Community Support Worker

Job overview

Come and join the Community Support Workers Team in North Dorset. We are looking for Band 3 Support Workers to support us develop and adapt to best meet the care needs of our local population.  We are committed to improving career development and training opportunities.

You will be providing an essential service to our local population to prevent avoidable hospital admissions, enable earlier hospital discharges and care for patients whose preferred place to die is their home.

Professional support and access to the Trust’s clinical supervision, in-service training and other developmental opportunities are just some of the benefits of working as part of this team. The other benefits involve working in a beautiful area of Dorset as part of a large friendly team, who are co-located with numerous other community teams including the District Nursing team, Hospital at home team, Community Rehab team,  Frailty team, Community Mental Health Team and Social Services team.

A caring attitude, access to a car and driving licence, an excellent communicator and enjoy working as part of a team as well as competent with lone working is essential for the role.

Please note visa sponsorship for this role is unfortunately not available. Ensure you hold valid right to work in the UK and will not require sponsorship if successful.

Main duties of the job

The post will involve treatment of patients in their own homes. Our Community Support Workers work with guidance and support from our qualified Therapy and Nursing staff.

This post would suit a motivated individual who enjoys a busy working day, with a varied caseload.

ICRT service covers 08:00 - 18:00, seven days a week. This post is for someone who is interested in full time or part time hours with a set rota shift pattern. We are committed to enabling a good work-life balance so some flexibility and requests may be considered providing the needs of the service can be met.

As a community post access to a car and drivers licence is essential.

Employment in this post requires an Enhanced Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) check, which the Trust will cover the cost of.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

For the main duties and responsibilities for this role please read the attached job description and person specification.  When completing your application please ensure your supporting statement reflects the criteria set out in these documents by showing how your experience and skills apply to this post.

We understand that AI can be a useful tool when completing your application. However, we are seeing an increasing over-reliance of AI tools, which can negatively affect your application as it reduces a candidate’s individuality, and makes it difficult for us to gain a clear and authentic understanding of your experience, skills, and in turn your suitability for the role.

All submissions must be truthful and if you do use AI, it should only be used to enhance your application and not create your supporting statement in its entirety. Your supporting statement should be in your own words and must accurately reflect your personal experience and achievements.  Where we have concerns that AI has been used to generate content that misrepresents your experience and suitability for the role, we may withdraw your application.

As part of our vision to have a skilled, diverse and caring workforce, Dorset HealthCare offers support for people getting into work. We offer an employability service to support individuals with application writing, interview skills and other employment support. If you would like or know of anyone who would value this support, please do contact [email protected]