Rehab And Reablement Support Worker

We are recruiting Mental Health Support Workers to join a newly established Community Rehabilitation Team (CRT)

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of a new community-based rehabilitation service supporting people with complex mental health needs to live independently, develop their recovery and maintain stability within the community.

You will provide direct person-centred support to individuals, working alongside a multidisciplinary team to help people build skills, confidence and social networks.

The service focuses on helping people to:

• Maintain their independence
• Develop daily living skills
• Build confidence and social inclusion
• Sustain living in their own home or supported accommodation

The team works using an assertive outreach model, delivering care in people's homes and community settings.

As a Mental Health Support Worker, you will:

• Work directly with service users to support recovery and wellbeing
• Deliver structured interventions and activities as part of care plans
• Support individuals to manage their social and practical needs
• Assist practitioners in assessment, care planning and review processes
• Build supportive relationships to encourage engagement and independence
• Contribute to a safe, responsive and recovery-focused service

This is a community-based role, involving travel, lone working and supporting people in a range of settings. A full UK driving licence and access to a vehicle for work use are required.

Previous applicants need not apply

The post holder will:

• Provide practical and emotional support to individuals with complex mental health needs
• Work with service users to promote recovery and independence in the community
• Support individuals to identify their goals and needs, contributing to care planning and reviews
• Assist in delivering care plans and rehabilitation activities under the guidance of qualified practitioners
• Support access to community services, social activities and support networks
• Provide 1:1 support and telephone contact, escalating concerns appropriately
• Monitor and report changes in mental health and risk
• Maintain accurate and timely records

Key skills required:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to engage and build relationships with people who may be distressed or reluctant to engage
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team
• Calm, professional approach in challenging or crisis situations
• Commitment to recovery-focused, person-centred care

Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust provides joined-up mental and physical healthcare for around two million people across our communities. With over 13,000 staff working in the community and local hospitals, we deliver care at every stage of life, helping people live their best and healthiest lives.

Our mental health services include community-based support and early intervention in psychosis (EIP) for both adults and young people, alongside a network of specialist inpatient wards covering forensic, learning disability, eating disorder and older person's care.

We deliver extensive physical health services too, from urgent community response teams helping frail and older patients remain safely at home, to hospitals at home teams providing acute-level care in familiar surroundings. Our neurological services offer rehabilitation and treatment for conditions including Multiple Sclerosis, Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease, Head Injury, Cerebral Palsy and Stroke. Across Hampshire, our community hospitals provide inpatient rehabilitation as a step down from acute care, and our dedicated teams also staff Treetops Sexual Assault Referral Centre in Portsmouth, offering expert, compassionate support.

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