Healthcare Support Worker- Learning Disability Replacement Care

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

The closing date is 12 January 2025

Job summary

Churchview is a unique specialist service that provides a Short Breaks Service to support young people (over 18 years old) and adults with learning disabilities in Worcestershire. The service supports individuals who require nursing care, are assessed as having complex health needs and also supports individuals presenting with behaviours that may challenge.

We are looking for dynamic and motivated Care Assistant to join the team. The post-holder will support other team members in delivering a clinically effective service. The aim is for service users to feel welcome, safe, confident, and keen to stay, thus providing a positive experience for all concerned.

This post is for 28 hours over 4 days in the week and the shifts patterns are 7-1400, 14-2100 or 2115-0715.

You will need good verbal and written communication skills to utilise carenotes, feedback to families and handovers to the staff team. We will support you to gain knowledge of care plans and aspects of the job role. We would love if you have experience with supporting people with learning Disabilities but would be more than happy to support anyone who was new to this field and wanted to gain experience.

Please note the Trust will not provide sponsorship to work for this role, to apply you must have current right to work in the UK status.

Main duties of the job

This role at Churchview will include admitting and discharging service users and their belonging. Regular communications with families and other professionals involved in their care such as day centre staff, college staff, GP, and Community Learning Disability Nurses. You will be required to make beds, do daily tasks such as wash bedding, clothes, shop for food, prepare meals and support service users with meals. You will be required to deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible, ensuring that the service user is at the heart of your care and decisions.

This is a hands-on role, and the candidate will be required to support service users with personal care tasks and moving and handling aspects of care alongside medicines management. We would like team players; the service runs well because we all help each other and are all passionate about the care we provide. We are a supportive, passionate, and motivated staff team and reflect on the care we provide regularly to improve the care we provide to service users. The candidate will be supported by Band 2 and 3 Health Care Assistants, Qualified Nurses, a Deputy Manager and Churchview Replacement Care manager to deliver person centred care which involves regular reviews with families, ensuring the needs of the induvial are at the heart of the care provided.

About us

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites.

We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities.

What we offer;

  • 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
  • Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
  • Flexible and agile working opportunities
  • Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
  • Wide range of supportive staff networks
  • Health and wellbeing opportunities

If you would like to know more, please visit our website.

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Date posted

20 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year pro rata (£12.08 per hour)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9798-1049

Job locations

Churchview, Princess of Wales Community Hospital

Stourbridge Road

Bromsgrove

B61 0BB


Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Job description

Job responsibilities

For full details of the duties and criteria for the role please refer to the job description and person specification attached.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE Grade A-C, NVQ2) in Care or A good standard of general education to GCSE level and will be expected to undertake the relevant Level 2 qualification on appointment to post
  • Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • A flexible and adaptable team member
  • Enthusiastic and self-motivated

Knowledge

Desirable

  • Understanding of learning disability, physical disability and associated healthcare needs

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in supporting people with learning disabilities or experience within a wider care role

Desirable

  • Learning Disability experience
  • Health Care Assistant previous experience
Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential

  • Level 2 qualification (e.g. GCSE Grade A-C, NVQ2) in Care or A good standard of general education to GCSE level and will be expected to undertake the relevant Level 2 qualification on appointment to post
  • Will be expected to meet the Care Certificate standards within 12 weeks of commencing employment with the Trust
  • I understand that I will be asked to provide original certificates to verify my qualifications at point of offer.

Skills & Abilities

Essential

  • Ability to challenge poor behaviour
  • A positive attitude and able to act on feedback
  • Ability to praise and be supportive to others
  • Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in English in both verbal and written formats
  • A flexible and adaptable team member
  • Enthusiastic and self-motivated

Knowledge

Desirable

  • Understanding of learning disability, physical disability and associated healthcare needs

Additional Criteria

Essential

  • You understand that we will not provide sponsorship to work for this role.

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience in supporting people with learning disabilities or experience within a wider care role

Desirable

  • Learning Disability experience
  • Health Care Assistant previous experience

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

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Churchview, Princess of Wales Community Hospital

Stourbridge Road

Bromsgrove

B61 0BB


Employer's website

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


Employer details

Employer name

Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust

Address

Churchview, Princess of Wales Community Hospital

Stourbridge Road

Bromsgrove

B61 0BB


Employer's website

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


For questions about the job, contact:

Replacement Care Manager

Leoni Arnold

leoni.arnold@nhs.net

01527488307

Date posted

20 December 2024

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£23,615 a year pro rata (£12.08 per hour)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time

Reference number

C9798-1049

Job locations

Churchview, Princess of Wales Community Hospital

Stourbridge Road

Bromsgrove

B61 0BB


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