Health Care Support Worker

Job summary

Pennine Lancashire is seeking a Health Care Support Worker to join our Frequent Attenders Team, based at the MHUAC at Royal Blackburn Hospital. This is an exciting opportunity and the successful candidate will be part of an evolving service that has the needs of our service users at its heart. We are looking for someone who is enthusiastic to come and join a forward thinking, dynamic and constantly developing team.

Main duties of the job

• Your role as a Support Worker in the Frequent Attenders Team will be to support service users who frequently attend the Emergency Department and/or who are frequently detained under Section 136's.
• To work assertively with people within the Locality to enhance their engagement with multi agency services to support them within their recovery. This will involve working collaboratively with other agencies to aid engagement to meet the needs of the service user.
• To positively promote the independent living of Service Users within the community, to facilitate social and leisure activities for Service Users, and to focus on their direct needs, working across boundaries of care to promote social inclusion, independence and maximise the effectiveness of STR services within available resources.
• To assist in the provision of quality evidence based practice, providing advice; support and care under the guidance of the Frequent Attenders Case Manager for Service Users and their carers within multidisciplinary setting in a defined catchment area/locality.
• Support the Mental Health Liaison Team as and when required. This may involve supporting patients in the Mental Health Unit Assessment Centre or at the Emergency Department, supporting/signposting patients who may need help with housing/social inclusion etc.

About us

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust provides a range of services including secondary mental health care across this area. Specialist provision comprises inpatient child and adolescent mental health services, perinatal mental health and forensic services including low and medium secure care.The Trust also provides a range of physical health and well-being services in the community alongside a range of partners in the Lancashire, Cumbria and Sefton area.Lancashire & South Cumbria Foundation Trust encourages flexible working, we believe that a positive work/life balance benefits NHS employees through improved health and wellbeing. We would consider working patterns such as; term time, part time, compressed hours, flexi-time and career breaks. We encourage applicants to state clearly on their application forms this request and discuss these options at interview.

Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frequent Attenders East

John Hewitt Suite, RBH

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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Employer details

Employer name

Lancashire & South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Frequent Attenders East

John Hewitt Suite, RBH

Blackburn

BB2 3HH

Employer's website

https://www.lscft.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)

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