Job summaryWe are looking for Part time , Band 4 Support Worker to join Adult Community Mental Health Team based in Civic House, Borehamwood. You will provide intensive support to service users within South-West, Hertfordshire. You will need experience of working with people who have mental health issues in the community. Please be aware that HPFT no longer offer sponsorship for support worker roles, you must have the right to work in the UK.Main duties of the jobThe successful candidate will:work as part of a multidisciplinary team which provides mental health services to adultswork alongside a qualified duty worker to support the team's duty functionsupport in the assessment and provision of social carework closely in association with the Team Leader and other senior staffwork within the Care Programme Approach / Care Management process with a focus on Recovery Principlesprovide support, give time, and promote recovery to service users in the broaderprovide support to the care co-ordinator, in the implementation of a recovery focused care plan for an allocated number of individual service users.ensure that service users engage beneficially with the agreed Care Plan and access appropriate services provided on a regular and consistentAbout usWe are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from theCare Quality CommissionOur family of over 3500 members of staff provide health and social care for people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. Everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesTo support the duty function of the team. Duty works from 9am - 5pm Monday to Friday. The successful candidate will work alongside a qualified member of staff from social work / OT / nursing.You will spend their day in contact with service users receiving treatment from the team. This could be via phone contact, by seeing people in our Borehamwood clinic, or seeing people in their own home.Full details in attached Job DescriptionPerson SpecificationQualificationsEssentialNVQ level 3 qualification or mental health certificate level 3 or agreement to undertake such training as soon as resources permitNVQ/Mental Health Certificate Level 2Commitment to Continuing Personal DevelopmentDesirableVenepuncture trainingExperienceEssentialSolid experience of providing mental health services from within a team setting, which may be combined with personal lived experience of mental health difficultiesDisclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.Employer detailsEmployer nameHertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation TrustAddressCivic Offices, Borehamwood,291 Shenley RoadBorehamwoodWD61TGEmployer's websitehttps://www.hpft.nhs.uk/careers/ (Opens in a new tab)