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Support Worker (Learning Disability)
The closing date is 23 July 2025
We are looking to recruit an enthusiastic Support Worker to join our friendly Community Learning Disability Team CLDT .
Building on the current CLDT provision, this post will facilitate the provision of children and adult specialist service offering assessment, intervention, and training for people who have a learning disability, complex behavioural/and or mental health needs.
The ideal candidate will be passionate about working in collaboration with service users, their family, carers and professional colleagues in order to enhance health and well-being, and to prevent or reduce behaviour that challenges.
Please note we reserve the right to close this vacancy prior to the closing date once the required number of suitable applications have been received.
Main duties of the job
This post will be based with the Community Learning Disability Team in North Tyneside. The post holder will work across the Enhanced Crisis Aversion Team and Positive Behaviour Team. The post holder will offer support in highly specialised behavioural assessments and interventions for children and adults who present with severe behaviours that challenge.
The post holder will support senior staff with the development of highly specialised Positive Behavioural Support Plans for patients and service providers in order to reduce or prevent placement breakdowns or admissions into inpatient settings.
About us
We manage three major locality hospitals at North Tyneside, Wansbeck and Hexham, plus a number of smaller community hospitals and clinics from Tynemouth to Berwick on Tweed, in addition to our state-of-the-art Northumbria Specialist Emergency Care Hospital, the first of its kind in England. We also care for people in their homes and provide services from facilities in local communities such as health centres. We give people greater choice and control over their care to help them to live independently at home and avoid hospital admission where appropriate. High quality patient care is at the heart of everything we do and we strive to ensure every single patient and service user has an exceptional experience with us. We have one of the most extensive patient experience programmes of any trust in England.
Job responsibilities
To offer support in the implementation of Positive Behaviour support plans and to provide intensive support to patients, carers and care providers to prevent/ reduce admission to inpatient units.
Offer early/timely intervention when there is deterioration in a patients condition by working with staff and the patient within their home offering assessment and intervention, including practical hands-on support.
To be part of the team providing a response to potential placementbreakdown.
Person Specification
Qualifications
* NVQ3 or the equivalent level of Knowledge and skill gained through experience
Experience
* Experience of working with people who have learning disabilities
* Knowledge and understanding of care procedures and policies appropriate for this level
* Experience of working in a community setting
Other Requirements
* It is an essential requirement of the role that the post holder has a valid driving licence and is either a car owner and able to use the car for work purposes, or has a Trust personal lease vehicle which may be used for the role. However, the Trust would consider making reasonable adjustments to the role, if necessary, to enable a disabled person to undertake the role
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.
Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
£24,937 to £26,598 a yearpro rata per annum
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