Support Time Recovery Worker - Whiston, United Kingdom - Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

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Whiston, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Tom O´Connor

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Full Time Band 3 Support Time Recovery worker to work within the Warrington Later life and Memory Service Community Team.

This role is predominantly to provide carer support both face to face and over the telephone. There will also be a requirement to cover OPA clinic completing ECG's, physical observations, and memory assessments.

The operational hours are Monday to Friday 9am - 5pm and we are based on the Hollins Park

The LLAMS service is an accredited service which provides the comprehensive assessment and treatment of people with dementia; there is a small cohort of people who have a functional illness.

If you think you have the qualities and skills then please apply.

To assist in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for service users, including health care assessments under the direction and supervision of qualified members of
To assist in the facilitation of medical review clinics, under the direction of qualified members of
Contribute towards reports required by managers or external agencies, for example child care conferences or court
Working as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a non-judgemental
Assisting in the facilitation of group work with service users, under the direction and supervision of qualified members of
Participate in and perform clinical investigations under supervision of qualified members of staff.
Establish and maintain communication with people on routine and operational
To respond in a courteous and professional manner with clients, visitors, other agencies and their

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.

Contribute towards the maintenance of accurate client records according to Trust
To liaise with staff from other agencies, taking into consideration confidentiality
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
To assist service users with self-administration of oral medication and ensure any concerns/issues about medication are reported back to a qualified
To use a variety of verbal and non-verbal skills to overcome communication barriers presented by service users due to their mental health
To develop and maintain links with other agencies and services, both statutory and voluntary.
To use skills and techniques to de-escalate situations where service users become physically or verbally
To contribute to the development of risk management plans for service users by reporting to the qualified practitioner any issues or concerns regarding service users behaviour/action towards themselves or
To adhere to the Trust's rights based approach taking into account service user
To take responsibility for ensuring your own personal safety and that of the service user when using
To take reasonable care for the health and safety of yourself and any others that may be affected by your own acts and omissions at
To ensure that you are familiar with the terms and conditions or your
To participate in service development activities, as
To participate in the services' performance management supervision framework and work towards meeting identified goals and objectives as agreed in personal development
To act at all times, in accordance with Trust policies and
To undertake mandatory training as stipulated by the Trust and ensure that all interactions with service users are in line with this e.g. manual
Under the guidance and supervision of a qualified practitioner, to make accurate and appropriate entries into health
To participate in staff meetings to assist effective two-way
To seek advice and further training, if
To make the qualified practitioner aware of any incidents arising during a span of duty and carry out any actions arising from this as
Take direction from the qualified practitioner as to any duties or tasks assigned to you for own span of duty