Support Worker - Nepali speaking

Job summary

A full-time vacancy has arisen at Aldershot Centre for Health for a Nepalese speaking Support Time and Recovery Worker (STR) within a busy Community Mental Health Recovery Service (CMHRS). This includes the clozapine clinic at North East Hampshire and Farnham community mental health recovery service based in Aldershot Centre for Health. This post is shared with 3 days for North East Hampshire and Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIIP). The person must be fluent in both Nepali and English.

The post is really important to engage with the local Nepalese community. It will involve education and support for people and their families. They will be a need to attend clinical appointments with people and their families to help with translation and interpretation.

The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team alongside, Community Psychiatric Nurses, Psychiatrists, Occupational Therapists, Psychologists and other STR workers They will also be trained to be a phlebotomist to work within the clozapine clinic.All staff receive regular supervision and group reflective practice happens monthly. We are looking for a good team player. You will have excellent communication skills in both Nepalese and English and have the ability to manage your time effectively to meet the needs of both teams.

Main duties of the job

The post holder must be fluent in both Nepali and English.

The purpose of this post is to work as part of the CMHRS and to focus on the direct needs of service users, working across boundaries of care, organisations and roles.

The role includes working as a phlebotomist within the clozapine clinic and using the "Potchi" machine to assist reading the results and support the CPN within the clinic.

The role is to provide Support, give Time to service users with a mental issue thus promote Recovery and maintain them in their community environment. To assist care co-ordinators in assessing, planning, implementing and evaluating individual care plans.

Improve understanding of mental illness through education and promotional activities within the Nepalese community.

Support people who speak Nepalese to access a range of talking therapies within the CMHRS and Support integration into community services

Help staff to understand Nepalese culture and spiritual beliefs and how these influence engagement with mental health services

Act as an interpreter at appointments and telephone calls with Nepalese speaker, to give a continuity of support throughout appointments.

Increase the use of information available in Nepalese that is produced at the right level (graphic as well as written)

About us

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire. We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population. We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Please note that we reserve the right to close posts as soon as sufficient applications are received.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aldershot Centre for Health

Hospital Hill

Aldershot

GU11 1AY

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Aldershot Centre for Health

Hospital Hill

Aldershot

GU11 1AY

Employer's website

https://www.sabp.nhs.uk/working-for-us (Opens in a new tab)

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