

Observe and monitor mental state and levels of functioning, reporting observations to qualified mental health staff.

Provide social and emotional support to patients and carers within the context of trusting and therapeutic relationships.

Enable the patient to develop and maintain their social skills, encourage social contacts and promote social networks if/when appropriate.

Assist in the process of assessment and meeting care needs of patients and their carers in the community.

Participate in individual therapies in patients' homes and in the community, contributing to the jointly agreed care plan, working under the supervision of qualified staff.

Liaise with other agencies in both statutory and voluntary sectors

Be responsible for organising own daily work schedule to meet the clinical needs of the service.

Maintain clinical records as per trust policy

Participate in the process of management supervision and appraisal.

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. Employing around 2,800 staff, and serving a population of over 766,000, our people lie at the heart of everything we do.

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.

Qualifications

Desirable: - Training in mental health awareness or any other training relevant to this post; - NVQ 2 in Care or equivalent

Experience

Desirable: - Experience in providing support for people in the community; - Experience of working with people with mental health needs

Skills