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Healthcare Support Worker

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust

West Midlands Combined Authority

On-site

GBP 25,000

Full time

16 days ago

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Job summary

Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an experienced Health Care Support Worker for its team at the Redwoods Centre, Shrewsbury. As a part of this award-winning group, you will support vulnerable individuals while developing your own skills in a rewarding environment. The role includes assisting with personal care and engaging with service users in therapeutic activities. The Trust also offers robust staff support and training opportunities to enhance your career.

Benefits

Support for physical, mental, and financial health
Counselling support available
Flexible working opportunities
Career development coaching and training
Child Care Vouchers Scheme
NHS discounts via Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

Qualifications

  • Interest in working in mental health is essential.
  • Experience of working in a care setting is essential.
  • Desirable to have training relevant to a mental health inpatient setting.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in procedures under guidance of professional lead.
  • Assist service users with personal care needs, including feeding and hygiene.
  • Maintain safe and secure environment at all times.

Skills

Interest in mental health
Experience in care setting

Education

Relevant mental health training

Job description

Job Summary

Are you an existing Health Care Support Worker looking for a new opportunity to develop and work in an organisation that will help you achieve your goals to become the best you can be?

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has an opportunity to join Health Based Place of safety at Redwoods Centre in Shrewsbury.

We are an award-winning team and when you come to work with us, we will help you reach your full potential. Not only that, we will actively seek opportunities to share the great things you are doing, with others locally, regionally, and nationally.

Your career with us will be enjoyable and rewarding as you develop specialist skills and make a real difference for some of the most vulnerable people in society.

Please note this vacancy may close early if we receive a high volume of applications for the role.

Main duties of the job

  • With support of senior staff participate in procedures under the guidance of the professional lead
  • Identify, minimise and report risks of danger, harm and abuse to senior colleagues.
  • Maintain a safe and secure environment at all times for the protection of self and others.
  • At all times minimise risks to self by undertaking safe working practices.
  • At all times work within agreed and established Trust policy and operational procedures.
  • Work with other Trust services to promote seamless service user focused care, admission, transfer and discharge on identified care pathways.
  • Undertake delivery of planned therapeutic activities/interventions with an identified group of service users, ensuring planning of daily tasks.
  • Assist service users in meeting their personal care needs;
    • Feeding
    • Hygiene
    • Encouraging continence
    • Mobility
    • Encouraging independence
    • Personal and physical comfort
    • Activities of daily living
    • supporting with observation levels
    • support patients with visits off site
About Us

At MPFT we pride ourselves on staff wellbeing and development and can we offer you:

  • Our SOOTHE resources - supporting staff across the trust with their physical, mental and financial health. In addition to the support offered from our occupational health provider Team Prevent.
  • Counselling support and lifestyle information with advice on a variety of personal matters
  • "In our Gift" providing a platform for your voice to be heard to inform change
  • The opportunity to purchase additional annual leave
  • Opportunities for flexible working (depending on the role)
  • Career development opportunities and coaching plus access to in house training programs
  • Innovative research training program entitled STARS (Supporting the advancement of Research Skills)
  • Child Care Vouchers Scheme
  • Recognition and engagement through our staff LOVE awards, LOVE long service awards and Staff Engagement Surveys
  • NHS discounts available via the Blue Card and Red Guava schemes

Demonstrating our strong commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion, and in context of our objective aligned to the growth of diversity across the workforce; we are particularly seeking applications from individuals who may be from under-represented groups, such as black, Asian or other ethnic groups, individuals with a disability, or LGBTQ+ individuals who meet the specific criteria.

Details

Date posted

05 June 2025

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 2

Salary

£24,169 a year per annum

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

301-KM-25-7252296

Job locations

Redwoods

Shrewsbury

SY3 8DS

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Before applying for this exciting and challenging role, we encourage applicants to view and read the job and person specification.

We are offering a supportive competency programme and training to support successful candidates to progress from a band 2 to a band 3 if new to role. If you are currently working as a Band 2 or band 3 or new to the professional this role could be suitable for you.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application

Job Description

Job responsibilities

Before applying for this exciting and challenging role, we encourage applicants to view and read the job and person specification.

We are offering a supportive competency programme and training to support successful candidates to progress from a band 2 to a band 3 if new to role. If you are currently working as a Band 2 or band 3 or new to the professional this role could be suitable for you.

Please be aware that the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in completing application forms will be monitored to ensure fairness and transparency. If you have used AI you must state this in your application

Person Specification

esential

Essential

  • interest in working in mental health

Desirable

  • training which is relevant to mental health inpatient setting

Experience

Essential

  • experience of working in a care setting

Person Specification

esential

Essential

  • experience of working in a care setting

Disclosure and Barring Service Check

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Redwoods

Shrewsbury

SY3 8DS

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Midlands Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Address

Redwoods

Shrewsbury

SY3 8DS

Employer's website

https://www.mpft.nhs.uk (Opens in a new tab)
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