Enablement Worker

Job overview

IST Enablement Worker

This is a great opportunity for a band 4 enablement worker to join the Intensive Support Team (IST), a community team based in Hanley. This is a part time post (23.5 hours) and it is on a permanent basis. We provide time-limited specialist support, assessment, formulation and intervention for individuals experiencing a significant decline in their quality of life as a result of complex mental health needs and/or distressed behaviors that may result in placement/home breakdown and/or hospital admission.

As an enablement worker you will bring to the team excellent observational skills to inform assessments, be able to implement care plans based on positive behavioral approaches and model these to both the clients, families and their carers. You will work within a variety of different community settings, offering support, advice and direct care to build partnership working between services and work towards a shared goal for the service user. You will be required to work both within a team and also alone depending upon service user need. You will have a significant role in providing high-quality, person-centred care and support, based upon holistic and evidence-based assessment, role-modelling the Trust Values and will be an advocate for the service user’s needs, wants and wishes in line with these.

Previous applicants need not apply, the use of AI is discouraged when completing the application

Main duties of the job

To offer support with a defined caseload, consistent with high quality evidence-based practice within the Intensive Support Team. Supporting the provision of community-based service to individuals with complex needs who are experiencing an increase in personal difficulties, additionally providing support to enhance carers’ skills when supporting people with a learning disability who challenge services.

The service is committed to the use of Person-Centred Planning approaches and affording adults with learning disabilities opportunities to maximize independence, citizenship, choice and control. The role will support the Intensive Support Team to improve the health and wellbeing of adults with learning disabilities by undertaking assigned tasks and roles, developing therapeutic relationships with services users and carers.

The Community Team offers a service to clients who may have a number complex and challenging behaviours; these may include physical aggression to self, others, and the environment, self-injurious behaviour, antisocial behaviour, as well as complex physical health needs i.e. epilepsy, eating disorders.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

• Empower people to realise and maintain their potential in relation to health and well-being.
• Under supervision and guidance contribute to and create plans for people with learning disabilities to enable the proactive management of identified health needs which may include challenging behaviour.
• Under supervision and guidance, we contribute to the delivery of a wide range of therapeutic interventions ensuring evidence-based practice according to the National Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines and National and local procedures.
• To participate and contribute to multidisciplinary case discussions.
• Support and contribute to the development of accessible person-centered support plans and information in partnership with service users, carers and the multi-disciplinary team.
• To be able to adjust communication approaches to meet the complex needs of clients with varying levels of learning disability.

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.