Support Worker - Female Only - Chelmsford

Claimont Health Ltd; Great Holland; Remote; GBP 17,000 - 24,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

Claimont Health is seeking compassionate Support Workers to join our community-based team. You will provide high-quality, person-centred care to clients with dementia and complex health needs in their homes, ensuring safety and comfort.

The role offers flexible working patterns and requires experience in complex care. DBS checks and commitment to safeguarding are part of the process.

Qualifications

• NVQ level 3 or diploma in health/social care is essential.
• Experience delivering complex care to adults, including dementia.
• Ability to work in a home/community setting with professional boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Provide domiciliary home care to clients with complex health needs.
• Assist with personal care, bowel management and medications as needed.
• Maintain clear professional boundaries and confidentiality in a home environment.

Skills

Dementia care

Complex care

Home care

Person-centred care

Communication

Education

NVQ level 3/ Diploma in health & social care

Job description

Job Summary

Claimont Health have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Support Worker. This role will be based in the community supporting our Client who is an adult who has Dementia and complex health needs requiring high level of care and support at home. Are you an experienced Support Worker who is passionate about delivering person centred care? Do you believe you can make a positive impact in our Client's life? If yes, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for individuals to join our team either on a Full time or Bank Staff basis.

Main Duties

We are looking for high quality, dynamic and experienced Support Workers who have experience working with people with Dementia and who are able to provide domiciliary home care. You must have/be:

• 1 years or more experience as a Complex Care Support Worker working with people with spinal injury.


• Flexibility, maturity, independence and the very highest professional standards


• Commitment to delivering client specific care


• Adaptable approach to support client and family members


• Ability to maintain clear professional boundaries within a home setting

About us

So, why choose Claimont Health? Claimont Health is on an exciting journey to become a nationally recognised, go-to, dynamic provider of high quality and innovative mental health and complex care services across the whole of the United Kingdom. We are a CQC registered. We provide high-profile, person centred, holistic services to clients who prefer to be treated in the comfort of their own homes. We offer a tailored service, providing highly skilled mental health professionals to complement the clients needs.

Salary: £15 an hour

Contract: Permanent

Working pattern: Flexible working

Reference number: L0047-26-0048

Job Responsibilities

Claimont Health have an exciting opportunity to join our team as Support Worker. This role will be based in the community supporting clients who have complex health needs requiring a high level of care and support at home. Are you a caring individual who is passionate about delivering person centred care? Do you believe you can make a positive impact to our clients lives? If so, we would love to hear from you. We are looking for individuals to join our team either on a part time or Bank Staff basis. We are looking for Support Workers who have a proven track record of complex care experience and have supported clients with skills such as:

• Personal Care


• Bowel management


• Medications

What you can expect from us in return

Reporting to our Complex Care Lead Nurse, the successful candidate will benefit from the support and motivation of both the clinical and operations teams.

Competitive rates £15 per

Hours Available

Monday to Sunday

• 8am to 11am


• 4pm to 7pm

Required Skills/Qualifications

• 1 year or more experience as a Healthcare Assistant with complex care experience.


• Experience working with people with Dementia.


• Commitment to delivering client specific care.


• Adaptable and Professional approach to support client and family members.

Our Mission and Values

Claimont's mission is to be the leading independent sector provider of flexible, responsive, and dynamic mental health services in the UK. The values we live by are:

• Commitment


• Care


• Compassion


• Leadership


• Innovation

Claimont Health follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Claimont Health is committed to being an equal opportunities employer and in order to reflect the diversity of its population, positively encourages applications from all areas of the community. We aim to be a representative organisation with regards to age, disability, ethnicity, gender, beliefs and sexual orientation and are fully committed to equality, diversity and human rights.

Person Specification

Qualifications (Essential)

• NVQ level 3 related subjects


• Diploma in relevant health / social subject

Experience (Essential)

• Significant experience in a similar role which demonstrates commitment to mandatory training, attendance, and engagement.


• Previous care experience in a health, social care, or childcare setting.


• Experience of communicating highly complex or sensitive information and using skills to overcome barriers to understanding, such as, with non-verbal clients.


• Understanding of Information Governance, Data Protection, Care Certificate standards, and safeguarding vulnerable children and adults.


• Experience of working in both acute and community settings.


• Experience with working within Mental Health.

Knowledge and Skills (Essential)

• Ability to provide good quality care


• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to multi-taskBe able to work on your own initiative and/or as part of team across multiple areas


• To be able to demonstrate tact and sensitivity when communicating with families under immense pressure, always reserving judgement and demonstrating empathy, compassion and understanding


• To maintain strict confidentiality on all matters relating to clients, their families


• High level of attention to detail, accuracy, and pride in your work presentation

Claimont Health is specifically recruiting female applicants only in keeping with the positive action provision within the Equality Act 2010 order to meet patient needs and employee safety. This post is exempt under the Employment (Sex Discrimination) Act 2000, Section the (s9(2)(f)) Personal welfare and counselling which constitutes a Genuine Occupational Qualification. The role involves working with service users where there is a risk assessment identifying the need for a female candidate.

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.