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Support worker inpatient rehabilitation

Dover
Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust
Support worker
Posted: 2h ago
Offer description

Job overview
Rivendell is in the village of Eastry near Sandwich and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides inpatient recovery and rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health and psychological needs. The unit comprises of 10 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Rivendell prides itself in delivering specialist individualised and tailored recovery programmes to meet individual needs and optimise independence.

Main duties of the job
The Support Worker (Band 3) is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to:

* Deliver an effective and competent level of care under the guidance and supervision of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and as determined by the patient's care plan.
* Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24-hour span of care.
* Monitor, report and maintain a healthy, safe and secure workplace by knowing and taking account of: Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (1985), Control of substance Hazardous to Health (1985), European H&S Regulations (1992)-Numbers 1-6, Food Act (1996), Adhere to Trust policies and local service protocols.
* Professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing.
* Operationally accountable to the Matron / Clinical Service Manager.

Job overview
Rivendell is in the village of Eastry near Sandwich and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides inpatient recovery and rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health and psychological needs. The unit comprises of 10 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
Rivendell prides itself in delivering specialist individualised and tailored recovery programmes to meet individual needs and optimise independence.

Main duties of the job
The Support Worker (Band 3) is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to:

* Deliver an effective and competent level of care under the guidance and supervision of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and as determined by the patient's care plan.
* Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24-hour span of care.
* Monitor, report and maintain a healthy, safe and secure workplace by knowing and taking account of: Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (1985), Control of substance Hazardous to Health (1985), European H&S Regulations (1992)-Numbers 1-6, Food Act (1996), Adhere to Trust policies and local service protocols.
* Professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing.
* Operationally accountable to the Matron / Clinical Service Manager.
THE TRUST'S MISSION STATEMENT:
To put patients first by providing community-based, high quality and responsive healthcare services, delivered by well-trained and supported staff who work with relatives, carers and other agencies in the best interests of patients.
STATEMENT OF THE TRUST'S AIMS AND VALUES:
* To remain patient-focused at all times by providing high quality and responsive healthcare services in hospitals and the community.
* To work closely with patients, their families, carer groups, local communities and other organisations ensuring care is coordinated.
Working for our organisation
Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.
We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.
Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.
We are proud to employ over 3,700 people from 66 nationalities and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.
You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.
The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.
Our strategy
Our mission is what we set out to do every day
We deliver brilliant care through brilliant people
Our vision is where we want to be in the future
To provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.
Check out our recruitment videos Recruitment - YouTube

Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person specification

Training and Qualifications

Essential criteria
* Completed Care certificate
* Health or Social Care Qualification (level 3 or equivalent)
Experience

Essential criteria
* Significant experience of working within Mental Health setting
Desirable criteria
* NHS experience
Knowledge

Essential criteria
* Demonstrates a good understanding of mental health conditions appropriate to the setting.
* Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team, under the direction and supervision of a registered practitioner
* Experience in communicating effectively to a wide range of people.
* Experience in record interventions in a timely manner
KMPT Staff Benefits:
NHS pension scheme Your employer pays 23.7% towards your pension and life assurance benefits.
Please see Apply. Apply /Pensions.aspx for more details.
Annual leave for Agenda for Change On appointment to NHS
27 days for full time or pro rata if part time
After 5 years NHS service
29 days full time or pro rata if part time
After 10 years NHS service
33 days full time or pro rata if part time
Plus bank holidays, that's up to 41 days - more than 8 weeks paid time off!
Medical staffs have national Terms and Conditions.
Buying and selling of annual leave is also available as part of our flexible approach to staff benefits.
Recommend a friend campaign If you already work for us you could refer a friend from outside of the Trust to any of the roles below and you can receive £1000 if they are successfully recruited; Nursing staff - RMN RGN RNLD - Band 5 and 6, Medical Doctors, Clinical Psychologist and Allied Health Professionals,
Flexible working Covers job share, term time working, flexible shifts etc. Just ask and we will try to help.
Statutory and occupational maternity, paternity or adoption leave Dependant on length of NHS service
Other paid/unpaid leave This can be for Jury Service, Reserved Armed Forces, etc. This is paid outside of annual leave.
Non paid leave for career breaks
Staff Support KMPT offers a face to face counselling service for any issues not just work related problems.
NHS discounts and shopping vouchers Staff can sign up for Red Guava, PS discounts and Health Service Discounts to receive a variety of discounts in travel, fashion, technology, mobile phone contracts, food and drink, days out etc.
Learning and Development opportunities In addition to the mandatory subjects there are a number of leadership, management and staff topic areas, including coaching and mentoring.
Induction
KMPT is committed to supporting all new staff and this includes a comprehensive Induction programme. The programme's duration depends on role and can be from 2 days to 4 weeks (not always consecutive days).
The Induction programme will provide an excellent opportunity for new staff to meet and engage with KMPT's subject specialists and include the required training.
The programme may involve some travel to the various training venues across Kent and Medway, the main ones being Canterbury, Maidstone and Dartford.
New starter bonus At the Trust we really value our n


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