Older Adult Community Support Worker - Liverpool, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Liverpool, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Come and join us at Leigh Moss Community Hub, based at Leigh Moss Hospital, Liverpool L14.

We are currently looking for another Support Worker to join our team.

This is an exciting role that will focus on supporting older people within our community that have a diagnosis of dementia or a severe and enduring mental illness.

There will be plenty of opportunities to work closely with our Multidisciplinary Teams, our colleagues within primary care and the voluntary and social enterprise sector.

You will be able to deliver 1-1 care and intervention (mental health and physical health) and deliver groups supported by our experienced staff members.

We can offer you a variety of career development opportunities through our in-house training packages in addition to continual healthcare and professional development within Mersey Care.

Given the diverse nature of this role it is essential for applicants to be able to drive a car.

The aims of this work could include:

Reducing social isolation/loneliness by supporting the person with social re-engagement
Introducing the person to community resources
Signposting and supporting people to groups within the community and accompanying them to groups initially to build confidence
Supporting the person to attend appointments as part of care plan eg housing, GP, benefits advice
Supporting the person to address challenges within their current environment as part of care plan ie reduce clutter etc
Supporting person to leave the house to increase confidence as part of graduated programme
Supporting person to carry out communitybased activities of daily living eg shopping
To carry out mindfulness/anxiety management on individual/group basis as appropriate
To identify and develop resources of appropriate community resources available within the area
To introduce person to new hobbies /interests/ activities and link them with Life rooms / other appropriate local VCSE provision
To support the person to develop social networks
To support the person to structure time/ planning for week to increase engagement
To consider establishing /facilitating peer support groups

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services.

Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.

At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient.

We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together.

We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

Principal Responsibilities:

To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.
To report to the qualified staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users activities and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.
To work with service users on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.

Clinical:

To coordinate the assessment and delivery of a planned programme of care with guidance and indirect supervision from a qualified practitioner and to contribute to formal assessment and delivery of an individuals plan of care.
To assist with activities of daily living, social, recreational and occupational activities as agreed in the service user care plan.
To report general observations and provide feedback to a qualified practitioner both verbally and in written formats, if required. This should include any concerns arising from the service user physical or mental health.
To contribute to effective running of the service by providing and receiving information to/from other departments or services. Ensure this information is provided in the most effective way i.e. telephone, fax or in writing.
To assist service users with self-administration of oral medication and ensure any concerns / issues about medication are reported back to a qualified practitioner.
To use a variety of verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health needs.
To contribute to maintaining a safe environment for service user in the community.
To carry out specific duties that contributes to the assessment of service users as requested by a qualified practitioner.
To develop and maintain l