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SalaryAs a Support Worker, you will be pivotal in providing care to our service users and will work closely with our team of qualified nurses and our wider disciplines to provide agreed care, based on the service users assessed needs. You are resilient, driven and passionate to provide high quality nursing care to patients.
We are a 15 bedded male Medium Secure and Forensic ward. We explore how best to support our service users on their individual pathways through a multi-disciplinary approach. Ash Ward is a dynamic workplace and you will be a motivated and responsive nurse managing an ever-changing environment.
Main duties of the job
As a Senior Support Worker, your main responsibilities are:
- Up hold the core values of the ward promoting openness, transparency and learning
- Accurate and timely clinical documentation
- Work under the supervision of qualified staff to support our service users by being a member of care teams
- Support our service users to assess the community under supervision and accurately feedback your assessment
- Raise any concerns to senior staff
The Hellingly Centre is a Secure Hospital, comprising of three Medium Secure Wards and one Low Secure Ward. Situated in rural East Sussex, close to Hailsham, Eastbourne and Lewes, we enjoy the benefits of both beautiful countryside and the convenience and amusements larger town links provide.
Working for our organisation
Working in the Forensic Healthcare Services:
Forensic mental health is a unique and fascinating field which provides both challenge and opportunity.
Being curious, creative, self-aware and assertive are important skills that you will build on, as you are often required to think 'outside the box'.
We play a crucial part in supporting and advocating service users towards recovery, while maintaining the legal requirements within the MHA and of public protection.
Our Trust:
We provide mental health and learning disability care for all ages across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire.
We'd love you to join our organisation, rated 'good' overall and 'outstanding' for caring by the CQC. Our staff agree, with 82% recognising patient care as our top priority in our staff survey.
Other key survey results include:
• 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
To be a successful Senior Support Worker on Ash Ward you will be:
- Passionate about improving the lives of individuals who are being held within the criminal justice system
- Understanding that this is a challenging but hugely rewarding work setting
- Working a mixture of shifts including Long Days (07:00 - 19:30) and Nights (19:00 - 07:30)
It would also be advantageous if you:
- Have experience working within a mental health setting
Development and Training
We are committed to investing in staff and offer regular quality supervision, reflective practice, in-depth training and development opportunities.
The Forensic Healthcare Service supports their clinical team to undertake both academic and professional development opportunities including apprenticeships. We are keen to offer staff the support to progress through a clinical career pathway and have Senior Support Workers who go on to Nurse Associate training and Registered Nurse training.
Hellingly Centre is a member of Quality Network for Forensic Mental Health Services. QNFMHS benchmarks via peer reviews, creating opportunities for qualified staff to become certified peer reviewers for nationwide forensic services
Person specification
Qualifications
Essential criteria
- A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
- Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
- Health care or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent skills
Knowledge/Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
- Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
- Experience running groups/activities
- Experience working as part of a team
- Experience of being supervised
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.
