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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust
About
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region (Halton, Warrington, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton and St Helens) and is also commissioned for services that cover North Wales and the Midlands.
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.
We call this continuous improvement in quality and cost, ‘striving for perfect care’. Our aim is to play a full part in the health and social care economies we serve, by promoting and driving greater integration between mental and physical health and social care.
Our clinical services are provided across over 170 sites spanning a large part of the North West. Our services are supported by a corporate teams based at our offices in Kings Business Park, Prescot, and Hollins Park, Warrington.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from BAME, disabled and LGBT people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Support Worker
Accepting applications until: 01-Dec-2024 23:59
Vacancy status: Open
Accepting applications until: 01-Dec-2024 23:59
Key details
Location
- Site
- Aintree Hospital
- Address
- Lower Ln
- Town
- Fazakerley
- Postcode
- L9 7AL
- Major / Minor Region
- Merseyside
Contract type & working pattern
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time
- Part time
Salary
- Salary
- £24,071 - £25,674 per annum pro rata
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Grade
- (Band 3)
Specialty
- Main area
- Urgent Care - Mental Health Services
- Interview date
- 09/12/2024
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Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust celebrates diversity and promotes equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
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Job overview
Aintree Core 24 forms part of the 24/7 Urgent Care Model and urgent care pathway within Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust. The 24/7 model provides mental health assessment, intensive community interventions, advice, support and guidance twenty four hours, seven days a week across several access points for individuals presenting in crisis.
There services are Southport District General Hospital, Aintree Hospital, The Royal at Liverpool plus Whiston Hospital & Warrington Hospital.
Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust as a leading provider of mental health care, addiction services and learning disability care.
Service users receive a high quality service and one which is free from stigma, discrimination and harm.
Staff are engaged with the delivery, innovation and continuous improvement of services to benefit service users.
Visible and responsive leadership, setting the standard for others and role-modelled throughout the division for all managers
The Trust values of Continuous Improvement, Accountability, Respectfulness and Enthusiasm will be embedded across the division for all staff and evident to service users.
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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 / productivity 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.
Working for our organisation
Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 1.4 million people across our region and are also commissioned for services that cover the North West, North Wales and the Midlands.
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.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The Hospital Mental Health Liaison Team practitioners work alongside the multidisciplinary team within the acute hospital setting including medical and nursing teams, Community Mental Health Teams, Local Authority community services and Voluntary sector.
The role will serve to identify and support patients who present within the acute hospital with a variety of mental health conditions alongside the potential of complex physical comorbidities, individuals can present in crisis and display challenging or vulnerable behaviours who require a comprehensive mental health assessment to support and manage mental health problems and to contribute to the discharge planning process.
SW will have the opportunity to work across all ages from 16+ to older age and across both A+E and ward environments.
We are seeking adaptable, flexible, innovative and work with the mental health practitioners who have comprehensive experience of working in mental health services and wish to develop their professional skills within the hospital setting. This will involve completing mental health assessments and the ability to effectively signpost while forging links with community organisations across health and social care. You will build and maintain effective relationships with health professionals in the general hospital settings to raise awareness with regard to individuals with mental health issues. You will be expected to work independently with confidence in order to make informed clinical decisions regarding appropriate signposting/discharge process.
The role includes supportive observations, also support the 136 process in the A&E department.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Qualifications
Desirable criteria
- NVQ Level 2 or willingness to work towards.
- Good standard of education
Experience
Desirable criteria
- Experience of working in a care setting.
- Experience of individuals with Mental Health problems
KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS
Essential criteria
- Able to communicate effectively.
- Understanding of confidentiality.
- Ability to work as a member of a team
- Ability to demonstrate a non judgemental attitude.
- Ability to work on own initiative under the supervison of a qualified practitioner
Desirable criteria
- Breakaway techniques and de-escalation
Values
Essential criteria
- Continuous Improvement
- Accountability
- Respectfulness
- Enthusiasm
- support
- High professional standards
- Responsive to service users
- Engaging leadership style
- Transparency and honesty
- Discreet
- Change oriented
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Chloe Downes
- Job title
- Acting Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 0151 317 8640
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