Recovery Support Worker | Mersey Care NHS Foundation Trust

Hope Centre is a 17 bedded inpatient ward which specialises in detoxing patients from Drugs and Alcohol. This is achieved with psychosocial and pharmaceutical interventions.

We are looking to recruit employees who are committed to supporting patients within a recovery focused environment.

The role will entail supporting nursing staff in the daily running of the ward by providing care and support to patients.

At Mersey Care we want team members to be able to demonstrate our trust values of respect, continuous improvement, accountability and enthusiasm., At the heart of all we do is our commitment to 'perfect care' - care that is safe, effective, positively experienced, timely, equitable and efficient. We support our staff to do the best job they can and work alongside service users, their families, and carers to design and develop future services together. We're currently delivering a programme of organisational and service transformation to significantly improve the quality of the services we provide and safely reduce cost as we do so.

To assist in the assessment, planning, implementation and evaluation of programmes of care for service users, including health care assessments under the direction and supervision of qualified members of staff.

To assist in the facilitation of medical review clinics, under the direction of qualified members of staff.

Contribute towards reports required by managers or external agencies, for example child care conferences or court reports.

Work as part of a multi-disciplinary team in a non-judgemental way.

Assist in the facilitation of group work with service users, under the direction and supervision of qualified members of staff.

Participate in and perform clinical investigations under supervision of qualified members of staff.

Mersey Care is one of the largest trusts providing physical health and mental health services in the North West, serving more than 11 million people.

We offer specialist inpatient and community services that support physical and mental health and specialist inpatient mental health, learning disability, addiction and brain injury services. Mersey Care is one of only three trusts in the UK that offer high secure mental health facilities.