*Internal MPFT Only* - Senior Health Care Support Worker-IMHT Stafford

Job summary

We are offering an exciting and unique new role as a Band 4 Senior Health Care Support Worker within Stafford Integrated Mental Health Team (IMHT) on a 12-month Fixed Term Contract. We are also offering this role as a secondment opportunity.

We are looking for someone who is motivated and curious to effectively and positively interact with individuals with co-occurring needs, who are or have been homeless. This role will further support these individuals through sustained and consistent engagement to hopefully working towards interventions which may improve their mental wellbeing.

You will be working with some key partner organisations and in collaboration with staff at Holly House, House of Bread and Crisis House to provide oversight of a individual's recovery and the contribution that you can make.

This role provide a fantastic opportunity to work autonomously, to make it your own and to be instrumental in us working more effectively and collaboratively with other agencies both in statutory and voluntary sectors to provide a dedicated and consistent presence to facilitate effective engagement and progressfor those with co-occurring needs.

Please note: we will only be accepting applications from Internal MPFT employees and those that have been identified as at risk of redundancy from a 3rd party partner organisation.

Main duties of the job

You will be working closely alongside our partner organisation Holly house. holly House is a 6 bedded supported accommodation staffed 24/7. Holly House provides crucial support to six service users with complex mental health and co-occurring needs who are at risk of disengaging from standard MPFT services.

As part of this role you will be expected to:

• Work directly with those residing at Holly House contributing to a recovery approach to enhance their wellbeing.
• Be curious and motivated to make a difference to this cohort of individuals with co-occurring needs.
• Have the necessary knowledge and skills of those with co-occurring needs to identify and provide wherever possible specific interventions around a framework of engagement bring together all services to enhance the offer.

About us

By joining Team MPFT, you will be helping your communities and in return for this, we will support you by:

• Supporting your career development and progression.
• Excellent NHS Pension scheme
• Generous maternity, paternity, adoption leave
• Options for flexible working
• Up to 27 days annual leave (increasing with service up to 33 days) and the opportunity to purchase additional annual leave.
• Extensive Health and Wellbeing support and resources
• If you work in our community teams, we pay for your time travelling between patients.
• Lease car if you complete more than 500 business miles per annum, fully insured and maintained (including tyres), mileage paid at lease car rate
• Salary sacrifice car - fully insured and maintained (including tyres), your gross pay is reduced by the cost of the vehicle before tax, NI and pension deductions are calculated, mileage paid at business rates
• Salary sacrifice bikes up to £2k
• Free car parking at all trust sites
• Free flu vaccination every year
• Attractive relocation package
• Citizens Advice support linked with a Hardship Fund for one off additional support up to £250 (if the criteria is met)

And more. We are proud to be a diverse and inclusive organisation and there is a choice of staff networks that help you meet like-minded people.