Job summary
Dementia Intensive Support Team - West Suffolk
An exciting opportunity has arisen to join the West Suffolk Dementia Intensive Support Team. You will be joining a motivated and passionate multi-disciplinary team working to achieve positive outcomes for service users and their carers.
The team is community based and works in individuals homes to prevent breakdown of care and support, to promote independence and stabilise situations preventing admissions to hospital and premature moves into long term care. You will be holding a caseload and taking on the care coordinator role.
If you have the same passion to work with this client group, can demonstrate strong communication skills and have experience in liaising and coordinating with multiple professionals then we would love to hear from you.
Main duties of the job
Working with other multi-disciplinary professionals within the team you will:
- Manage and hold a caseload and act as care coordinator for service users you are seeing
- Undertake initial assessments, manage risks, be positive in risk taking
- Engage and work with clients with dementia and their carers
- Liaise with statutory and voluntary Sector to get care and support in place as required
- Support introduction of care and monitor situations
About us
Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of specialist mental health services for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, serving a population of 1.6 million.
The Dementia Intensive Support Team is a part of the West Suffolk Care Group, working within the community to meet the needs of people with Dementia and their carers.
Benefits
Benefits included with this role are:
- NHS pension
- a comprehensive in house & external training programmes
- career progression
- starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
- staff physio service
- gym membership
- NHS discounts and many more.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team working in the community. They will be managing their own caseload and taking on the care coordinator role.
They will be undertaking initial assessments, demonstrating strong communication skills and an ability to engage with clients and their carers often in difficult circumstances.
They will be contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings and liaising and working with other agencies in the statutory and voluntary sectors to establish packages of care to meet the service users and carers needs moving forwards.
They will be assessing risk on an ongoing basis but be open to positive risk taking with this client group.
Job description
Job responsibilities
The successful candidate will be a part of a multi-disciplinary team working in the community. They will be managing their own caseload and taking on the care coordinator role.
They will be undertaking initial assessments, demonstrating strong communication skills and an ability to engage with clients and their carers often in difficult circumstances.
They will be contributing to multi-disciplinary team meetings and liaising and working with other agencies in the statutory and voluntary sectors to establish packages of care to meet the service users and carers needs moving forwards.
They will be assessing risk on an ongoing basis but be open to positive risk taking with this client group.
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in the community
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with dementia in the community
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in nursing, social work or OT
- Valid registration with NMC
Skills
Essential
- Medicine Management
- Risk Assessment
- Ability to effectively and appropriately manage own time and priorities
Knowledge
Essential
- Appropriate Sections of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- Working knowledge of Care Programme Approach
Desirable
- A clear understanding of mental health presentations.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Desirable
- Ability to motivate others
- Enthusiasm for the job
Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience working in the community
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with dementia in the community
Qualifications
Essential
- Degree in nursing, social work or OT
- Valid registration with NMC
Skills
Essential
- Medicine Management
- Risk Assessment
- Ability to effectively and appropriately manage own time and priorities
Knowledge
Essential
- Appropriate Sections of the Mental Health Act (1983)
- Working knowledge of Care Programme Approach
Desirable
- A clear understanding of mental health presentations.
Other
Essential
- Ability to travel independently
Desirable
- Ability to motivate others
- Enthusiasm for the job
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
