Enablement Worker - Chesterfield, United Kingdom - Derbyshire County Council

Derbyshire County Council

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Chesterfield, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

The service predominately works with working age adults with a mental health need on a short term basis to support them through periods of crisis, to promote independence, connect people with their communities and to support discharge from hospital.

The team of Enablement workers also provide some long term packages of support.

The service provides time limited support, highly focused on maximizing independence to reduce ongoing care and support needs.

We aim to support clients to become more resilient in managing their mental health issues, and reduce risk by enabling them to gain skills, and build confidence in a way that empowers them to exercise maximum choice and control.

Inspiring confidence and motivation is a key factor, alongside regular goal setting to achieve daily living tasks such as self-care, money management, addressing hoarding issues, accessing public transport, referring to outreach services such as welfare rights, adult learning, housing etc., and assisting people to build social networks to promote a sense of well-being and belonging.

Responsibilities include:

Acting in accordance with DCC policies and procedures, including that of safeguarding, confidentiality and Health & Safety
Lone working in the community with clients, following the risk assessments in place
Planning own work schedule with support from the Senior Enablement Worker
Completing all training requirements and ongoing development
Using electronic systems to record all work accurately and factually in line with the requirement of the DCC monitoring and evaluation process
Liaise with colleagues, contribute to team meetings/reviews, and maintain good working relationships with Adult Care Social Work Teams, Community Mental Health Teams, the Recovery and Peer Support Service and other agencies as appropriate

Provisional Interview Date: 1 February 2023