Healthcare Support Worker

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Part-time evening or/and weekends

Basepoint Business Centre in Havant and/or Basepoint Business Centre in Gosport.

As part of the role, the candidate will be provided with training and a comprehensive induction programme to help them meet required competencies. At Southern Health we are keen to develop our staffs' career in healthcare and provide support for further training and qualifications.

The role is with the Crisis and Home Treatment Team with the option to be based in Havant or Gosport team working across the division. The successful candidate will work in a multi-disciplinary team alongside Nurses, Social Worker's, Occupational Therapists, Clinicians and Admin staff.

The Crisis team provides intensive treatment plans to support patients in the community, averting hospital admission where possible, whilst also supporting individuals in their journey from the hospital environment to home.

We welcome applications for part-time set shift patterns an example could be, two evenings 4pm -- 10pm and/or weekends, with potential flexibility on start times. The work pattern would be agreed with successful candidates at the point of offer.

Owning or having access to a car is essential for visits to patients, the area covered includes Gosport, Fareham, Petersfield, Waterlooville, Hayling Island and Emsworth.

If you would like to know more about this role please contact Jeramy.jones@southernhealth.nhs.uk

Main duties of the job

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, which supports individuals who are experiencing Acute Mental Health crisis and who require intensive input in order to remain in the community, averting hospital admission where possible. Whilst also supporting individuals along their journey through the Acute Care Pathway from the hospital environment to home. This role is key to supporting the Crisis Team practitioners, and will entail a shift-based working pattern that will help to cover a 24-hour service. The Crisis Team deliver intensive, recovery focussed interventions for individuals presenting with acute clinical needs as an alternative to hospital admission

You will support service users to identify their needs and to assist practitioners to plan, implement, review and evaluate individual care plans.

To work in a recovery focussed manner having the individual service user's needs at the fore at all times, supporting service users to work towards their identified goals.

To use agreed values and skills to underpin their day-to-day work.

About us

Are you committed to providing remarkable care and service?Are you passionate about helping people and want to make a difference every day?We want to meet you!

Southern Health is one of the largest Foundation Trusts in the UK, specialising in mental health, adult and child community health and learning disabilities. We are committed to promoting the welfare and safeguarding of children, young people and adults at risk of abuse and neglect through our 6,500 strong workforce.

Southern Health has over 300 sites across the county and we serve 1.5 million people throughout all stages of their lives. Our aim is to work alongside the people we support (and our health and care partners) to deliver the best possible care and constantly improve.

Here at SHFT we have so much to be proud of:

Working as a team and supporting each other, we put patients and our staff at the heart of everything we do.
We have a skilled and diverse workforce and are committed to our staff development, offering bespoke training packages, leadership pathways and career opportunities.
We offer a variety of benefits such as an amazing pension scheme, generous annual leave, Childcare Choices scheme, many discounts (Blue Light card, The Company Shop, NHS Staff Discounts, cycle to work scheme) and much more.

Come to work with us, together we will provide outstanding treatment and care to improve lives.

Date posted

15 January 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

348-PSE-3547

Job locations

Basepoint Havant

Unit 37, Harts Farm Way

Havant

Hampshire

PO9 1HS

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

NVQ 2 in care / Level 2 Certificate in Mental Health Work in care or agreed equivalent.
Commitment to undertake continuing personal development and to gain appropriate Level 3 qualifications within an agreed timescale
Current drivers licence

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

NVQ 2 in care / Level 2 Certificate in Mental Health Work in care or agreed equivalent.
Commitment to undertake continuing personal development and to gain appropriate Level 3 qualifications within an agreed timescale
Current drivers licence

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.