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Opportunity to make a meaningful impact on the lives of individuals facing mental health challenges, learning disabilities, and neurodiversity.
Supportive and inclusive recruitment process that values lived experiences, encouraging a diverse workforce to reflect the communities served.
Comprehensive employee wellbeing support, including a generous annual leave allowance of 27-33 days and flexible working arrangements.
Access to extensive training, career development opportunities, and regular supervision to enhance professional growth.
Part of a multi-disciplinary team with a structured approach to crisis assessment and home-based treatment, fostering collaboration.
Contribution to a dynamic and evolving service, with opportunities to develop new ways of working within the community.
Transskribo is seeking a compassionate and motivated Health Support Worker to join its Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service (CRISS) in Leeds. This role involves providing high-quality care and support to individuals with acute mental health needs in the community, aiming to reduce hospital admissions and facilitate early discharges. Candidates should have experience in acute mental health care and the ability to meet the diverse physical and mental needs of service users under the guidance of senior colleagues. A valid driver's license and vehicle access are essential for the job.
The position offers the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, engage with service users and their carers, and participate in regular professional development and supervision sessions. Benefits include flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave, NHS pension scheme participation, and various employee wellbeing supports. The role is particularly appealing as the service evolves to enhance acute community care, requiring individuals with resilience, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to fostering positive mental health outcomes.
The position offers the opportunity to work within a multi-disciplinary team, engage with service users and their carers, and participate in regular professional development and supervision sessions. Benefits include flexible working arrangements, generous annual leave, NHS pension scheme participation, and various employee wellbeing supports. The role is particularly appealing as the service evolves to enhance acute community care, requiring individuals with resilience, excellent communication skills, and a commitment to fostering positive mental health outcomes.
We recruit people based on their values and believe that their lived experience is an advantage. We seek out potential, not perfection, and this means that together we are as diverse as the communities we care
for.
Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support
to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All Our Information Is Available In Accessible Formats. Please Contact The Recruitment Team If You Need a Form, Leaflet Or Other Information In Any Of The Following Formats
Braille, large print, other formats such as Word, or coloured paper version.
Attached to this advert are supporting documents. The Recruitment Profile, which includes important to you will need to apply, our Benefits document for this post, and a candidates guide to our values based
recruitment approach and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
We are looking to recruit skilled and highly motivated individuals into the role of Mental Health Support worker. These are exciting and dynamic roles within the CRISS (Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service) which is a dynamic and flexible service which offers 24/7 crisis assessments and home-based treatment for working age adults across the city. The service is currently under a period of development
to bring together both sides of the service in localities across the city and in line with Core Fidelity standards.
We are seeking Mental Health Support Workers who have experience of working in acute mental health care and motivated to support our service users to experience improved mental health within the community. The ideal applicants will have experience in mental health, facilitating and meeting the various individual physical, mental and holistic needs of service users whilst under direction and supervision of senior colleagues.
You will work within a MDT led team which aims to reduce admissions to hospital and facilitate early discharge through home based treatment. You will be expected to work with service users and carers in the community to provide care to service users with acute mental health needs. It is essential that applicants hold a full drivers license and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme,
coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to
bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
The successful applicant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will additionally work closely with other community and inpatient mental health services. As a Mental Health Support worker you will undertake a broad range of care delivery and support activities and duties, and provide a high standard of care for service users within a community setting. This will include delivering care in line with agreed care plans, at times under the supervision of a registered practitioner. There will be opportunity to work independently with service users, you will receive regular supervision to support you in this role. Applicants should have some experience of working with a range of people with complex mental health needs and the ability to respond well in a crisis situations, and understand the need to record/report such situations accurately to senior staff within the team. Additionally, you should have an understanding of how a mental illness can impact an individuals wellbeing and day to day functioning. In this role you will be offered regular management and clinical supervision sessions and you will be supported in your professional development to reach your potential in this exciting role. This is a great time to begin working in the CRISS service as we develop new ways of working and enhance our acute community care provision. This role will be challenging, varied and with opportunity to develop your skills. A positive attitude, compassion, resilience and excellent communication skills are vital to this role.
for.
Simply put, when we employ caring people who act with integrity and have the right skills, we can give those with mental health challenges, learning disabilities and neurodiversity high-quality care and support
to live fulfilling lives, and make our staff feel purposeful, happy and valued.
All Our Information Is Available In Accessible Formats. Please Contact The Recruitment Team If You Need a Form, Leaflet Or Other Information In Any Of The Following Formats
Braille, large print, other formats such as Word, or coloured paper version.
Attached to this advert are supporting documents. The Recruitment Profile, which includes important to you will need to apply, our Benefits document for this post, and a candidates guide to our values based
recruitment approach and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.
If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.
We are looking to recruit skilled and highly motivated individuals into the role of Mental Health Support worker. These are exciting and dynamic roles within the CRISS (Crisis Resolution Intensive Support Service) which is a dynamic and flexible service which offers 24/7 crisis assessments and home-based treatment for working age adults across the city. The service is currently under a period of development
to bring together both sides of the service in localities across the city and in line with Core Fidelity standards.
We are seeking Mental Health Support Workers who have experience of working in acute mental health care and motivated to support our service users to experience improved mental health within the community. The ideal applicants will have experience in mental health, facilitating and meeting the various individual physical, mental and holistic needs of service users whilst under direction and supervision of senior colleagues.
You will work within a MDT led team which aims to reduce admissions to hospital and facilitate early discharge through home based treatment. You will be expected to work with service users and carers in the community to provide care to service users with acute mental health needs. It is essential that applicants hold a full drivers license and have access to a vehicle for work purposes.
The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.
There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme,
coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.
We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to
bank.
Applicants should be aware that for any individual who requires a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only. This is an essential requirement of the role, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you are unable to meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.
The successful applicant will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team and will additionally work closely with other community and inpatient mental health services. As a Mental Health Support worker you will undertake a broad range of care delivery and support activities and duties, and provide a high standard of care for service users within a community setting. This will include delivering care in line with agreed care plans, at times under the supervision of a registered practitioner. There will be opportunity to work independently with service users, you will receive regular supervision to support you in this role. Applicants should have some experience of working with a range of people with complex mental health needs and the ability to respond well in a crisis situations, and understand the need to record/report such situations accurately to senior staff within the team. Additionally, you should have an understanding of how a mental illness can impact an individuals wellbeing and day to day functioning. In this role you will be offered regular management and clinical supervision sessions and you will be supported in your professional development to reach your potential in this exciting role. This is a great time to begin working in the CRISS service as we develop new ways of working and enhance our acute community care provision. This role will be challenging, varied and with opportunity to develop your skills. A positive attitude, compassion, resilience and excellent communication skills are vital to this role.
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