Health Care Support Worker

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Job summary

An established health care provider is seeking passionate Healthcare Support Workers to join their dedicated team at a modern facility in Haywards Heath. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact on the lives of young people experiencing mental health challenges. You will be part of a compassionate team focused on delivering high-quality care, ensuring a safe environment, and supporting personal development. The organization values its staff and offers numerous opportunities for training and career advancement, making this a rewarding place to work. If you are motivated by helping others and want to grow in your career, this opportunity is for you!

Qualifications

• Experience working with children and young people.
• Commitment to lifelong learning and professional development.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a safe, therapeutic environment for young patients.
• Support young people in developing coping strategies.
• Assist with clinical duties and personal care.

Skills

Communication Skills

Teamwork

Crisis Management

Compassion

Education

NVQ Level 2 in Care

Recognized qualification in related area

Job description

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Health Care Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

Main area

Mental Health

Grade

NHS AfC: Band 3

Contract

Permanent

Hours

• Full time
• Part time
  
  

37.5 hours per week

Job ref

354-CS-21695

Site

Chalkhill

Town

Haywards Heath

Salary

£24,625 - £25,674 per annum / pro rata for part time

Salary period

Yearly

Closing

08/05/2025 08:00

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job Overview

Are you passionate about making a difference to the lives of young people?

Does a role supporting young people in distress and experiencing a mental health crisis interest you?

Does a challenging, fast-paced role excite you?

The this could be the perfect opportunity for you

Chalkhill Hospital is a modern unit located in Haywards Heath. We are the only NHS Tier 4 CAMHS. service in Sussex and offer a unique and rewarding experience supporting young people to recover at a critical time in their development so they have the best chance to succeed in life.

We are looking for experienced Healthcare Support Workers to join us. We are a caring, compassionate and creative team aiming to deliver outstanding care to all of our young people and their families.

We understand that looking after our staff's health and well-being leads to safer services and better experiences for our young people, and so actively promote supervision, reflection, training opportunities and team away days. This is a challenging but hugely rewarding role with lots of progression available to the right person.

We support the Nurse Associate training programme amongst other developmental opportunities.

Main duties of the job

As a Healthcare Support Worker your main responsibilities will be to maintain a safe, therapeutic environment and implement young people's care plans under the supervision of a registered nurse. For example, this may include supporting a young person to develop coping strategies to help reduce self-harm.

You will be required to communicate with patients, relatives and carers and assisting with clinical duties, including personal care and ensuring infection prevention and control standards are maintained.

You will also undertake personal care duties for service users in hospital, report patient's conditions to qualified staff and document care delivery in patients notes.

You will need to use your strong communication skills, attention to detail and motivation to constantly improve the way we work.

Working for our organisation

Chalkhill Hospital is a modern, unit located in Haywards Heath, West Sussex. We offer a unique and rewarding experience supporting young people to recover at a critical time in their development so they have the best chance to succeed in life.

We are fortunate to be located 20 minutes from Brighton and the seaside, close to the Sussex Downs National Park and just a short train ride away from London. The opportunity to relax outdoors has been invaluable to staff during the pandemic.

We receive consistent feedback from our staff that we are a really compassionate, friendly and fun team to work with so, come and join us!

We'd love you to join an organisation that is rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the Care Quality Commission. Our staff agree, with 82% of people in our recent staff survey telling us that they recognise that care for patients is our top priority.

Other Key Staff Survey Results Include

70% highlighting flexible working opportunities as a key point for satisfaction at work

79% reporting feeling able to make suggestions to improve the work within their team

77% identifying the opportunities to show initiative in their roles

Detailed Job Description And Main Responsibilities

• ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS
  
  

In order to be a successful Healthcare Suport Worker in our team you will:

• Have a recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
• Be fit to undertake any duties related to the role including physical interventions for the management of violence and aggression
• Have experience working as part of a team
• Have excellent communication skills
• Have evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
• Have a professional and friendly demeanour
  
  

It Would Also Be Advantageous If You

• Have experience working within a mental health setting
• NVQ Level 2 in care
  
  

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

• Experience working with children and young people
  
  

Knowledge/Experience

Essential criteria

• Experience of analysing and communicating complex information verbally and in writing
  
  

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children's social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

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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.

Application numbers

Due to high numbers of applications this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date. We will not be able to accept late applications to this post.

Documents to download

• CAMHS Inpatient Healthcare Support Worker (PDF, 360.4KB)
• Privacy Notice (PDF, 127.7KB)
  
  

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name

Jon Aistrup

Job title

Ward Manager

Email address

Telephone number

01444 472 670

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