Health Care Support Worker - Serenity Path Hospital

Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust

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Job summary

Would you like to be part of a new and exciting opportunity?

Would you like to be an integral part of supporting a new and innovative service for young people with eating disorders?

Are you interested in working in a newly re-modelled Tier 4 CAMHS inpatient service for young people with acute mental health problems?

If so, this Band 2 Health Care Support Worker role in Winchester may be for you.

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.

We provide support and treatment for young people aged 12-18, experiencing acute mental illness, such as depression and psychotic disorders whilst also specialising in supporting those with anorexia nervosa.

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

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 July 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£22,383 to £22,383 a year Based on full time hours

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

348-SS-5296

Job locations

Leigh House

Alresford Road

Winchester

Hampshire

SO21 1HD

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)
Level 2 Computer Literacy Qualification,
e.g. ECDL or equivalent.
Commitment to Lifelong Learning

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

Numeracy and Literacy Skills Level 2
(GCSE grade A -- C)
Level 2 Computer Literacy Qualification,
e.g. ECDL or equivalent.
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.