Community Adolescent Senior Support Worker

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust

The closing date is 04 December 2024

Job summary

This is an exciting opportunity to join the Closer2Home Team, which is a intensive home treatment service that supports young people and families in the community as an alternative to an inpatient admission.

The service operates across Wessex and Dorset, provided by a number of NHS Trusts, working in partnership with the Wessex and Dorset Tier 4 Provider Collaborative (W&D PC) to deliver a clinical model of evidence-based intensive home treatment as a safe and effective alternative to hospital admission.

As a Community Adolescent Senior Support Worker (CASS) you will work as a member of a multi-disciplinary team which provides an alternative to Tier 4 admission and facilitates supported discharges from hospital. With team colleagues you will be responsible for delivering time-limited programmes of intensive home treatment to young people who would otherwise have been admitted.

Young people requiring home treatment will have a range of needs commensurate with requiring inpatient services but be offered intensive home treatment as an alternative. The team work collaboratively with community CAMHS, children's services, colleagues involved in 'transforming care,' bed and case managers and local inpatient units; with inter-agency networking embedded in the service model.

Main duties of the job

With team colleagues you will be responsible for delivering time-limited programmes of intensive home treatment to young people who would otherwise have been admitted. Young people requiring home treatment will have a range of needs commensurate with requiring inpatient services, but be offered intensive home treatment as an alternative.

The team will work collaboratively with community CAMHS, children's services, colleagues involved in 'transforming care,' bed and case managers and local inpatient units; with inter-agency networking embedded in the service model.

The post holder with have specific responsibilities to undertake a range of delegated clinical duties in a community mental health setting. The post holder will contribute to the growth and maintenance of key functions of the clinical area / Team by carrying out assigned tasks, involving direct and indirect care to patients under minimal supervision and as directed by the qualified staff and / or Team Managers.

About us

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

With over 13,000 dedicated staff working across more than 300 sites, we place patients and staff at the centre of everything we do. Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.

Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.

Date posted

19 November 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 4

Salary

£26,530 to £29,114 a year based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

449-Team3-1770

Job locations

Adelaide Health Centre, Western Community Centre

William Macleod Way

Southampton

Hampshire

SO16 4XE

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached. It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone - if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team - detailed in the advert. The Trust will seek to resolve this issue wherever possible.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to diploma or NVQ Level 3 in Care and equivalent skills acquired through experience working in a healthcare setting
Maths / English Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE C / 4 or above)
Care Certificate (or complete this within the first 12 weeks in post)

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience working in the community with Mental Health
Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Educated to diploma or NVQ Level 3 in Care and equivalent skills acquired through experience working in a healthcare setting
Maths / English Level 2 or equivalent (GCSE C / 4 or above)
Care Certificate (or complete this within the first 12 weeks in post)

Experience

Essential

Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
Experience working in the community with Mental Health
Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing

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.