Job Description

Do you want to work for an established and respected local Mental Health Charity?

Solent Mind is the largest third sector provider of mental health services in the Hampshire region offering a range of high quality services to improve people’s mental wellbeing and to promote choice and rights to everyone who needs our support in communities across Southampton, Portsmouth and Hampshire. 

Portsmouth Integrated Commissioning Unit has commissioned Solent Mind (Lead Provider) together with Rowans Hospice and SCA Group to deliver a service to meet the needs of people with dementia and their carers in Portsmouth.  The service supports people from diagnosis to end of life.

We are currently recruiting for an Intensive Engagement Support Worker, Remind (ref: ISWapr18), Part time - 22.5 hours per week

Based within the Older People’s Mental Health (OPMH) Wards and travelling and working in the Portsmouth locality you will work with key stakeholders, in particular the Dementia Specialist Nurse, to enable people to maximise their potential and quality of life and live as independently as possible for as long as possible.

The role will support the reduction of admissions and re-admissions into acute care (i.e. hospital) from the community, preventing escalation of need or deterioration in health and reducing the level of reliance on, or size of packages of care.

The ability to work flexibly, including evenings and weekends on rota basis (time availability) to meet the needs of the service is essential.

For more information on this role please visit the job vacancy page on the Solent Mind website and download an application pack.

Closing date for completed applications is before: 5.00pm Friday 4 May 2018

Interview date still to be confirmed

Please note, we do not accept CVs & we do not accept applications from recruitment agencies

Solent Mind welcomes applications from all of the communities in which we work.

Appointments are made on merit.

Charity registered No:  1081116

Registered with limited liability in England and Wales No:  4004500