Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust has been rated as Good by the Care Quality Commission (CQC).

We are a responsive and innovative Foundation Trust that places our values of Caring, Safe and Excellent at the heart of everything we do. We take great pride in our staff and believe that investing in you is key to us achieving our vision of outstanding care delivered by outstanding people.

We work with a wide range of partner organisations to deliver care and support to people in their own homes and from a number of hospitals and community bases. We focus on delivering care as close to home as possible.

We are looking for a motivated and caring individual to come and work for us as a Health Care Support Worker in our busy and dynamic acute adolescent service in Marlborough House Inpatient Unit, Swindon. We are a forward thinking multi-disciplinary team who specialise in working with adolescents with acute mental health needs and their families.

Your role as a Healthcare Support Worker will be to work as part of the nursing team to deliver day to day care, which can encompass supervising meals and giving support during and following mealtimes to young people and working closely with their families to support and empower them.

You will be involved in carrying out individual observations to those patients that may need a higher level of staff input. You will be involved in the case team of a small number of patients as well as having the opportunity to co-facilitate groups on the unit.

To be successful in the role you must be of robust character, be able to reflect on your practice, have common sense, warmth and an ability to work well within the team.

You will be required to work shifts which will include nights. Our shift patterns are as follows: early shifts 07:00-14:45, late shifts 13:15-21:00 and the night shifts are 20:40-07:20.

You must have a willingness and ability to role model healthy eating behaviour with patients and support as trained/required. A level of fitness and ability to competently perform Physical Interventions and/or Breakaway techniques (practical and theory) following training is also essential.

You do not need prior experience in the field but some experience of caring for others would be an advantage. The post is suitable both for those that are looking for a career change and those seeking experience in a care field prior to further studies.

Person specification

experience

Essential criteria

  • Experience of providing care

    • Desirable criteria

  • Experience of working on an Children Inpatient ward.
  • Experience of working in a multi disciplinary team

    • Motivation

    Essential criteria

  • Applicant has demonstrated an understanding of the role being applied for (such as refering to CAMHs or working with young people)

    • Personal

    Essential criteria

  • Positive and Caring attitude
  • Recognise own abilities & be willing to engage in reflective practice as a means of learning & developing ones own practice.
  • Good communication and inter personal skills

    • Benefits of working for Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust include:

  • Excellent opportunities for career progression
  • 27 days annual leave, plus bank holidays, with an increase to 33 days with continuous service
  • NHS Discount across a wide range of shops, restaurants and retailers
  • Staff accommodation
  • Competitive pension scheme
  • Lease car scheme
  • Cycle to work scheme
  • New starters have a 6 month probationary period. This, together with the induction process aims to create a positive supportive working environment allowing new employees to learn key elements of their role over a reasonable timescale.
  • Candidates not currently employed by the Trust who attend an interview for non-qualified Band 1-5 posts are required to undertake numeracy and literacy assessments.
  • Appointment to this post is subject to the trust receiving satisfactory references covering 3 years of employment or study. Please ask your referees to respond promptly to reference requests.
  • Employees are expected to undertake mandatory and statutory training related to their role.
  • We positively encourage applications from all areas of the community, regardless of gender, race, faith, disability, age or sexual orientation and we encourage applications from users of mental health services. This is part of our commitment to equality and reflecting the diversity of our population.
  • Oxford Health is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and vulnerable adults, we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment.

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