Personality Disorder 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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Description

The post holder will work between PD HUB and Stepping Stones in Bootle.

Roles within the services will include facilitating groups, with some group development, in conjunction with supporting individuals to stabilise in a supportive residential environment over periods of up to 7 days.

The post holder will also liaise with PD HUB Service and YMCA Stepping Stones in order to maintain a robust continuity of care between the services and their shared service users.

Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust provides specialist inpatient and community mental health, learning disabilities, addiction and acquired brain injury services for the people of Liverpool, Sefton and Kirkby, Merseyside.

We also provide community physical health services in

Liverpool, Sefton, secure mental health services for the North West of England, the West Midlands and Wales and specialist learning disability services across Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Cheshire and Merseyside.

Our ambition is to deliver perfect care to become the world's leading organisation in holistic health and well being.

Mersey Care's vision and values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respect, Enthusiasm and Support (CARES) drive our organisation and the way we work together to deliver services.

Applicants will be expected to demonstrate, during recruitment and any subsequent employment with the Trust, that their behaviour supports our values.

Summary of Post:

The PD Hub and Psychotherapy Service at Haigh Road in Waterloo has been developed to offer a Therapy Day Service and Crisis Service to service users with Personality Disorder.

At present, the Day Service runs a therapeutic programme of activities aiming to promote health, wellbeing and recovery. This is currently running 7 days a week.

The Crisis service operates 7 days a week 9.00 until 22.00, based at Haigh Road in Waterloo that will support service users over the phone and facilitate them visiting the service for crisis support.

The PD HUB Day and Safe Service works in collaboration with YMCA Stepping Stones to provide respite and crisis support on a 24 hour supported residential basis.

The post holder will work within the PD HUB (Spring House) and YMCA Stepping Stones site (predominately YMCA Stepping Stones).

The PD HUB Safe Service providing both telephone support and direct contact with service users when they visit the PD HUB, as well as facilitating group activity sessions to support the Day service.

A Band 7 manager will lead the PD Safe Service, a Band 7 Manager will lead the Day Service and a Senior Manager will have responsibility for the YMCA Stepping Stone site.

The post holder will work alongside Band 5 nurses Band 3 nursing assistants/Occupational Therapy Assistants and YMCA Support Staff

Clinical Responsibilities

To work effectively as a member of a team in the PD HUB Day Service/YMCA Stepping Stones, providing a programme of group based therapeutic activities that are flexible according to the changing needs of service users.
To actively engage service users in therapeutic activities to promote independence wellbeing and social inclusion.
Under the supervision of the senior staff (PD HUB/Stepping Stones), or with guidance from a Senior Activity Worker/Co-coordinator the post holder will facilitate and participate in planned group work.
To participate in service development in terms of developing, planning and creating group programmes, sessions and resources, evaluating current interventions and making suggestions to the team for service improvements under the supervision of the Manager of YMCA Stepping Stones/PD HUB Day /Crisis Service Lead.
The post holder will be required to work at times single handed under the guidance of the senior staff.
Facilitate individual sessions on a 1:1 basis with service users who are isolated and having difficulty engaging in the service programme, at times working in service users' homes, elsewhere in the community, and based at the PD Hub/ YMCA/Stepping Stone.
To give feedback to the team on service users performance/progress in areas of self maintenance, productivity and leisure including risk factors
To ensure that up to date written and electronic records are kept and recorded appropriately in accordance with Professional and Trust Standards
To participate in clinical governance and quality improvement projects as allocated by the senior staff
To participate in team audit and evaluation activities as agreed with a senior member of staff.
This is not an exhaustive list of duties and responsibilities, and the post holder may be required to undertake other duties that fall within the grade of the job, in discussion with the manager.

Main Responsibilities

To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of senior staff.
To report to senior staff any observations made whilst providing care to service user