Job overview
Are you looking to develop a career in mental health?We are looking to recruit compassionate, resilient and enthusiastic Healthcare Support Workers within our 8 Bedded ASD and LD Specialism Medium Secure Ward. Where we provide care and support for adults providing assessment and treatment for various mental health illnesses, Learning disability and Autism Spectrum disorders.
This is an opportunity for you to develop a rewarding career where you can make a real difference to help change the lives of our service user group for the better.
This can be a challenging yet rewarding environment where as a team we strive to help our service users to overcome a variety of complex needs.
You will be able to learn and understand how to care for service users that are in mental health crisis by promoting choice and independence in the least restrictive way possible.
Main duties of the job
As a healthcare support worker the majority of your time will be spent engaging and getting know the service users on the ward. You will become able to recognise signs and symptoms of mental health illness and as a key member of the multi professional team which include Nurses, Doctors, Occupational Therapists. You will be able to support in collaborative care planning and implementation.
Although we are a mental health unit we give as much emphasis on physical health care and monitoring. The role of Health care support worker is vital in this area being able to ensure that daily well being needs and care needs are met and monitoring of clinical vital signs.
Right to Work in the UKThis 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.
Successful applicants will also be required to undertake and complete a Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression course. This enables staff to begin building the skills to de escalate service users in peaks of distress whilst maintaining a safe and therapeutic environment for all.
The ward operates on a 24/7 shift basis and you will be required to work shifts including evenings, nights, weekends and Bank Holidays and will qualify for unsocial enhancements in addition to your basic pay.
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