Community Mental Health Support Worker inPlymouth inPlymouth PUBLISHED 5 NOV 2024

22.5 hours per week. The Complex needs team are looking to recruit enthusiastic Community support workers to join our expanding team, working with clients who experience co-existing mental health and substance misuse issues. This exciting role will be part of developments with substance misuse services, supporting strategies to increase numbers of clients in treatment.

The complex needs team work across a variety of settings, homeless hostels, clients homes and community settings. The role will involve working with a caseload of clients with complex needs, supported by registered staff, working across the Plymouth alliance co- located within Harbour Drug and alcohol services.

There will be the opportunity for ongoing specialist in house training, supervision and Continued Professional development.

This role may not be eligible for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker route, please refer to the Direct Gov website for more information with regards to eligibility.

Please note that Livewell may close the job advertisement earlier than the specified deadline if a high number of applications are submitted. Therefore, we recommend you submit your application at the earliest opportunity.

All Livewell staff are expected to be able and willing to work across a 7 day service.

The post holder will be responsible for a caseload of clients with complex needs with support from registered staff. They will be working in a multi disciplinary team, offering psycho-social interventions, such as anxiety management, exposure work and supporting clients to access community services.

The role will require effective communication and liaison with partner agencies, attendance at MDT meetings and line management.

The post holder will also be part of the homeless drop in provision, offering support to those struggling witrh their mental health in homeless hostels via our drop in clinics.

About us

The post holder will assist registered staff within the Complex Needs team at harbour Drug and alcohol services, working under supervision, in providing support in the community for people experincing mental health and co-existing substance misues issues. The post holder will work alongside the other services and staff working with people that live complex lives in the community, where they will manage a caseload under supervision from a registered member of staff. The aim is to promote recovery from addiction and improve the health and wellbeing outcomes for individuals, linking them in with Community activities and wider supports which include improving access to activities, meaningful employment, and training.

The role will require the post holder to work across the complex lives system, developing in consultation with service users flexible and realistic support packages and person-centred plans within agreed guidelines and service models.

This post is seen as crucial in working alongside Registered staff to develop and implement person centred care plans in order that the person using the service can optimise their level of functioning despite any barrier their complex problems may present.

Care and recovery support is delivered to clients in their homes and within a variety of accommodation settings and will be monitored with the aim to optimise service users recovery needs.

There is an expectation that staff may be required to work in other parts of the organisation/ complex lives system on request according to service need and as part of personal development.

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