Mental Health Support Worker

The post holder will work within St Ives, Huntingdon, St Neots, and the surrounding geographical areas.

The team is an Older People's Mental Health Team for older adults, and the post holder will be required to work in a variety of locations, such as nursing and residential homes, as well as patients' own homes. Some cross-team work may also be required depending on service needs.

The support worker will work within the multidisciplinary community team, holding a supervised caseload. The post holder will take an active role in delivering care and support to patients with functional mental illnesses, such as depression and psychosis, and organic illnesses i.e. dementia. They will manage delegated tasks for a number of service users under the supervision of a registered mental health practitioner.

The post holder will support clinical staff in the management and delivery of clinical practice and will provide a high standard of care in line with NICE guidance and other statutory and organisational frameworks.

Cambridgeshire & Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust is a health & social care organisation dedicated to providing high quality care with compassion to improve the health & wellbeing of the people we care for, as well as supporting & empowering them to lead a fulfilling life.

Our clinical teams deliver many NHS services not only via inpatient and primary care setting but also with the community. These services include Children, Adult & Older Peoples mental & physical health, Forensic & Specialist mental health, Learning Disabilities, Primary Care & Liaison psychiatry, Substance misuse, Social care, Research & Development.

To achieve our goal, we look to recruit high calibre candidates that share our vision & values. As an equal opportunities employer, we encourage applications from all sectors of the community, particularly from under-represented groups including disabled people & members of our ethnic minorities & LGBTQ+ communities.

All appointments are subject to the successful completion of a probationary period.

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

Education/Qualifications

Essential: - Good standard of general education

Desirable: - GCSE's in English Language; - Diploma/GNVQ in Health & Social Care

Experience

Desirable: - Lived experience of mental health; - Experience of working in a multi-disciplinary team.; - Experience of working with older people living with Dementia

Knowledge & Skills

Physical Requirements

Essential: - Ability to tolerate long periods of concentration

Other