Community Support Worker

Job overview

Are you interested to work as a Community Support Worker ready for your next challenge?

Do you want to use your skills in adults mental health to make a real difference?

We're looking for a Community Support Worker to join our Adult Mental Health Service Team in Wokingham. We offer a 9-5 service to adults with enduring mental health difficulties.

Main duties of the job

This is a varied, front-line role in a compassionate and forward-thinking team where you'll:

Utilise scope of practice to undertake community support worker role and provide information and advice on supporting recovery work associated with the patient group.

The successful candidate will have experience of supporting adults with mental health problems, including dementia. This role is community based and therefore the successful candidate must hold a valid UK driving licence and have access to a car for work purposes, including carrying patients and carers as passengers. You will be a team player, be highly motived, compassionate and demonstrate a good understanding for working with adults with mental health needs. Appropriate training and support will be provided as needed.

The post holder will be well supported and guided by the Clinical Team Lead and Mental Health Practitioners within the Community Mental Health Team. They will have their own allocated caseload and support the delivery of excellent care to our CMHT caseload.

This post is 30 hrs a week over 4 days – days to be agreed.

We're a friendly, progressive service that champions staff wellbeing and development. As part of a wider CMHT/MHICS team, we embrace innovation and quality improvement to deliver great care.

Our Trust is rated 'Outstanding' by the CQC, who highlight our positive culture, staff morale and innovation.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

The “must haves” for this role:

• Good level of education
• Paid or unpaid direct care experience
• Working with adults with mental health problems including dementia
• Work in a multi- disciplinary environment
• Community working experience
• Experience in dealing with challenging behaviour
• Have experience of therapeutic group work with adults

For further information about the role, please see attached job description and person specification.

We strongly encourage you to review how you meet the criteria in the person specification and write about this point-by-point in your supporting statement for the best chance of being shortlisted.

We’re committed to equal opportunities and welcome applications from all sections of the community. Our commitment to inclusion is reflected in our accreditations: Race Equality Matters Silver Trailblazer, Neurodiversity in Business Corporate Member, Disability Confident Leader, Carer Confident Level 2, and the Armed Forces Covenant Gold Award. Reasonable adjustments will be provided to candidates as needed.

We welcome a conversation about flexibility and any other questions you may have. Please don’t hesitate to call: Godfrey Karambakuwa, 0118 9044800: [email protected] who’ll be delighted to help.

Please note, if we receive a high number of applications, we may close this role earlier than the advertised closing date, so please submit your application as soon as possible.