North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare Trust

Healthcare Support Worker

The closing date is 10 December 2025

Job summary

Healthcare Support Worker - Band 3 - Darwin Centre:

There is an exciting opportunity to work as a Healthcare Support Worker within the Darwin Centre. We are searching for extra special Healthcare Support Workers who have experience, passion and pride when caring for younger persons and this vacancy would suit someone who is looking for an exciting opportunity and wants to work on a Young Persons Ward.

We are keen to show you any of our services and provide an opportunity to meet some team members, if you would like to arrange an informal visit prior to making an application please email Lucy.mcfadyen@combined.nhs.uk

**PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPONSORSHIP**

Main duties of the job

To provide support, and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of children and young people. To promote and support the physical health, comfort, wellbeing and recovery of children and young people, and to assist them in re-establishing their place in the community, as appropriate. To assist Registered Professionals in assessments and care planning/ implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans. To provide support and day-to-day supervision to junior staff members as required, demonstrating the Health Care Support Worker role and role modelling good practice.

About us

As a Trust we remain bold and ambitious with plans for both service and system collaborative transformation over the coming years to improve the health and wellbeing of our local people through high quality care.

We pride ourselves onensuring our team has their wellbeing put first and as such provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working.

We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to becoming the world's first 'carbon net zero' national health system by 2045 (Greener NHS (england.nhs.uk). As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. In order to deliver on this commitment, we recognise that we need a workforce that is as passionate as we are about achieving these goals, for the benefit of our service users, workforce, local communities and the planet alike. For 2024/2025, we have launched our "Proud to be Green" engagement campaign which is aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan. As a Trust, you can be assured that we will commit to supporting you in working towards our net zero ambitions, set out in our Green Plan, through our sustainability programme".

The Trust is committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under-represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Date posted

26 November 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,937 to £26,598 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

232-SPL-7538044-A

Job locations

Darwin Centre

Stoke-on-Trent

ST4 7LF

Job description

Job responsibilities

1. Communicates with children and young people and carers, all members of the multi-disciplinary team and staff in external agencies using a variety of methods including Information Technology.

2. Regularly reports and effectively communicates children and young people health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Health Professional staff members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team.

3. Relates appropriately with children and young people, carers, colleagues and others at all times maintaining professional boundaries.

4. At all times ensures that own actions, support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals.

5. Identifies, minimizes and reports risks of danger, harm and abuse to senior colleagues.

6. At all times minimizes risks to self and others by undertaking safe working practices.

7. At all times works within agreed and established Trust policy and operational procedures.

8. Works with other Trust services to promote seamless service-user person centered care from referral/admission, to transfer and discharge on identified care pathways.

9. Responsible for contribution towards planning and undertaking delivery of planned therapeutic activities with an identified group of service users.

10. Responsible for undertaking elements of a holistic assessment, under the direction of Registered Health Professional staff. Responsible for regularly working with children and young people to negotiate and review existing plans to address identified needs under the supervision of Registered Professionals.