Our Community Mental Health Team (CMHT) at Avalon House in Winchester is looking for a Health Care Support Worker to join them!
The Winchester CMHT is a lively, dynamic and busy multi-disciplinary team which provides care coordination and recovery focused care for individuals with complex and challenging mental health needs.
This is an opportunity to demonstrate your skills as a Health Care Support Worker, who is focused on continually improving outcomes for patients.
You will play an important role in delivering excellent care for our service users, and working as part of the team to provide the right support and assistance to our service users in their recovery.
Our Trust offers continuous development for all of our staff, as well as regular supervision and annual appraisal, to ensure you achieve your personal goals and assist you in personal and professional development. When you have been with the team for a year, in line with your appraisal objectives, we can support you to do Nursing Associate Training or Nurse Apprenticeship Training, dependent on qualifications.
To provide physical and psychological care to service users in accordance with the specified plan of clinical care and in line with the recovery model to service users who live in any part of the catchment area.
*You will support the planning and delivery of interventions in line with an agreed care plan.
*Delivering higher level intensity community interventions as part of the integrated Shared Care model
*Working in a manner which is helpful to the service user and the referrer, based on principles of recovery, personalisation and choice.
*You will have previous experience in working with people with mental health needs, and will be able to evidence effective team working.
*You would be expected to complete phlebotomy training to take bloods for our clozapine clinic.
*Ability to drive and use of a car for work purpose is essential in this role.
*To provide support to the person responsible for the clinical care of the service user.
*To provide support to relatives/carers.
Hampshire and Isle of Wight Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust is a newly established organisation, bringing together expertise from across mental health, learning disabilities, community, and physical health services. We are dedicated to delivering compassionate, high-quality, and accessible care to the diverse communities of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.
Our goal is to create an integrated healthcare system that improves accessibility and ensures more consistent care for patients. By working together, we aim to improve patient outcomes, drive innovation, and meet the unique needs of the populations we serve.
Our Trust unites services from Southern Health, Solent NHS Trust, Isle of Wight NHS Trusts community and mental health teams, as well as Hampshire CAMHS, originally part of Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. This transformation enables us to deliver more seamless care across the region, ensuring that patients receive the right support, in the right place, at the right time.
Join us as we embark on this exciting journey to shape the future of healthcare across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. We are deeply committed to our CARE values of compassion, accountability, respect, and excellence, and offer outstanding opportunities for career development, training, and collaborative working.
It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team detailed in the advert. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
It is important to us that we ensure our recruitment processes are accessible and inclusive to everyone if as a potential candidate you are concerned a person specification may prevent or restrict your application for employment as a result of unintentional barriers on the grounds of your sex, race, age, sexual orientation, religion/belief or disability please initially contact the Trust's Recruitment team detailed in the advert. We are happy to talk Flexible Working - all requests for flexible working options can be discussed as part of the interview process.
Previous experience in care
*Basic computer skills
*Previous experience in care
*Basic computer skills
*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.
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