Job overview
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Are you a Health Care Support Worker? Are you looking for a new opportunity to work in an organisation that will help you develop and achieve your goals to become the best you can be? If so, you're in luck. Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join our Older Adults Mental Health Holly Ward at The Redwoods Centre.
Holly Ward is an assessment ward covering Shropshire. Sometimes we have patients from other areas. We provide care for males and females with acute mental illness.
We are an award-winning Trust and have recently been ranked by HSJ awards as top in the Midlands for Mental Health, Learning and Development and Community Trusts as Best Place to work recommended by employees. When you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.
Main duties of the job
- Position is open to part time applicants
- To provide support and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users with mental health needs.
- To promote service user’s recovery through the delivery of high quality, outcome measured care and evidence-based interventions.
- To assist Registered Professionals in the implementation and evaluation of individualised care plans
- Regularly report and effectively communicate service users’ health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Professional Staff members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team, including while supporting section 136 assessments and ECT treatment
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Check out the videos below showcasing why you should grow your career here with us at MPFT:
Why Work for Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
Development and Progression Within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
What is it like to be a Healthcare Support Worker within Mental Health Services at MPFT - YouTube
Here on Oak ward we provide inpatient facilities for older adult’s mental health problems, and we are looking for caring, compassionate individual to work within our older adult inpatient team who are committed to providing high quality care and treatment to our patients. Working in an older adult environment can be challenging, but with the right team, positive attitude, and resilience we are rising to the challenge and reaping the reward of being able to support people during their most challenging times.
With you in our team, we will empower you to work innovatively, showing a commitment to providing compassionate care and a strong desire to improve the patient’s experience. You will be able to apply the philosophies of engagement, recovery, and positive care in your work with your patients.
If you would like to discuss the role further please don't hesitate to contact Sharon Madden, Ward Manager - sharon.madden@mpft.nhs.uk
Please be aware that we reserve the right to close the advert early if we receive a sufficient amount of applications.
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Person specification
Experience
Essential
- Experience of working as part of a team and delivering a customer focused service.
Desirable
- Experience of working with people with Mental Health needs as a member of a multi-disciplinary team
- Experience of working with Older Adults with Mental Health Needs
Qualifications
Essential
- NVQ 2 in Health and Social Care with demonstrable evidence of numeracy and literacy skills (equivalent GCSE’s or Functional Skills)
Skills & Knowledge
Essential
- Knowledge and awareness of issues relating to mental health, access to mental health services, and mental health promotion.
- Skills in managing situations of high expressed emotions, and an ability to manage one’s own emotional state.
- Skills in literacy, written, verbal and an ability to effectively use electronic information and computer technology.
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This advert is for Health Care Support Worker - Older Adult Mental Health In-patients with Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust in Holly Ward, The Redwoods Centre. It is listed as a Band 2 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,272 pa pro rata. The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 03 Sep 2026.
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