Health Care Support Worker - Ravenswood House

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

As a Health Care Support Worker, you will work closely with service users, their families, friends and carers. You will play an important role in ensuring those who use our services have a positive and supportive experience.

You will need to be kind and responsive and remain professional and informative and contribute to the quality of the services we provide. You will need to have good communication skills and be able to demonstrate a caring and supportive approach to working.

Experience is not essential as we will provide you with the training and support to ensure that your career in care starts off on the right track. Many of our current members of staff joined us with little or no experience so once trained you will have lots of opportunities to further develop your career within the trust. There are opportunities for progression to Band 3 HCSW roles.

Ravenswood House is a medium secure unit providing assessment, care and treatment for adults with serious mental illness. We provide high quality care and treatment to 68 male adults split across four clinical wards. Our service is for people with serious mental illness and/or personality disorder who need to receive their care in a medium secure environment. Most of our patients have either committed a criminal offence or have challenging behaviour. We admit patients from high secure hospitals, local psychiatric hospitals, prisons and the courts. You will need to be able to work a variety of shift patterns including nights and weekends.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Support Worker, you will provide physical and psychological care to service users in accordance with the specified plan of clinical care. You will carry out

duties as designated by the person in charge and accurately record patient/service user information. In addition to this, you will provide support to relatives/carers.

About us

Southern Health is one of the largest NHS Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health and learning disabilities, as well as offering physical health community-based services.

With a workforce of more than 7000 and a footprint that spans more than 200 sites across Hampshire, we're committed to providing the best possible healthcare, reaching a range of diverse communities, whilst placing patients and staff at the forefront of all our endeavours.

We are currently working closely with other NHS Trusts to combine all our collective community, mental health, and learning disability services, with the plan to create a new larger, more integrated and accessible organisation.

The transformation will happen in stages; Hampshire CAMHS, part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust joined Southern Health in February 2024, with Isle of Wight NHS Trust mental health and community services transitioning across in May 2024. The final combination of Southern Health and Solent NHS Trust services is expected in late 2024, when our new organisation, to be known as Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust, will be formed.

Our new Trust will continue to cater to the unique needs of different communities, making healthcare across the county more accessible, as well as offering staff more opportunities for career development, training and partnership working.

Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare in Hampshire.

Date posted

24 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £23,615 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SS-5655

Job locations

Ravenswood House

Mayles Lane, Knowle

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 5NA


Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Job description

Job responsibilities

Further information about the Trust and this role can be found on the Job Description and Person Specification document attached.

We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Numeracy and Literacy Skills Level 2 (GCSE grade A -- C)
  • Commitment to lifelong learning
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Numeracy and Literacy Skills Level 2 (GCSE grade A -- C)
  • Commitment to lifelong learning

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.

Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ravenswood House

Mayles Lane, Knowle

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 5NA


Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


Employer details

Employer name

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Ravenswood House

Mayles Lane, Knowle

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 5NA


Employer's website

https://www.southernhealth.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)


For questions about the job, contact:

Hiring Manager

Thomas Leggett

thomas.leggett@southernhealth.nhs.uk

Date posted

24 September 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 to £23,615 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SS-5655

Job locations

Ravenswood House

Mayles Lane, Knowle

Fareham

Hampshire

PO17 5NA


Supporting documents

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