NHS Support Worker – Short Break Services

Global Healthcare Jobs, a dedicated and award-winning recruitment agency looking for experienced and dedicated Band 3/4 Support Workers to work in Castel on a full-time basis.

The salaries for these permanent Support Worker jobs are £27,950 – £37,967 per annum.

Duties:

• Work with children and families in a variety of settings, supporting vulnerable Young People and ensuring their general wellbeing needs are identified, met and maintained
• Carry out a wide range of duties as part of a team and independently and will ensure a high level of quality care is delivered for the service users
• Participate in providing and maintaining a homely environment promoting “Ordinary life Principles” respecting the dignity and rights of the service users accessing the Short Breaks Service
• Be responsible to the Team Leaders and Deputy Manager, and be accountable to the Manager, Children’s Short Break Service
• Work with children and young people in a variety of settings including the Croft, accessing community activities and in the family home
• Work directly with the children identifying and reporting any changes in a service user’s condition or health status
• Assist service users with all aspects of daily living such as washing, dressing, eating and mobility
• Maintain privacy and dignity of service users when assisting with personal care
• Contribute to the holistic assessment and support of the service users to ensure their general wellbeing needs are identified, met and maintained
• Follow and implement care plans as directed

Requirements of the Support Workers:

• Communicate effectively with service users and significant others
• Understand the purpose and participate fully in supervision and appraisals regarding your work and development needs and attend regular staff meetings to keep up to date with current team issues
• A supportive attitude towards health and wellbeing, and educational achievement
• Experience at Band 2 or Level 2 VQ Diploma in Health or Social Care or equivalent
• Level 3 VQ Diploma in Health and Social Care or equivalent
• Hold a valid driving licence
• Previous experience working as a Support Worker

Contact:

These Support Worker jobs are advertised by Craig Osborne; if you are interested in these positions please click above to apply now.

Due to the high volume of applications we receive, regretfully we are only able to respond to candidates who meet our clients’ requirements.

As a pioneer of diverse recruitment, Global Healthcare Jobs is proud to encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds as our pool of candidates is very much reflective of the clients that candidates will support within their role. This very much played a significant in previously winning ‘Best Candidate Care’ at the Recruiter Awards as well being a two-time finalist for the same award. Global Healthcare Jobs takes great pride in building candidate and client relationships that promote Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI). With recruitment consultants and all other employees undertaking annual online training on EDI and many other compliance training courses, Global Healthcare Jobs is best placed to undertake a fair and thorough selection process.

Reasonable Adjustments:

If you consider yourself to have a disability or require any reasonable adjustment during the recruitment process or within the workplace, please highlight this at the earliest opportunity. With this information, we will provide appropriate support to you throughout the process and into your work placement.