Healthcare Assistant/Trainee

Job summary

CAMHs - Learning Disabilities Tees have a rare vacancy at Baysdale Respite Service in Middlesbrough for a Healthcare Assistant/Trainee. Baysdale respite provides care to service users with profound and multiple learning disabilities, behaviours that challenge and autism.

The service runs 24 hours a day seven days a week, including nights and weekends. The role will involve supporting with personal care needs, the assessment and monitoring of physical/mental health issues and liaising with other professionals and family members.

You must have the Right to Work in the UK in order to be successfully appointed to this role. Please note, this role does not meet the required eligibility criteria for sponsorship under the Skilled Worker visa and therefore the Trust is unable to offer sponsorship for this particular role.

Main duties of the job

We are currently looking for a Healthcare Assistant/Trainee to work within our children's learning disability respite service.

The individuals would be responsible for supporting children with a learning disability who have associated physical/ emotional difficulties, Epilepsy or behaviours that challenge.

We wish to recruit individuals who are flexible, enthusiastic and have a positive caring attitude towards our client group. The role will be varied and will include all aspects of care from implementing care plan delivery systems to promoting choice and client's independence.

Our clients are looking for someone who will listen to them, help them, make them feel safe and support them to go out in the community as part of their treatment plans.

The successful candidate must have completed the Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 2 or equivalent. Candidates must also have Literacy and Numeracy level 2 or equivalent and must complete the Trust Healthcare Assistant competencies within their probationary period (first 6 months in role).

The successful candidates who do not have the required qualifications will be expected to enrol on the Healthcare Assistant Framework which will include the acquisition of the level 2 Diploma Health and Social Care, level 2 in Literacy and Numeracy or equivalent and achievement of competencies. You will have a maximum of 2 years to complete this.

Experience with PEG feeding and PBS awareness is desirable.

About us

We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.

From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care --our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.

We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.

We're committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.