Job summary
We have vacancies on our inpatients wards for Health Care support workers (Band 3 ) at the Forensic Service both at John Howard Centre and Wolfson House. This role will cover all areas of our service including HDU, learning disability, specialist autism, acute mental health, women services and rehabilitation service
Our main aims are to:
Supporting the in-patients wards during psychiatric emergencies.
Promoting a safe environment of care that safeguards and protects patients and staff against undue risk.
Facilitating a positive role for patients where open communication and opportunities for learning and decision-making are promoted
Maintaining the patients right to spend no more time than clinically necessary in a locked environment.
Provide support and clinical assistance to the other hospitals within the trust.
Provide support and liaise with the community mental health teams and other allied professionals
Main duties of the job
As a Band 3, you will assist in the provision of outstanding recovery focused care as part of the nursing team and wider multi-disciplinary team.
Our expectation is that you will be a highly motivated and dynamic team member; who is able to demonstrate quality therapeutic interactions with service users who require good support for their high dependency and complex needs. You are also expected to be working within the recovery model aims to help people with mental health problems to look beyond mere survival and existence. Supporting and encouraging clients move forward, set new goals and do things and develop relationships that give their lives meaning. You will work closely with the occupational therapy and psychology teams to offer recovery focused individual and group work with service users.
You should also be able to reflect interactions through excellent documentation, and be able to develop effective lines of communication with members of the wider multidisciplinary team and other agencies with the support of the nursing team, and maintain effective team work. We will expect you to be highly resilient and resourceful, able to problem-solve, think on your feet and be able to bring a creative flavour to your work.
This post will require you to work a mixture of shift work (long days, Weekends and night shifts).
About us
Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Job description
Job responsibilities
Kindly refer to the job description and person specification that is attached to the vacancy profile.
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level of equivalent
- Completed or the willingness to undertake Care certificate
Desirable
- GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Working in a care setting
Desirable
- Dealing with challenging situations
- Working with Mental Health Service Users
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to manage time to meet deadlines
- Ability to work autonomously
- Be able to respond with compassion and empathy
Desirable
- Demonstrate an understanding of the specialty
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
Person Specification
Education/ Qualification/ Training
Essential
- Educated to GCSE level of equivalent
- Completed or the willingness to undertake Care certificate
Desirable
- GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Experience
Essential
- Working in a care setting
Desirable
- Dealing with challenging situations
- Working with Mental Health Service Users
- Insight into how to evaluate own strengths and development needs, seeking advice where appropriate
- Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
Knowledge and Skills
Essential
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Able to manage time to meet deadlines
- Ability to work autonomously
- Be able to respond with compassion and empathy
Desirable
- Demonstrate an understanding of the specialty
- Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
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.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
