Healthcare Support Worker

North Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust; Newcastle-under-Lyme; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 24,000; Part time

Job summary

A local healthcare provider in Newcastle-under-Lyme seeks a part-time Healthcare Support Worker to join their Specialist Children's Short Break Team. The role includes supporting children with severe learning disabilities and related complex needs, promoting their wellbeing, and collaborating with a multi-agency team. Candidates should be compassionate and highly motivated. The organization emphasizes wellness and aims for a carbon net zero NHS by 2045. Informal visits can be arranged by contacting the acting manager.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Wellness initiatives

Qualifications

• Compassionate, positive, and highly motivated candidates are preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide support and therapeutic time with service users.
• Promote physical health and wellbeing.
• Assist in assessments and care planning.
• Supervise junior staff and model good practices.
• Support children's personal hygiene and daily needs.
• Collaborate with the multi-agency team.
• Assist families to minimize risk of breakdown.

Job description

Overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a band 3 Healthcare Support Worker to join the Specialist Children's Short Break Team at Dragon Square. The role is part time – up to 33.75 hours per week.

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 is very diverse and varied and involves supporting the children and young people to meet their personal hygiene, diet and nutrition, communication, religion, cultural needs and health and wellbeing, social and 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.

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

PLEASE NOTE - SPONSORSHIP IS NOT AVAILABLE FOR THIS ROLE

Responsibilities

• Provide support and spend therapeutic time with an allocated group of service users.
• Promote and support the physical health, comfort, wellbeing and recovery of service users, and assist them in re-establishing their place in the community, as appropriate.
• Assist Registered Professionals in assessments and care planning/implementation and evaluation of individualized care plans.
• Provide support and day‑to‑day supervision to junior staff members, demonstrating the Healthcare Support Worker role and role modelling good practice.
• Support the children and young people to meet their personal hygiene, diet and nutrition, communication, religion, cultural needs, health and wellbeing, social and sensory needs, and develop daily living skills and independence.
• Support the children to have fun while on short break.
• Work collaboratively with the multi‑agency team to meet the needs of children and young people.
• Assist families and minimise the risk of family breakdown.

Qualifications & Expectations

Ideally, candidates will be compassionate, positive, and highly motivated. If you feel you meet these qualities, please apply.

EEO Statement

We are committed to ensuring that a diverse workforce is representative and inclusive at all levels. We would very much welcome applications from all under‑represented groups including women, people with disabilities, people from global majority backgrounds, and those from the lesbian, gay, bi and trans communities.

Additional Information

We pride ourselves on ensuring our team has wellbeing put first and provide a range of wellness opportunities including flexible working. We are committed to the Greener NHS national ambition to become the world’s first “carbon net zero” national health system by 2045. As part of this, sustainability is embedded in our strategy as one of our four key enablers. For 2024/2025, we have launched our “Proud to be Green” engagement campaign aligned to the targets set out in our Green Plan.

For further details / informal visits contact:
Name: Emma Mothershaw
Job title: Acting Registered Service Manager
Email: [e-mail]