Support Worker

Job overview

Are you an innovative, creative, motivated caring professional who is looking for a new challenge? We have an exciting opportunity to join our well established Intellectual Disability (ID) CAMHS service.

As a Support Worker you will be supporting our clinical staff with patients who may be presenting with behaviours that challenge and/or significant mental health needs. You would be supporting clinical staff to provide person centred, evidence-based, targeted interventions to support the child, their parents/carers and the multi-agency team. You will be provided with regular clinical and peer supervision.

The team work collaboratively, you will have the support and opportunity to develop your own skills and work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

This role is a part time fixed term role for 12 months within the pan-Dorset ID CAMHS service. The role will involve working at Marvin House in  Dorchester.  You will need to have a valid driving licence and use of a car as you will be required to review and monitor patients in their own homes and within other community settings.

Opportunities for flexible working are available as long as the service needs are met.

Main duties of the job

To provide therapeutic practical help and support and guidance to children and young people their families and carers.

To work as a member of the ID CAMHS Team, which provides an evidenced based service to children and young people and supports the needs of families and carers.

To assist in the delivery of care to children and young people, their families, and carers under the direction of the therapeutic team and to support them in the planning and implementation of their care plan.

To support colleagues within the team in line with evidence-based interventions and to undertake service audits as required.

To assist in the assessment of health needs, the planning, delivery, and evaluation of care (including risk assessment) by the team, for both individuals and groups of children and young people, their families and carers

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.  Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected].

This is a fixed term role and for those with current NHS service, the role will be offered on a secondment basis only.  Please obtain permission to be released on a secondment before submitting an application.

Applications from candidates that require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are unfortunately ineligible to apply for this position.