Mental Health Support Worker - Oldham, United Kingdom - Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust
Description
As part of the wider Oldham Community Mental Health Services an opportunity has arisen for a mental health support worker to join the CMHT
Based in Maple House, the service provides a help to support a range of disciplines from health, social care and the third sector in order provide mental health service to meet the mental health needs of patients.
We will also consider applicants with limited mental health experience but who are willing to develop skills and participate in learning because of a special interest in the area of mental health.
The Support worker will work alongside qualified Mental Health Nurses to support the crisis tier in providing collaborative care for individuals who have developed or who are experiencing an exacerbation of mental health symptoms.
The role includes providing timely mental health assessment, care planning and working effectively within a multi-agency team to prevent acute hospital admission and to ensure the individual's mental health needs are supported effectively.
You will work under the direction of the team but be able to work without direct supervision in implementing plans of care.
The role also includes communicating and supporting wider health and social care professional groups to model effective approaches to care when supporting individuals with mental health needs.
This role is full time, over 5 days a week
We are proud to provide high quality mental health and learning disability services, both inpatient and in the community across five boroughs of Greater Manchester - Bury, Oldham, Rochdale, Stockport and Tameside and Glossop.
Our vision is for a happier and more hopeful life for everyone in our communities and our staff work hard to deliver the very best care for the people who use our services.
We're really proud of our #PennineCarePeople and do everything we can to make sure we're a great place to work.
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