Community Support Worker

Job summary

The Care Home Liaison Team is a borough wide multi-professional team, including psychiatry, mental health nurses, clinical psychology, occupational therapy, and support staff. The team provides assessment and interventions to support those with a mental health problem (including dementia) living in care homes. You will work as a member of the multi-professional team providing high quality healthcare support, assisting in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care as designated by the multi-professional team. You will provide this care under the direction of the qualified team members, across Care Home's in Rotherham.

You will be required to work on your own for periods of time without direct supervision.

You will be required to travel independently to a variety of localities across Rotherham, therefore access to transport is essential.

All care and activity will be undertaken in accordance with the Trust's objectives and values.

Main duties of the job

To be responsible for an allocated number of individual service users, assisting and contributing to the planning, implementation and review of care plans. You will provide this care under the direction of Lead professionals, across Care Home's in Rotherham.

To be an integral part of the Distressed Behaviour Pathway, gathering information and feeding back to lead professionals in a timely manner.

When appropriately trained, complete a range of physical health checks as requested by Lead Professionals including physical observations, blood tests and ECG's.

To be able to participate along with service users in a range of meaningful therapeutic activities following clinical specialist assessment such as supportive advice, education and support health promotion.

To support service users to understand and manage their mental health needs in line with their care plan.

To be able to engage effectively with service users and their carers, demonstrating relationship building.

To communicate with external agencies on clinical matters as appropriate within the general scope of the post. Attend/participate in meetings/case conferences as required in relation to allocated service users.

About us

Rotherham Doncaster and South Humber NHS Foundation Trust (RDaSH) employ around 4000 talented colleagues who are very much appreciated, valued, and respected.

We have a wide portfolio which includes mental health, physical health, learning disability and drug and alcohol services.

We are passionate about enhancing the quality of our service and we work hard to attract and select the right colleagues for our organisation. Our goal is to employ those who share our passion for providing first class care while remaining committed to our vision and values. Please view our Strategy using the link below:

https://www.rdash.nhs.uk/documents/clinical-and-organisational-strategy-2023-to-2028/

To find out more about working for RDaSH and the fantastic benefits we offer visit our website:

https://workwithrdash.co.uk/

We are committed to inclusive cultures and really value people in our organisation, view our Allyship video on YouTube to find out more:

https://youtu.be/WMJSkLoTk4Q

The main terms and conditions of service can be found here:

https://www.nhsemployers.org/publications/tchandbook