Job summary
- Main area
- Carer Support & Wellbeing Worker
- Grade
- Band 4
- Contract
- Permanent
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Monday to Friday 9-5)
- Job ref
- 367-ACM-10171
- Employer
- Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Rosanne house Welwyn Garden City, AL8 6HG
- Town
- Welwyn Garden City
- Salary
- £28,860 - £31,671 per annum, pro rata (Inclusive of 5% HCAS)
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- Today at 23:59
Employer heading
Carer Support & Wellbeing Worker
Band 4
Values Based Screener
At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.
Job overview
- Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an exceptional organisation with big ambitions, our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.
- Whilst it is a challenging period for the NHS, there has never been a more exciting time to join HPFT. We are on a “Good to Great” journey as we continue to innovate, improve, transform and ultimately deliver the very highest standards of care to the service users and communities that we serve.
Please be aware that this role in not eligible for Sponsorship.
Main duties of the job
- To work as part of a community team which provides mental health services.
- To focus exclusively on the needs of carers requiring support (including assessment of their needs) and act as an expert within geographical area of responsibility.
- To support community team members in understanding best practice approaches to assessing the needs of and supporting carers.
- To work within approaches outlined through the Care Act 2014 and local policy to ensure timely access to support for carers of people with a mental health issue.
- To assist the senior social worker to ensure the integrity of the HPFT Carer Pathway within geographical area
- To ensure that the wellbeing of carers is maintained at all times through promoting recovery oriented practice.
Working for our organisation
Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of ‘Outstanding’ from the Care Quality Commission
Our family of over 4,000 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Essex and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:
Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Duties and Responsibilities
To carry out direct work with carers including:
- Carer assessments and reviews
- Carer contingency plans and wellbeing plans
- Providing information and support to promote and enable carer recovery
- Holding a caseload of carers,
- Supporting carers to develop coping skills and achieve their wellbeing goals
- Accompanying carers to appointments / meetings and performing a range of practical tasks, relating to their identified needs
- To support carers to understand the recovery goals, care plan and advanced directives and/or statements of the person they care for and to be involved in planning and implementing these
- Support carers to understand their entitlement to a carer’s assessment and the support that is available to them from HPFT and other services
- To facilitate access to community groups and networks that enable carers to participate in community activities, in order to maximise their opportunities to have a positive identity and socially valued roles
- To support the multi-disciplinary team to develop their understanding of carer needs and services, by giving support, guidance and information including:
- Developing , maintaining and sharing knowledge of local and national resources for carers
- Working within, and promoting, the HPFT carer pathway and the Triangle of Care
- supporting team members who also provide services to carers.
- Having a focus on the right of carers at all times, including an understanding of the Care Act 2014 and Trust policies and strategies.
- supporting care co-ordinators in liaising with local acute services to ensure support for carers is joined up across the care pathways
- Helping to identify early signs of ‘carer breakdown’ by monitoring the wellbeing of carers and linking with local acute and crisis services in relation to this
- Working with care co-ordinators and managers to respond to urgent situations emergencies or crises using local protocols, e.g. implementation of carer contingency plans
- To liaise regularly with care co-ordinators and the multi-disciplinary team.
- Contributing to the development of carer services and own practice by:
- Participating in Trust-wide peer professionals practice meetings with other carer wellbeing and support workers
- Contributing to the development of structured and semi-structured group work with carers within the community settings, and to contribute to the research of local need and the development of such groups to meet it.
- Participate in team meetings and forums; and communicate with team members, carers and other agencies to provide an effective service to carers and to contribute to the development of carers services in HPFT
- Using supervision, Trust and team policies, training etc. to develop skills and knowledge
- To undertake such other duties as may be determined from time to time within the general scope of the post relating to support for carers, friends and families.
Person specification
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATION/TRAINING
Essential criteria
- NVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or equivalent or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permit.
PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE
Essential criteria
- Direct work with carers
- Carrying out assessments
Desirable criteria
- Care planning
- Group work
Employer certification / accreditation badges
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.
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Emelda Mosima
- Job title
- Service Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07920288088
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