Community Support Worker (CLDT)

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Wigan; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

A healthcare provider in Wigan is seeking a Support Worker to join their Community Learning Disabilities Team. The successful candidate will provide essential care and treatment to patients in their homes and clinics, focusing on their health and wellbeing. This role requires a minimum of NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care, effective communication skills, and the ability to work independently. The position involves collaborating with a multidisciplinary team to support individuals with learning disabilities. Car accessibility is essential due to the nature of the role.

Qualifications

• Minimum NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care or Care Certificate required.
• Experience working with people who have a learning disability essential.
• Good English speaking skills required.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct care in support of a Registered Nurse.
• Deliver treatment and behavioral management plans.
• Support individuals in achieving their health and wellbeing.

Skills

Good communication skills

Ability to work independently

Good organizational skills

Ability to adapt to situations

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care

Job description

Job Overview

The Community Learning Disabilities Team are looking to recruit a Support Worker to join our friendly, forward thinking, multidisciplinary team.

The post holder will work within the Community Learning Disability Team to provide care and treatment to patients in the community setting, including the patients' homes.

Eligibility Criteria

• As the role involves visiting patient homes & clinics across the Trust every day, postholders must state in their application if they have access to a car with suitable business insurance. If you do not mention this in your application, you will not be considered for the post.
• Postholders must have minimum NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care (form an RQF accredited provider) or Care Certificate (obtained via placement observation at work, not via online modules).

Main Duties

• To be a member of a Multi-disciplinary team focusing on the needs, intervention and treatment of individuals who have a learning disability.
• The post holder will focus upon ill health prevention and health promotion, delivering treatment and behavioural management plans for individuals who have highly complex and specialist needs.
• Key working relationships with all members of the multi-professional team, including nursing, therapists, social workers, and other agencies.
• To carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of a Registered Nurse by supporting individuals in the achievement and/or maintenance of their health and wellbeing. This can include health promotion for client group.
• This may also involve when competencies achieved: blood pressures, blood samples, finger prick technique, urinalysis, bowel care, nutritional support, observations, specimen collection, prevention of pressure ulcers, moving and handling, weight-hoist, wheel chair, height, urinalysis, oxygen statistics, respirations, pulse, waist measurements.
• Promote personal care skills of the individual.
• Carrying out behavioural and clinical observations as instructed by the registered nurse.
• Support people with learning disabilities to access generic screening services.

Working for Our Organisation

Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust are the proud providers of acute hospital and community services to the people of the Wigan Borough and surrounding areas. At WWL, we value our staff believing that ‘happy staff, makes for happy patients’. We have a recognised track record in staff engagement, and living our values ‘the WWL Way’.

WWL are committed to placing the patient at the heart of everything we do, and in the provision of safe, effective care that acknowledges and ensures dignity. With this in mind we are seeking to recruit people who share our values and beliefs.

At WWL we value the benefits a rich and diverse workforce brings to our community and therefore welcome applications from all sections of society.

Detailed Job Description and Main Responsibilities

Key Results from the Job Holder

• To carry out assigned tasks involving direct care in support of a Registered Nurse by supporting individuals in the achievement and/or maintenance of their health and wellbeing. This can include health promotion for client group.
• This may also involve (when competencies achieved) blood pressures, blood samples, finger prick technique, urinalysis, bowel care, nutritional support, observations, specimen collection, prevention of pressure ulcers, moving and handling, weight-hoist, wheel chair, height, urinalysis, oxygen statistics, respirations, pulse, waist measurements, promote personal care skills of the individual.
• Carrying out behavioural and clinical observations as instructed by the registered nurse.
• Support people with learning disabilities to access generic screening services.

Planning and Organisational Duties

• To operate within the organisation's clinical governance framework.
• Ensure confidentiality is maintained at all times.
• To adhere to trust policies and procedures.
• Ensure clear understanding of your own role and responsibilities within sphere of competencies, by influencing the development of own knowledge ideas and work practice.
• Attend and participate to client focused person centred and multi-disciplinary team meetings.
• Work in line with the organisational lone worker policy.
• Maintain own skills attend mandatory training.
• Implement health promotion / education to 1-1 or a small group as appropriate e.g. smoking healthy living etc.
• Assist in the health promotion and education along with the registered professionals.

Communications and Key Working Relationships

• Work in collaboration with the MDT under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.
• Work independently under a care plan from the registered nurse.
• Communicate findings to the Registered Nurse to assist with assessment and implementation of care to the person with a learning disability.
• Assist with the identification of need for ongoing referrals and have a knowledge of services available to support with health promotion, wellbeing of the person.
• Assist the Registered Nurse in establishing and maintaining an effective communication system.
• To work and communicate appropriately in situations that may be sensitive or contentious.
• To undertake project work under the supervision of the Registered Nurse.
• To maintain accurate patient records in accordance with trust guidance and data protection standards.

Responsibility for Finance

• Identify and report disrepair of equipment.

Responsibility for Human Resources

• Identify own need for personal development, attend mandatory training.

Responsibility for Health & Safety

Compliance with the Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 – the post holder is required to fulfil a proactive role towards the management of risk in all of their actions. This entails the risk assessment of all situations, the taking of appropriate actions and reporting of all incidents, near misses and hazards, and a statutory duty of care for their own personal safety and that of others who may be affected by their acts or omissions.

Responsibility for Teaching

• Support the induction of new staff.

Work Circumstances & on-call

• The service operates a buddy system as part of the lone working policy and local procedures which the post holder will participate in.
• The work predominantly is organised between the hours of 9-5, but flexibility is required to ensure the needs of the patients are addressed outside these times.

Person Specification

Qualifications

Essential Criteria

• RQF accredited NVQ Level 2 in Health & Social Care or Care Certificate.

Desirable Criteria

• NVQ Level 3 in Health & Social Care.

Knowledge

Essential Criteria

• Knowledge of safeguarding.

Skills

Essential Criteria

• Good communication skills.
• Ability to adapt to situations and change within an unpredictable working environment.
• Ability to work independently with regular support.
• Good organisational skill.

Desirable Criteria

• IT Skills.

Experience

Essential Criteria

• Experience working with people who have a learning disability.

Desirable Criteria

• Experience of working in supported accommodation.

Additional

Essential Criteria

• Speak English to relevant level.
• Able to travel across Trust independently to attend multiple appointments daily.
• Flexible to meet service demand.

Employer Certification / Accreditation Badges

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.

Documents to Download

• JD (PDF, 472.4KB)
• PS (PDF, 192.4KB)
• What WWL can offer you (PDF, 80.8KB)
• Applying for NHS vacancies guidance (PDF, 241.2KB)

Further Details / Informal Visits Contact

Name: Lesley Timperley
Job title: Clinical Lead
Email address: [e-mail]
Telephone number: 0300 707 1345
Additional information: Ian Spurr
Operational Lead can also be contacted on
[e-mail]
0300 707 1345
If you have problems applying, contact
Address: Buckingham Row
Brick Kiln Lane
Wigan
WN1 1XX
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