Community Support Worker - LDA Hospital@Home team

Oxford Health NHS Trust

The closing date is 27 November 2024

Job summary

Would you like to work in an innovative CAMHS Tier 4 service based in the community?

Are you interested in delivering intensive community support to young people and their families, as an alternative to hospital admission?

Are you keen to work with highly motivated and passionate colleagues?

The Learning Disability and Autism Hospital at Home team, is an innovative new service being developed under the Thames Valley Provider Collaborative. The team will focus on young people with moderate to severe learning disabilities AND/OR a severe degree of functional impairment associated with an autism diagnosis who are at risk of home or placement breakdown and who could meet the threshold for inpatient care.

In some cases, the team will help prevent unnecessary admissions and in others, young people will be stepped down from tier 4 care through the LDA Hospital at Home team. LDA Hospital at Home maximizes the use of new technology, provides care close to home, reduces admission, length of stay, waiting times and provides earlier discharge from inpatient care.By supporting the care pathway, we will be offering a bespoke service where children and young people are cared for by receiving the appropriate intensity of support but in their own communities. This will:

Reduce the burden on families to travel long distances
Enhance continued engagement with community clinical teams
Encourage early therapeutic home leave
Minimise Length of Stay
Avoid admission

Main duties of the job

Some of your key duties will include:

Supporting young people and their families experiencing a wide range of mental health issues.
Delivering evidence based interventions in clinic and in the community.
Working alongside a range of practitioners.
Working within the agreed, individualised model providing evidence based interventions for a wide variety of presentations to support young people and their families and carers within a community setting.
Linking into inpatient settings to help young people transition back to the community.
Working alongside a wide variety of professionals.
Working with a wide network of people involved in the care and treatment of the young person.
Travelling to see people in the setting that is best for them.
Providing meal supports for people who are struggling at meal times.
Working flexibly with extended hours and some weekend working
Feeding back any concerns or issues related to the safety of the people you are working with.

About us

Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust provides physical, mental health and social care for people of all ages across Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Swindon, Wiltshire, Bath and North East Somerset.

Our services are delivered at community bases, hospitals, clinics and people's homes, delivering care as close to home as possible

Our vision is that no matter who you are or where you are, you will tell us that you receive:"Outstanding care delivered by an outstanding team"

Our values are:"Caring, safe and excellent"

At Oxford Health we offer a wide range of benefits designed to support your career and wellbeing. These include:

Excellent opportunities for career progression
Access to tailored individual and Trust wide learning and development
27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, rising to 33 days with continuous service
NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
Competitive pension scheme
Lease car scheme
Cycle to work scheme
Employee Assistance Programme
Mental Health First Aiders
Staff accommodation (please note waiting lists may apply)
Staff networking and support groups hosted by our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion team

Date posted

12 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,071 to £25,674 a year per annum/pro-rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

267-OC6476228-A

Job locations

Meadow unit

Warneford hospital

Oxford

OX3 7JS

Job description

Job responsibilities

In this role, we'll offer you clinical supervision, management supervision, reflective spaces, along with opportunities for training and continued professional development. You will also have the opportunity to link with several services across the Thames Valley collaborative within CAMHS.

We're committed to delivering an excellent induction to embed you into the service and ensure you have the skills and confidence to enjoy your job. We'll also provide the most helpful in house training pertinent to your role to help you develop the right skills.

Please answer the following questions in your personal statement for the role:

what does being a support worker in the LDA H@H team mean to you?
what do you think will make the most difference supporting young people with an LD or Autism diagnosis to stay in the community as an alternative to inpatient support?

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please answer the following questions in your personal statement for the role:

what does being a support worker in the LDA H@H team mean to you?
what do you think will make the most difference supporting young people with an LD or Autism diagnosis to stay in the community as an alternative to inpatient support?

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experince

Essential

Experience of working in a children's service.
Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures

Skills

Essential

Compassionate - Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives remaining sensitive and empathetic.
Listens to others' views respecting and valuing individual patient needs
Highly developed communication and team working skills

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of education

Person Specification

Knowledge/Experince

Essential

Experience of working in a children's service.
Knowledge of Safeguarding policy and procedures

Skills

Essential

Compassionate - Exceptional interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate effectively with patients, carers and relatives remaining sensitive and empathetic.
Listens to others' views respecting and valuing individual patient needs
Highly developed communication and team working skills

Qualifications

Essential

Good standard of education

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.