Job summary
**PLEASE NOTE - THIS ROLE IS NOT ELIGIBLE FOR SPONSORSHIP**
Health Care Support Worker - Band 3 - Part Time 22.5 Hours per Week - Summerview Rehab Unit:
We are seeking to recruit a positive, motivated, and compassionate Health Care Support Worker who is committed to the principles of recovery, to work as part of the multidisciplinary Rehabilitation Team based at Summerview Rehabilitation Unit.
This exciting opportunity will enable the successful candidate to gain experience of supporting people to develop, retain or regain independent living skills.
Main duties of the job
To provide support, and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users.
To promote and support the physical health, comfort, wellbeing and recovery of service-users, 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 individualized care plans.
To provide support and day-to-day supervision to junior staff members, 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.
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.
The Trust is committed to the Step into Health scheme and actively encourages applicants from the Armed Forces Communities to apply.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Communicates with service-users 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 service-users 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. (query blending the above two first is about patients/public, second is healthcare staff)
3. Relates appropriately with service-users, 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 centred 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.
Job description
Job responsibilities
1. Communicates with service-users 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 service-users 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. (query blending the above two first is about patients/public, second is healthcare staff)
3. Relates appropriately with service-users, 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 centred 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.
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oAdvanced Apprenticeship in (Mental) Health and Social Care
Experience
Essential
- NVQ 3 in (Mental) Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE's or Functional Skills)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with people with Mental Health Needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential
- oAdvanced Apprenticeship in (Mental) Health and Social Care
Experience
Essential
- NVQ 3 in (Mental) Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE's or Functional Skills)
Experience
Essential
- oExperience of working with people with Mental Health Needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
Additional information
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
UK Registration
Applicants must have current UK professional registration. For further information please see
NHS Careers website (opens in a new window).
