Associate Mental Health Worker

at  Barnet Enfield Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust

This is an exciting opportunity to work within a co-produced, innovative community mental health and well-being team. The Community Engagement team is for working age adults (18 to 65 years old). This service will provide accessible, community-based support interventions and activities (group and individuals) which, address the holistic well-being needs of service users (e.g., emotional, social, occupational, practical, etc). This is a co-produced service that blends psychological, occupational therapy, and evidenced based interventions supported by voluntary sector partners on out-reach, employment alongside lived experience to ensure that support is accessible, relevant, and effective. The service seeks to create community integration and support by working alongside stakeholders across the London Borough of Enfield.
The Community Engagement Team (CET) is formed by Step & Thrive and VCS -Voluntary Care Sector organisations such as mental health and Employment services. CET is one of the pathways within the newly formed Integrated Front Door in Enfield which is the patient’s first point of contact when they are referred to mental health services. Also sitting within this Integrated Front Door is the Single Point of Access Team, the AARS Team and our Local Authority Partners
The post holder will support in the delivery of community mental health interventions and/or activities provide by a RMN Mental Health Nurse, Community Psychologist, Occupational Therapist.
The delivery will be through either 1:1 or multidisciplinary group interventions, which are co-produced by the trust and system partners. Supervision will be provided within the appropriate professional framework.
Additionally, under directions of the Community Service Manager, the post holder is expected to support community out-reach supporting service users to engage with services and within the wider community.
The post holder will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients and service users as part of the Community Mental Health team, working under the directions of the Community Engagement Manager and matrix managed by clinical professionals appropriated to their professional framework. They will be responsible for carrying out practical, clinical, or social tasks, identified as part of the service user’s care plans or care pathways.
The post holder will be expected to work in and around the local community in line with service needs.
The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training as per professional framework.
Confidentiality
The post holder must at all times maintain a complete confidentiality of the material and information that they handle. Any matters of a confidential nature, or in particular, information relating to diagnoses and treatment of patients and individual staff records must not, under any circumstances, be divulged or passed on to any unauthorised person or persons. The post holder must respect patient named confidentiality in keeping with “ Caldicott principles ”.
Code Of Conduct
North London Mental Health Partnership has a code of conduct for all non-registered staff in a direct care role. As an employee of the Partnership, you are expected to comply with this code at all times, and any breach of it whilst in practice will be investigated by the Trust.

1. Key Responsibilities

• The post holder will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients and service users as part of the Community Mental Health team, working under the directions of the Community Engagement Manager and matrix managed by clinical professionals appropriated to their professional framework. They will be responsible for carrying out practical, clinical, or social tasks, identified as part of the service user’s care plans or care pathways.
• The post holder will be expected to work in and around the local community in line with service needs.
• The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training as per professional framework.

• The post holder will be responsible for participating and assisting in the delivery of care/services to patients and service users as part of the Community Mental Health team, working under the directions of the Community Engagement Manager and matrix managed by clinical professionals appropriated to their professional framework. They will be responsible for carrying out practical, clinical, or social tasks, identified as part of the service user’s care plans or care pathways.
• The post holder will be expected to work in and around the local community in line with service needs.
• The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate and partake in reflective practice/training as per professional framework