Support Worker Inpatient Rehabilitation

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust; Eastry; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading healthcare provider in Eastry is seeking a Support Worker to join the Inpatient Rehabilitation team. This role involves delivering high-quality care to patients with mental health needs. Candidates should have a Level 3 Health or Social Care qualification, along with experience in a mental health setting. The role offers the opportunity to work in a supportive team while ensuring patient independence and dignity.

Qualifications

• Significant experience of working within Mental Health setting.
• NHS experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver an effective and competent level of care under supervision.
• Monitor, report and maintain a safe workplace.
• Be accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing.

Skills

Understanding of mental health conditions

Effective communication

Team collaboration

Education

Health or Social Care Qualification (level 3 or equivalent)

Completed Care certificate

Job description

Go back Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust

Support Worker Inpatient Rehabilitation

The closing date is 21 October 2025

Rivendell is in the village of Eastry near Sandwich and is one of 6 Rehabilitation Units across Kent, which provides inpatient recovery and rehabilitation for individuals with complex mental health and psychological needs. The unit comprises of 10 single bedrooms and is staffed 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Rivendell prides itself in delivering specialist individualised and tailored recovery programmes to meet individual needs and optimise independence.

Main duties of the job

The Support Worker (Band 3) is a key member of the multidisciplinary care team and will have continuing responsibility to:

• Deliver an effective and competent level of care under the guidance and supervision of the Multi-Disciplinary Team (MDT) and as determined by the patient's care plan.
• Be fully aware of the needs of patients over a 24-hour span of care.
• Monitor, report and maintain a healthy, safe and secure workplace by knowing and taking account of: Health and Safety at Work Act (1974), Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (1985), Control of substance Hazardous to Health (1985), European H&S Regulations (1992)-Numbers 1-6, Food Act (1996), Adhere to Trust policies and local service protocols.
• Professionally accountable to the Executive Director of Nursing.
• Operationally accountable to the Matron / Clinical Service Manager.

THE TRUST'S MISSION STATEMENT:

To put patients first by providing community-based, high quality and responsive healthcare services, delivered by well-trained and supported staff who work with relatives, carers and other agencies in the best interests of patients.

STATEMENT OF THE TRUST'S AIMS AND VALUES:

• To remain patient-focused at all times by providing high quality and responsive healthcare services in hospitals and the community.
• To work closely with patients, their families, carer groups, local communities and other organisations ensuring care is coordinated.

About us

Come and work with us in the Garden of England where we combine exceptional professional development opportunities with a tremendous quality of life.

We are Kent and Medway NHS and Social Care Partnership Trust (KMPT), providing mental health, learning disability and specialist services, serving 1.8 million people in Kent and Medway, as well as specialist services for adults in Sussex and Surrey. We are rated Good overall by the CQC.

Each year we care for over 2,000 people in our hospitals and 54,000 people in the community.

We are proud to employ over 3,700 people from 66 nationalities and to serve an increasingly diverse range of communities across rural and urban areas.

You will be joining friendly, passionate colleagues, rich in their diversity, who are committed to providing excellent care to our service users and their loved ones.

The nature of our work attracts kindness and compassion as standard and everyone from our cleaners and porters to the chief executive and chairman are recognised as playing a vital role in providing an exemplary service.

Our mission is what we set out to do every dayWe deliver brilliant care through brilliant people

Our vision is where we want to be in the futureTo provide outstanding care and to work in partnership to deliver this in the right place, for every service user, every time.

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Job responsibilities

Please refer to the attached job description for full details and main responsibilities of the role.

Person Specification

Training and Qualifications

• Completed Care certificate
• Health or Social Care Qualification (level 3 or equivalent)

Experience

• Significant experience of working within Mental Health setting
• NHS experience

Knowledge

• Demonstrates a good understanding of mental health conditions appropriate to the setting.
• Experience in working in a multi-disciplinary team, under the direction and supervision of a registered practitioner
• Experience in communicating effectively to a wide range of people.
• Experience in record interventions in a timely manner

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 name

Kent & Medway NHS & Social Care Partnership Trust