Healthcare Support Worker- Learning Disability Replacement Care

Churchview is a unique specialist service that provides a Short Breaks Service to support young people (over 18 years old) and adults with learning disabilities in Worcestershire. The service supports individuals who require nursing care, are assessed as having complex health needs and also supports individuals presenting with behaviours that may challenge. We are looking for dynamic and motivated Care Assistant to join the team. The post-holder will support other team members in delivering a clinically effective service. The aim is for service users to feel welcome, safe, confident, and keen to stay, thus providing a positive experience for all concerned. This post is for 28 hours over 4 days in the week and the shifts patterns are 7-1400, 14-2100 or 2115-0715., This role at Churchview will include admitting and discharging service users and their belonging. Regular communications with families and other professionals involved in their care such as day centre staff, college staff, GP, and Community Learning Disability Nurses. You will be required to make beds, do daily tasks such as wash bedding, clothes, shop for food, prepare meals and support service users with meals. You will be required to deliver the highest standards and quality outcomes possible, ensuring that the service user is at the heart of your care and decisions. This is a hands-on role, and the candidate will be required to support service users with personal care tasks and moving and handling aspects of care alongside medicines management. We would like team players; the service runs well because we all help each other and are all passionate about the care we provide. We are a supportive, passionate, and motivated staff team and reflect on the care we provide regularly to improve the care we provide to service users. The candidate will be supported by Band 2 and 3 Health Care Assistants, Qualified Nurses, a Deputy Manager and Churchview Replacement Care manager to deliver person centred care which involves regular reviews with families, ensuring the needs of the induvial are at the heart of the care provided.

You will need good verbal and written communication skills to utilise carenotes, feedback to families and handovers to the staff team. We will support you to gain knowledge of care plans and aspects of the job role. We would love if you have experience with supporting people with learning Disabilities but would be more than happy to support anyone who was new to this field and wanted to gain experience.

At Herefordshire and Worcestershire Health and Care NHS Trust, we are working together to deliver outstanding care. We run community hospitals and community health services across Worcestershire and provide mental health and learning disability services across both Herefordshire and Worcestershire.

Our people (all 4500+ of them) provide services for people of all ages, experiencing both physical and/or mental health conditions from over 100 sites. We will support you to thrive; offer flexible working options for a great work-life balance, help you fulfil your ambitions, and empower you to make positive changes within your team or service. We value diversity and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, cultures, and ethnicities. What we offer;

• 27 days leave plus bank holidays, increasing up to 33 days with long service
• Generous NHS pension and enhanced pay when you work unsocial hours
• Flexible and agile working opportunities
• Great maternity, paternity, and adoption support
• Wide range of supportive staff networks
• Health and wellbeing opportunities