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Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Health Support Worker

The closing date is 18 July 2025

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Job summary

As a Healthcare Support Worker at Red Kite View, you will have the opportunity to learn skills and train to be a key member of our team. You will play a vital role in improving the lives of young people (service users) on a daily basis in an interesting environment where every day is different. Red Kite View has a 6-bedded Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) and a 16-bedded General Adolescent Unit (GAU). Your responsibilities will include:

  • Providing a high standard of care by assisting in and carrying out a range of duties under the direction and supervision of a registered clinician.
  • Work as part of the clinical team, assisting in delivering patient centred care, which promotes privacy, dignity and respect for the young person.
  • Assist with the care of young people, particularly in relation to activities of daily living and other treatments as indicated by the registered nurse and other care professionals.
  • Actively participate in group work and therapeutic activities under the supervision of a registered nurse and other care professionals. To offer support to young people through effective communication and promote communication with young people who have difficulties

Main duties of the job

It is important that the young people in our care have connections with the community outside of hospital and so our Healthcare Support Workers will work with our services in the local community as well as with ward-based activities. This may include accompanying a young person to an appointment, shopping, or a visit to a community centre for example.

The Trust encourages the use of the wisdom gained through personal 'lived' experience, to inspire hope in others and the belief that recovery is possible for all, we therefore welcome applications from people that have personal experience of mental health illness or care/live with someone that does.

You will have great interpersonal skills and be able to establish a professional working relationship with young people and families. You will be cool in a crisis, it's a busy clinical area and we manage lots of risk-taking behaviour, violence and aggression and deliberate self-harm. It is a demanding yet rewarding role.

Ideally, you will have experience of working in mental health services or working with young people in an inpatient setting, although that's not essential. Your values are more important to us and you will receive full training and induction in this role. We are looking for someone who genuinely wants to make a lasting impact on young people, who insists on doing things with care and diligence and is able to think on their feet.

About us

The Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (LYPFT) is the main provider of Mental Health and Learning Disability services in Leeds. We also provide specialist inpatient services in York and some highly specialised services across the country. As a teaching trust with strong links to local universities, we are a centre of excellence for teaching, research and development.

There are many benefits of working for LYPFT including fantastic employee wellbeing support, 27 - 33 days annual leave, flexible working and remote working arrangements, the NHS Pension Scheme, coaching, support and opportunities for career development and training and education support alongside a range of exclusive discounts and payment schemes including for cars, extra leave days and more NHS Discount Offers.

We also have an incredible bank department, offering variety of roles in nursing, allied health professions, healthcare support worker and administration clerical. Permanent employees are automatically added to bank.

Applicants should be aware that any individual requiring a visa to work in the UK, the Trust provides sponsorship for registered healthcare practitioner roles only (this does not include Healthcare Support Workers). This is an essential requirement, and the Trust is unable to offer you a role if you do not meet Trust requirements for sponsorship and Home Office requirements for a visa.

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-31225-CYP

Job locations

Red Kite View PICU

Green Hill Road

Leeds

LS12 3QE


Job description

Job responsibilities

The CYPMHS inpatient unit structure has been newly designed specifically to enable and encourage progression, your development is vital to the service, so you will be fully supported to continue to progress within your career.

Experience of working with a range of service users with complex mental health needs and/or a learning disability and/or autism is very beneficial, coupled with a minimum L2/L3 NVQ qualification in Health & Social Care (or commitment to achieve within 6 months of commencement), or demonstrable equivalent experience in the role of a health support worker and/or demonstrable lived experience.Communication is key for this role, you will therefore have outstanding communication skills to enable you to work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, young people and their family and/or carers.

You will be able to manage your own time effectively, work well in groups or 1:1 with service users and colleagues, be proactive in getting on with your work, but also know when to ask for advice and support.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net if you need a form, leaflet or other information in any of the following formats: Braille, large print, other formats such as Word, or coloured paper version.

Attached to this advert are supporting documents. The Recruitment Profile, which includes important to you will need to apply, our Benefits document for this post, and a candidates guide to our values based recruitment approach and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

Job description

Job responsibilities

The CYPMHS inpatient unit structure has been newly designed specifically to enable and encourage progression, your development is vital to the service, so you will be fully supported to continue to progress within your career.

Experience of working with a range of service users with complex mental health needs and/or a learning disability and/or autism is very beneficial, coupled with a minimum L2/L3 NVQ qualification in Health & Social Care (or commitment to achieve within 6 months of commencement), or demonstrable equivalent experience in the role of a health support worker and/or demonstrable lived experience.Communication is key for this role, you will therefore have outstanding communication skills to enable you to work in collaboration with the multi-disciplinary team, young people and their family and/or carers.

You will be able to manage your own time effectively, work well in groups or 1:1 with service users and colleagues, be proactive in getting on with your work, but also know when to ask for advice and support.

All our information is available in accessible formats. Please contact the Recruitment team recruitment.lypft@nhs.net if you need a form, leaflet or other information in any of the following formats: Braille, large print, other formats such as Word, or coloured paper version.

Attached to this advert are supporting documents. The Recruitment Profile, which includes important to you will need to apply, our Benefits document for this post, and a candidates guide to our values based recruitment approach and supporting guidance on how to make a successful application.

If you require a reasonable adjustment, please contact the Recruitment Team or see the attached candidate guide to reasonable adjustments.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Functional skills (or equivalent) in maths and English. If not, the Trust will support to develop this further.
  • NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care, or a recognisable equivalent qualification, or be willing to undertake training as an apprenticeship, or have experience of working with a range of service users with complex mental health needs and / or have personal lived experience which is demonstrated in the application form and at interview.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates enthusiasm about working with young people in this setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working with young people aged 12 - 18yrs
  • Experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • Experience of working with PBS
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Functional skills (or equivalent) in maths and English. If not, the Trust will support to develop this further.
  • NVQ level 2 in Health and Social Care, or a recognisable equivalent qualification, or be willing to undertake training as an apprenticeship, or have experience of working with a range of service users with complex mental health needs and / or have personal lived experience which is demonstrated in the application form and at interview.

Experience

Essential

  • Demonstrates enthusiasm about working with young people in this setting

Desirable

  • Experience of working with young people aged 12 - 18yrs
  • Experience of working in a healthcare setting
  • Experience of working with PBS

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

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Red Kite View PICU

Green Hill Road

Leeds

LS12 3QE


Employer's website

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

Employer details

Employer name

Leeds and York Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Red Kite View PICU

Green Hill Road

Leeds

LS12 3QE


Employer's website

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

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Ward Manager

Justine Halonka

j.halonka@nhs.net

011385557185

Details

Date posted

04 July 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£24,625 to £25,674 a year pa

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

173-31225-CYP

Job locations

Red Kite View PICU

Green Hill Road

Leeds

LS12 3QE


Supporting documents

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