Band 3 Senior Healthcare Support Workers - Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

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Job summary

We have exciting career opportunities for experienced Healthcare Support Workers to join our dynamic teams.

We are looking for people who are highly motivated, forward thinking and compassionate to join us in both our low and medium secure wards.

In this role you will support in assessing service users' health and well-being and assisting in the delivery of care to meet the service users' needs. You will actively promote best practice and contribute towards quality improvement projects.

The wards have highly skilled multi-disciplinary teams who work closely together to ensure excellence in service delivery.

There will be opportunities to develop areas of interest and pursue further training. As part of your employment with our Service there is an expectation that you will undertake an apprenticeship as part of your contractual obligations if you have not already done so.

There may also be an opportunity to gain experience on other wards within Secure Services should you wish to do so.

Main duties of the job

Fromeside is an 81 bedded medium secure unit for people with a mental illness who may also have a criminal history, or have risks and behaviours that mean they cannot be treated in mainstream mental health services.

Fromeside provides both short term and longer term care and we have an ethos of recovery, and service user and carer involvement. We have a service for women and a range of wards for men, supporting those who are acutely unwell through to those preparing for discharge. We also have a dedicated learning disability ward.

People returning to life in the community are supported by both ward staff and our community nurses who work alongside mainstream community mental health services.

Wickham low secure service has 31 beds over 3 wards, each meeting the specific needs of vulnerable men with ongoing mental health issues who are at differing stages of their recovery, and with varying levels of independence, who may also have a criminal history.

We strive to provide patient centered care whilst fostering hope, empowerment and choice. Working in a secure setting requires outward thinking and innovative approaches from our staff whilst remaining committed to maintaining safety and security. Can you help us develop further and take these services to the fore in the field of forensic services?

Shift patterns cover 24 hours a day, 7 days per week; including night shifts, early and late shifts plus weekends.

About us

We are AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset.

Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.

At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Date posted

16 August 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time, Part-time

Reference number

342-SEC080-0823

Job locations

Blackberry Hill Hospital

Bristol

BS16 2EW

Job description

Job responsibilities

Sometimes the role will be tough, you will see and be involved in some difficult things involving our patients, be rushed off your feet and deliver some very direct care. We dont want to shy away from that and we do know that this part of the role isnt for everyone. That is why we run such a robust interview process to make sure that you understand the role, as much as we need to assess you to check you have all those fabulous skills, attributes, resilience and the caring nature we need. We cannot wait to welcome you to one of our interview days so you can show us what you are made of!

Please see attached Job Description for a full list of duties

Job description

Job responsibilities

Please see attached Job Description for a full list of duties

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)
Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, Level 2 Functional Skills (e.g. GCSE Mathematics and English Language Grade C/4 or above)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Experience of working as a healthcare support worker in a clinical team.
Knowledge of, and experience of working with, a range of mental health issues
An understanding of how mental health issues can affect the lives of individuals, their families and their community, and experience of using a range of evidence-based approaches to reduce the impact of such issues

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills
Demonstrable ability to use computer systems efficiently and effectively to record data clearly, accurately and quickly
Ability to conduct oneself in a professional and tactful manner, and to champion core care values such as dignity, compassion and safety
Possession of attitudes and behaviours that promote recovery, diversity and equality, and ability to retain these under pressure.

Other

Essential

Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)
Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, Level 2 Functional Skills (e.g. GCSE Mathematics and English Language Grade C/4 or above)

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Experience of working as a healthcare support worker in a clinical team.
Knowledge of, and experience of working with, a range of mental health issues
An understanding of how mental health issues can affect the lives of individuals, their families and their community, and experience of using a range of evidence-based approaches to reduce the impact of such issues

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills
Demonstrable ability to use computer systems efficiently and effectively to record data clearly, accurately and quickly
Ability to conduct oneself in a professional and tactful manner, and to champion core care values such as dignity, compassion and safety
Possession of attitudes and behaviours that promote recovery, diversity and equality, and ability to retain these under pressure.

Other

Essential

Empathy for individuals who have experienced mental health problems and ability to cope with behaviour which may be challenging at times

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.