Support Worker

Assist and promote independence with activities of daily living. Participate in the implementation of specific programmes of care or therapy to develop and enhance socially appropriate adaptive behaviours under the supervision of qualified staff. When required support the service user to access other health services and ensure reasonable adjustments are implemented . Facilitate group work as directed by the qualified practitioner, to include; . Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the direction of the qualified practitioner. Contribute to the involvement of service users, and carers/relatives in the delivery of care. Provide reassurance and support to service users and carers/family. Work collaboratively within the Care team to ensure that service users needs are met. Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations when directed by qualified practitioner. Contribute to the development of services. Contribute to the effective and efficient use of
resources. Understand and adhere to Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines. Report any concern regarding service user care to the Qualified Practitioner. Contribute to service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of service user care. Participate in service user and public involvement activities. Support individuals equality, diversity and rights. Participate in Serious Untoward Incident investigations/reviews as required, Under the direction of the Qualified Practitioner, participate in the delivery of planned care within both in Service User and community environments. The post holder will undertake a range of duties which include:-
Facilitate and support the development of appropriate personal care
Facilitate and support self help, communication and social skills acquisition
Assist and promote independence with activities of daily living
Facilitate a service users recovery by assisting them to participate in social, vocational, recreational and leisure activities within the appropriate setting
Promote social inclusion through developing opportunities in areas such as employment, volunteering and education.
Participate in the implementation of specific programmes of care or therapy to develop and enhance socially appropriate adaptive behaviours under the supervision of qualified staff
Participate in regular supervision, engage in reflective practice and be committed to continued development
Provide information to enable the effectiveness of care to be evaluated.
Ensure appropriate records are maintained under the direction of the qualified practitioner.
Contribute to the involvement of Service Users, and carers/relatives in the delivery of care
Provide reassurance and support to service users and carers/family
Work collaboratively within the Care team to ensure that Service Users needs are met
Recognise and respond appropriately to urgent and emergency situations
Contribute to the development of services
Contribute to the effective and efficient use of resources
Help to identify early signs of relapse as described within the care plan and alert the appropriate staff involved in the service users care.
Understand and adhere to Trust policies, procedures and clinical guidelines
Report any concern regarding Service User care to the Qualified Practitioner
Contribute to service improvement initiatives to enhance quality of Service User care
Participate in Service User and public involvement activities
Support individuals equality, diversity and rights
Participate in Serious Untoward Incident investigations/reviews as required
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We celebrate diversity and promote equal opportunities; we are committed to challenging and eliminating racism and other forms of discrimination and advancing and promoting equality of opportunity in the provision of services and creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We believe that everyone has the right to be treated with dignity and respect.
We take positive action to support disadvantaged groups and also particularly encourage applications from ethnic minorities, disabled and LGBTQIA+ people that are under-represented in our workforce. Furthermore we welcome applications from reservists and ex-armed forces personnel as we recognise the benefits of the values, skills, training and experience that they bring to their work with us. We encourage all applicants to share their equality information with us.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we offer a guaranteed interview scheme for applicants who consider themselves to be disabled who meet the minimum (essential) criteria for the role in the person specification. If you would like your application to be considered under the Trust's guaranteed interview scheme you can indicate this in the personal information section of your online application form.
Please ensure you check the email account from which you apply for all correspondence. All information regarding your application will come from apps.trac.jobs not NHS Jobs. Only those applicants who demonstrate clearly how they meet our person specification will be shortlisted for interview.
Should you require a reasonable adjustment to our recruitment process please email [email protected] to ensure that measures can be put in place to support you.
We reserve the right to close any vacancy earlier than advertised in exceptional circumstances once we have received a high volume of applications.
The Trust expects all post holders who require an enhanced DBS for their role subscribe to the DBS Update Service. You will be required to enrol for this service for a fee of £13 per year and maintain registration. Trans applicants who require a DBS check and do not want to reveal details of their previous identity can contact the DBS Sensitive Applications Team or email [email protected]) with their application number once they have completed their DBS application form. The team can prevent any previous identity showing on the DBS Certificate, unless the applicant has a conviction under their previous details in which case this will need to be disclosed.
Flexible working requests will be considered for all roles.

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