Healthcare Support Worker

Job overview

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An exciting opportunity has arisen for a part time (25 hours per week) band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join the Specialist Children's Short Break Team at Dragon Square.

The service provides overnight short breaks for children and young people with severe learning disabilities and other associated complex needs such as behaviours of concern and complex health needs.

The role involves working as part of a team of Registered nurses and Healthcare Support workers in conjunction with the wider multi-agency team such as school, social workers, consultants, specialist nurses, community nurses and parents/carers to meet the needs of the children and young people and achieve positive outcomes for them, as well as supporting families and minimising the risk of family breakdown.

The role of Healthcare support worker is very diverse and varied and involves supporting the children and young people to meet their personal hygiene needs, diet and nutrition, communication, religious, cultural needs, health and wellbeing as well as social ,sensory needs and developing daily living skills and independence. There are lots of opportunities to support the children to have fun when they are on a short break.

If you feel you are compassionate have a positive outlook and have lots of motivation, please apply.

The service is registered with Ofsted and is rated Good. North Staffs Combined Healthcare Trust is rated outstanding by CQC.

Main duties of the job

To provide support and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users.

To promote and support the physical health, comfort, wellbeing and recovery of service-users, and to assist them in re-establishing their place in the community, as appropriate.

To assist Registered Professionals in assessments and care planning/ implementation and evaluation of individualized care plans.

To provide support and day-to-day supervision to junior staff members as required, demonstrating the Healthcare Support Worker role and role modelling good practice.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Communicates with service-users and carers, all members of the multi-disciplinary team and staff in external agencies using a variety of methods including Information Technology. Regularly reports and effectively communicates service-users health status and care aims in care records and verbal reports to Registered Health Professional staff members and other members of the multi-disciplinary team. Relates appropriately with service-users, carers, colleagues and others – at all times maintaining professional boundaries. At all times ensures that own actions, support the equality, diversity, rights and responsibilities of individuals. Identifies, minimizes and reports risks of danger, harm and abuse to senior colleagues.