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Carer Support Lead

Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
Location
Worthing, England
Salary
£20,330 - £21,777 pa
Closing date
20 Jan 2022

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Sector
Healthcare
Function
Administration
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

Job Details

Welcome from our Chief Executive - Samantha Allen

Our organisation is expanding and we're looking for people with the right values, skills and/or potential to join us. We need people with energy, expertise, enthusiasm to help us provide the very best possible specialist NHS mental health and learning disability care. This involves helping us achieve our strategy to improve the quality of life for the communities we serve through People, Prevention and Partnerships.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Samantha Allen

Chief Executive

Job overview

Are you passionate, motivated and innovative?

Do you want to work in a vibrant and exciting environment within acute mental health inpatient services?

If you answered yes to any these questions, then Meadowfield are looking for a Carer Support Lead to join us on the journey to providing outstanding care and support to service users, carers and their families in West Sussex.

Meadowfield is an acute mental health hospital in Worthing. We are an open unit, and our open doors are something that we are very proud of and this brings a very different feel to the unit than those that are not able to use this approach.

Main duties of the job

The carer support lead for Meadowfield will complete and monitor 72 hour carer phone calls, ensure the distribution of carer packs, book in carer meetings, lead on and promote the monthly carer group at the hospital. They will lead on the carer strategy for the ward and will be supervised monthly.

You will update and collate information to keep our patient information current and compliant.

You will be a dedicated resilient team player with the ability to work well under pressure whilst displaying excellent organisational and interpersonal skills

We welcome applicants who have lived experience of caring for a loved one with a mental illness to support the delivery of compassionate interventions. You will provide peer support and practical assistance to carers, families and loved ones by using your own lived experience, empowering them to fully engage with our service Triangle of Care, to regain control over their lives and meet their own needs.

Working for our organisation

We're a large NHS Mental Health Trust in South East England. We're looking for people to help us provide high quality services for the patients, carers and local communities we serve.

Working for Sussex Partnership gives an extreme level of job satisfaction, knowing that the work we do has a direct impact on the levels of care we provide to our service users. We give our clinical teams the capacity and tools they need to focus on providing excellent care.

As a mental health trust, we place a huge focus on the wellbeing of our staff and ensure our reward packages reflect the important work you do.

You can expect to receive:
  • Access to numerous wellbeing,support, supervision and trainingprogrammes
  • Access to a host of discount schemes (inc. gyms, shopping, restaurants and cars)
  • Superb NHS Pension
  • Generous holiday entitlement (starts at 27 days + 8 bank holidays)

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, home-working, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
  • Provide carer support to carers, friends and families of those admitted to Meadowfield.
  • Ensure all 72 hour carer phone calls are completed and followed up.
  • Ensure all carers receive a copy of the wards carers pack, including our carer letter.
  • Invite carers to ward reviews.
  • Lead on the monthly carers group, ensuring carers are invited and followed up.
  • Document carer input on the Carenotes system and ensure information is circulated to team.
  • Refer carers to Carer services and support.
  • Build links with local carer charities, such as Carers Support West Sussex.
  • Create a relapse prevention and support plan with the carer.
  • Initiate and follow up referrals to carer support.
  • Monitor the progress of the carer strategy and link into the triangle of care lead.

Person specification

Knowledge/experience
Essential criteria
  • Experience as a carer.
  • Knowledge of mental health issues and the clinical environment

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

Company

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Who we are

We provide specialist NHS mental health and learning disability services in south east England. People receive care, treatment and support from us in hospital, at home and from a range of community services. Our services are rated ‘good’ by the Care Quality Commission and ‘outstanding’ for caring.

Where we are

We provide services for people of all ages across Sussex and services for children and young people in Hampshire. There’s something for everyone in our local area, whether that’s the hustle and bustle of Brighton, the scenic South Downs or our wonderful coastline where you can chill out to the sound of the surf.

What we can offer you

When you join us, you’ll be coming to work in an organisation that puts people first. We’ll do everything we can to make you feel valued, respected and included. You will be given plenty of opportunities here for your career to flourish. We’re an organisation which is strong on innovation, research and learning, and we will support your development and help you learn new skills in whichever team or service you work in.

Check out the links below to view our key areas of recruitment

Nursing

Medical

Allied Health Professions

Phychology & PsychologicalTherapies

Social Work

Healthcare Support Workers 

Support Services

Check out our latest video below where we hear from our inspiring nurses why Sussex Partnership is such a great place to work.

Company info
Website
Telephone
01903843000
Location
Trust HQ
Swandean
Arundel Road
Worthing
BN13 3EP
GB

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