| Posting date: | 12 June 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,625.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24625.00 – £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 26 June 2025 |
| Location: | Brotton, TS12 2UE |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9346-25-0764 |
Health Care Assistant Job summary
Day services health care assistant role to work with clients who have severe learning disabilities and complex physical health needs. The staff within the service are employed by Tees, Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust. We are looking to recruit a caring, enthusiastic and compassionate individual to join the service as a Health Care Assistant/trainee
The successful applicant will have recent experience within a care role and will understand the needs of individuals with Learning Disabilities. You will have excellent communication skills and be calm, confident and resilient in your approach. You will be able to form therapeutic relationships with individuals with complex learning disabilities and ensure that you work as an advocate at all times, ensuring individual’s voices are heard.
Health Care Assistant Main Duties
You will join a team of highly skilled and committed individuals ensuring that person centred and holistic care is provided at all times.
We provide a person centred activity plan which incorporates activities within the local community such as walks, swimming, theatre/ cinema visits, restaurants and theme parks
We are looking to recruit an individual who is able to drive and who is willing to undertake further training to enable them to drive the unit minibus, thus supporting the individuals on social outings and appointments.
About us
We are the Mental Health & Learning Disability NHS Trust for County Durham and Darlington, Teesside, North Yorkshire, York and Selby.
From education and prevention, to crisis and specialist care –our talented and compassionate teams work in partnership with our patients, communities and partners to help the people of our region feel safe, understood, believed in and cared for.
We nurture the recovery journey of anyone in need of our help. In Our Trust, everyone has a say in how they are supported and treated because we listen to every person in our care until they feel understood. Our patients, their families and carers work together with us towards better mental health.
We’re committed to new thinking that improves the wellbeing of our region. We connect with our communities and partners to get mental health care right, in areas that really need it.
We won’t rest until everyone in our region has the mental health care they need, to lead their best possible life.