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Health Care Support Worker: Sponsorship Available

  • UK Visa Sponsorship
  • London

South West London and St George's Mental Health NHS Trust

Job Summary

An exciting opportunity for a health care support worker has arisen for a highly motivated, Health Support Worker to join our team. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work as an integral member of a multidisciplinary team which provides expert, caring and holistic supportto adults with a diagnosed learning disability.

The support worker will be supported to develop skills to carry out a variety of interventions delegated by nursing or allied health professionals (Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics and Physiotherapy). You will work with people who have a learning disability and physical health care needs such as issues relating to communication, mobility, nutrition and dysphagia.

The support worker will be required to work in a variety of community settings, with individuals, groups, families and staff teams. You will have regular supervision and will be expected to support the multidisciplinaryteam as a whole. Duties may include direct intervention but also developing resources and supporting training.

We are committed to get the very best out of our staff and support staff in their career aspirations. We offer in service training and development and have strong links with local Universities.

Main duties of the job

  •  To support nursing and allied health professionals (Speech and Language, Occupational Therapy, Dietetics and Physiotherapy) within the multi-disciplinary team to deliver safe and person-centred care.
  • Work with service users to provide interventions through ongoing support, practical assistance and problem resolution under the supervision of a senior clinician.
  • To contribute to the regular assessment, and reviews of services users’needs, development of care plans and provision of appropriate interventions.
  • To work in partnership with other agencies, teams, and carers to meet the needs of services users.

Flexible working:

We are proud to offer agile and flexible working opportunities as part of our new ways of working, and we are happy to talk flexible working at the interview stage. In this role you will be able to work Monday to Friday in the time frames from 9am to 5pm, giving you the very best of good work life balance.

About us

We are Proud to Belong at South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust.

We have expert services, a rich history and a clear commitment to providing the best quality care for those with mental ill-health. The Care Quality Commission already rates our services as ‘good’ – we aspire to be ‘outstanding’.

This is a great time to join us. We are transforming the way we care for our communities to support our mission of Making Life Better Together. We have built two brand new mental health facilities at Springfield University Hospital, which are amongst the best in the world. More developments are planned across our sites and services.

We are inclusive and diverse and strive to be actively anti racist. We want to attract people from all backgrounds and experiences to enrich the work we do together. We are proud to co-produce and involve our local communities in all that we do.

We offer flexible working, career development and a variety ofbenefits to enable a positive, welcoming environment in which our people and their careers can thrive.

Person Specification

Training & Qualification

Essential

  • Numeracy and literacy to GCSE level (with minimum of 5 A-E, which must include Maths & English)
  • Achieved NVQ Level 4 Health & Social care or equivalent. OR Equivalent Level of experience
  • Evidence of continuous training/learning. Care Certificate (to be completed within 6 months of starting the role).

Desirable

  • Ability to demonstrate competency in specific clinical skills relating to role.
  • Computer qualifications or experience/skills.

Experience

Essential

  • Experience working in a team
  • Experience of learning disabilities services or demonstrable interest in learning disabilities.
  • Experience of working in partnership with a wide range of people and organisations.
  • Proven ability to recognise and manage risk.
  • Ability to work on own initiative without direct supervision, understanding where clinical input is needed.

Desirable

  • Demonstrable experience of working with service users in the community or with complex needs.
  • Previous experience of working in Health or Social Care settings in paid or voluntary position.
  • Experience of working with families Managing a varied workload
  • Demonstrate knowledge/understandi ng of the Mental Capacity Act

Knowledge & Skills

Essential

  • Able to demonstrate an acceptable level of oral & written, literacy and numeracy.
  • Good level computer literacy.
  • Evidence of interpersonal skills and an ability to form therapeutic relationships with service users and carers.
  • Ability to listen effectively and communicate at all levels in a non- judgemental way.
  • Ability to demonstrate empathy, compassion and patience.
  • Ability to make a positive contribution to improving the quality of life for people with learning disability.
  • An ability to act calmly in emergencies and to respond in a professional manner to distress, disturbance and unpredictability.
  • Knowledge of our business and how it supports patient care.
  • Ability to create innovative solutions to help empower service users.
  • Ability to work unsupervised in a range of settings.

Desirable

  • Basic First aid
  • Basic health and safety awareness
  • Moving and handling awareness
  • Awareness of local services
  • Knowledge of safeguarding children and adults

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.

Certificate of Sponsorship

Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Closing Date: 20 October 2024

To apply for this job please visit apps.trac.jobs.

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