Are you looking to build a meaningful and progressive career in mental health?
We are recruiting compassionate, resilient, and enthusiastic Healthcare Support Workers to join our forensic 8‑bedded Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) – a specialist setting focused on acute assessment and treatment for adults experiencing significant mental health difficulties.
Our PICU supports individuals during periods of heightened distress, where they may present with complex needs and fluctuating levels of risk. The emphasis is on providing safe, structured, and therapeutic care while helping service users stabilise and begin their recovery journey.
As part of the forensic pathway, we also work closely with the criminal justice system and regularly receive transfers from prison settings. This adds a unique and interesting dynamic to the ward, offering staff the opportunity to develop specialist skills in caring for individuals whose backgrounds and experiences can be very different from those in general mental health services.
This is an exceptional opportunity to develop a rewarding career where you can make a genuine difference in the lives of people at their most vulnerable. You will gain invaluable experience in supporting individuals in crisis, promoting dignity, independence, and choice in the safest yet least restrictive way possible.
Responsibilities
* To work as part of a care team to deliver evidence-based interventions to service users with mental health problems.
* To develop and practice, working alongside registered clinicians, a set of therapeutic care skills, making a significant contribution to service users’ psychological, emotional and social wellbeing.
* To ensure service users and their relatives receive care that prioritises safety, effectiveness, partnership and hope.
* To promote and champion core care values by supporting junior, temporary and newly-appointed Healthcare Support Workers.
Right to Work in the UK
This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the UK at the time of application, as the organisation is unable to support sponsorship for this post.
About AWP (Avon and Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust)
We are a diverse organisation with over 5,000 dedicated staff providing inpatient and community-based mental health care. We provide services from a range of locations to approximately 1.8 million people living in Bath and North East Somerset (B&NES), Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon, across the county of Wiltshire and in parts of Dorset. Our outstanding people promote mental health and wellbeing. The expertise and resources within AWP are dedicated to a person-centred approach for those who use our services and for all employees. We recognise that happy and fulfilled employees give better care.
Our Commitment to Diversity
At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.
Contact
For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Ben White, Job title: Ward Manager, Email address: b.white2@nhs.net, Telephone number: 01173784038
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