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Job requirements
Essential
9 listedRequirements the employer expects applicants to meet.
- Experience
Working in a care setting
- Knowledge and Skills
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Knowledge and Skills
Able to manage time to meet deadlines
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work autonomously
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to work as part of a team
- Knowledge and Skills
Be able to respond with compassion and empathy Demonstrate an understanding of caring for people with mental health problems
- Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrate a degree of emotional intelligence and self-reflection
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Educated to GCSE level of equivalent
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
Completed or the willingness to undertake Care certificate
Desirable
8 listedAdditional qualities the employer would prefer.
- Experience
Dealing with challenging situations
- Experience
Working with Mental Health Service Users
- Experience
Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information
- Knowledge and Skills
Demonstrate an understanding of the specialty
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to take part in reflective practice and clinical supervision activities
- Knowledge and Skills
Ability to deal with non- routine and unpredictable nature of workload and individual patient contact
- Knowledge and Skills
Knowledge of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate professional for expert help and advice
- Education/ Qualification/ Training
GCSE Grade A-C in Maths & English or skills level 2 Maths & English or equivalent
Job overview
Please do not submit a new application if you have applied and been interviewed for this role with ELFT within the last three months.
Health Care Assistants for Mental Health
An opportunity has arisen for enthusiastic and caring people to work as health care support workers within our adult and older adult wards. There are a number of mental health wards across ELFT and we are seeking enthusiastic people with the right mindset to come and join our supportive and progressive teams.
We are looking for caring and compassionate people, both experienced and inexperienced, to join our dedicated teams.
Please note that this role may require you to work on a rotational basis across different wards, departments, or clinical areas within the Trust to meet service needs.
Main duties of the job
To be successful in a Health Care assistant or Support Worker role, you will need to be forward thinking and have a keen interest in working with patients being nursed in a mental health settings. You will be working within a supportive multidisciplinary team, caring for patients with a wide range of needs.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
Our care and treatment programmes are underpinned by principles of recovery and social inclusion and much of our work is co-produced with patients. You will help to ensure that the people we care for always have a strong voice. If you are committed to providing outstanding patient care with a sound knowledge of best practise, this is the opportunity for you.
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.
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This advert is for Health Care Support Worker with East London NHS Foundation Trust in London, England. It is listed as a Band 3 Healthcare support worker role. The advertised salary is £25,760 - £27,476 per annum inc HCAS (Hcas to be confirmed on appointment). The contract type is Permanent. The application deadline is 05 Oct 2026.
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