Support Worker

The post holder will assist in the assessment and supportive interventions for young people who are assessed as needing a tier 4 service but can safely be managed in their own home with intensive input, as part of their care plan, in some cases working with young people who present in crisis or in an acute mental state and are considered high risk.

1.1 To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team ensuring good communication with other team members, giving and receiving support and dealing with any issues that inhibit excellence in client care that occur with colleagues

1.2 To have a particular close working relationship with the care co-ordinators of clients with whom the post holder is working.

1.3 To have a particular working relationship with the Home treatment Team Practitioners and support them in implementing care plans.

1.4 To regularly meet with supervisor and manager to ensure high quality practice and that the post holder is supported and therefore able to carry out the demands of the post.

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

• To participate in the assessment of young people’s needs in conjunction with qualified staff, with a particular responsibility to assess young people’s needs in relation to their capacity to maintain independent living
• To assist the young people in maintaining that independence
• To monitor young people for changes in mental and physical state and compliance/concordance with treatment, reporting back promptly to qualified staff.
• To support and facilitate young people in the Recovery process
• To participate in groups run by the team as required
• To work within agreed care plans and risk plans
• To have or attain a good knowledge of the Recovery model
• To assist in the planning and development of programmes of care
• To provide planned community care to young people in various settings, including emotional support and assistance with activities of daily living