Community Support Worker

at  Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Come and join us at Leigh Moss Community Hub, based at Leigh Moss Hospital, Liverpool L14.
We are currently looking for a Support Worker to join our team.
This is an exciting role that will focus on supporting older people within our community that have a diagnosis of dementia or a severe and enduring mental illness.
There will be plenty of opportunities to work closely with our Multidisciplinary Teams, our colleagues within primary care and the voluntary and social enterprise sector. You will be able to deliver 1-1 care and intervention (mental health and physical health screening i.e. taking bloods and ecg’s) and deliver groups supported by our experienced staff members.
We can offer you a variety of career development opportunities through our in-house training packages in addition to continual healthcare and professional development within Mersey Care. Given the diverse nature of this role it is essential for applicants to be able to drive a car.
We welcome applications from inpatient and adult health care settings as your skills will be transferable and we can offer you our specialist experience and training.

To carry out assigned duties, involving direct care and observation of service users under the guidance and indirect supervision of qualified staff.
To report to the qualified staff any observations made whilst providing care to service users activities and leisure, providing details of mental state and risk factors.
To work with service users on an individual and group basis as outlined in the care plan and as directed by the appropriate named lead professional.