Community Mental Health Support Worker Basildon, East of England, England
Job description
The Role: What you’ll do
We are looking for two motivated and committed Healthcare Assistants (HCA) to work within our Basildon and Brentwood primary care service delivering physical healthcare checks for individuals who are on the Serious Mental Illness (SMI) register.
The HCA will work autonomously and as part of the primary care practice team carrying out a range of checks, including but not limited to smoking status, alcohol intake, sleep, diet, exercise, substance misuse, BMI, waist circumference, blood pressure, glucose and cholesterol.
The role will involve providing wellbeing and health related advice and support to patients too as well as recording and submitting patient data on SystmOne. Previous experience of working in the community, delivering physical healthcare checks is desirable, however, full training and regular supervision will be provided.
Are you a passionate HCA, can you demonstrate?
- A warm, empathic and engaging approach to working with patients and colleagues
- An ability to approach work with enthusiasm and a positive attitude
- A NVQ/QCF in Health and Social Care, or Certificate in Community Mental Health, or Associate Practitioner Training and/or HCA care certificate
- Experience of working with people who experience physical and/or mental health problems
- An appreciation of how mental health and physical health issues affect health and wellbeing
- Excellent communication skills
- IT skills - Microsoft Office/Patient record systems
Skills and Experience:
Essential:
- A NVQ/QCF in Health and Social Care, or Certificate in Community Mental Health, or Associate Practitioner Training and/or HCA care certificate
- Experience of working with people who experience mental and/or physical health problems
- Ability to travel in and around the Basildon and Brentwood area
- An awareness of and commitment to supporting and facilitating diversity and inclusion
Desirable:
- Experience of working within a primary care/community setting as an HCA
- Experience of delivering physical healthcare checks
- Associate Practitioner Course
Why Vita Health Group?
Vita Health Group celebrates life. Improving lives physically and mentally drives everything we do.
We are physical and mental health specialists with over 30 years of experience. We work in partnership with the NHS, support the UK’s largest corporate companies to help assist their workforce and provide a full range of physiotherapy services to private customers.
To achieve our mission of making people better, we recognise the importance of investing in our staff. In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer the opportunity of a flexible work life balance and a comprehensive benefits package which you can view here: https://www.vitahealthgroup.co.uk/join-us/careers/
To progress your skills and enable career development we provide Continued Professional Development opportunities including secondments, management training, a mentoring scheme and regular events and webinars across a range of clinical disciplines.
Vita Health Group is proud to be an equal opportunities employer. We are committed to Equality, Diversity & Inclusion best practice and positively encourage applications from candidates regardless of sex, race, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion/belief, marital status, or pregnancy/maternity. To support this we have a dedicated team of EDI specialists and run a range of active in-house diversity networks.
We are actively seeking to increase the diversity of our workforce, to ensure we are representative of the communities we serve at all levels. We therefore welcome applications from candidates with a wide range of lived experience.
We are committed to equitably support the wellbeing of all employees as demonstrated by:
- Our association with the MINDFUL EMPLOYER Charter for Employers who are Positive About Mental Health.
- Our status as a Disability Confident Employer dedicated to ensuring that all candidates are treated fairly throughout the recruitment process. All disabled candidates that meet the minimum essential criteria will be invited to interview.
- Our status as a Menopause Friendly Committed employer.
- Our sign up to the Employer with Heart Charter.
- Our commitment to meet the standards outlined in the NHS Equality Delivery System (EDS). Workforce Race Equality Standard (WRES) and Workforce Disability Equality Standard (WDES).
- The provision of access to health and wellbeing services for colleagues which includes a team of trained Mental Health Advocates and an Employee Assistance Programme.
- An embedded “speaking up” culture facilitated by Freedom to Speak Up Guardians.
Should you wish to discuss any adjustment or assistance you might need in the application or interview process please contact [email protected] and we will arrange.
VHG is committed to supporting transgender individuals with dignity and recognises the potential complications that may arise when taking references. We encourage applicants to contact HR at [email protected] to discuss or amend how we manage reference requests.
Please note, all applicants must be legally entitled to accept and perform work in the UK and all positions are subject to a DBS check.
Any data which you share with us throughout the hiring process will be stored securely within the UK and is accessible only by staff who require it. Should your application be unsuccessful, your data will be securely destroyed after 6 months.
Vita Health Group reserves the right to close this job when sufficient applications have been received.
