Health Care Support Worker

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Job OverviewAn exciting opportunity has become available for a suitably experienced Health Care Support Worker to work within the Ceredigion Older Adult Community Mental Health Team.Full time and part time hours will be considered.The successful candidate will display a willingness to undertake further training and personal development and to engage in supervision.Main duties of the jobThe post holder will be required to support colleagues in delivering a high standard of person centred care in accordance with Care and Treatment Plans. Excellent interpersonal and communication skills are essential as is the ability to work autonomously as well as under supervision.You will need to be flexible to the needs of the service and have experience of working with Older Adults with enduring Mental Health problems and/or Cognitive impairment including Behavioural and psychological symptoms of Dementia (BPSD), experience of working within a community setting would be advantageous.You will be expected to work with a caseload of patients under the supervision of identified Care Co-ordinators.Main duties will cover:Promoting health and well-being.Encouraging patients to do as much as they can in every day tasks .Building therapeutic relationships with patients and their families.Assist in patient recovery through meaningful activities and engagement.Assist in patient recovery through escorting them on S17 leave to the community.Carrying out observations including level 3 and 4.Monitoring their safety and well-being.Provide concise and relevant information of patients to the care co-ordinator and relevant professionals, documenting electronically on carepartner.Transporting and escorting patients for community activities.Working for our organisationHywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;48 general practices (four of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.Hywel Dda University Health Board operates a bilingual policy. All applicants are invited to apply in Welsh, any application submitted in Welsh will not be treated less favourably than an application made in English.By submitting your application to NHS Jobs/Trac, you are giving your consent for elements of your application data to be transferred to the NHS Electronic Staff Record (ESR) and other secure, internal NHS Workforce systems in order to support and manage your recruitment and employment within your employing organisation; to be used by Recruitment for purposes of checking your Professional Registration online (where applicable).These processes are in line with Fair and Lawful processing in line with current Data Protection Legislation especially those in relation to your personal or sensitive personal data (sensitive personal data is defined as any declared physical or mental health conditions, racial or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, trade union membership, political opinion, religious beliefs). As an organisation, we ensure that the legislation defining confidentiality is observed such as use of data for specific, defined purposes, and use of data that is relevant and not excessive whilst practicing data accuracy and security of all held personal identifiable information (PII)If you are successfully appointed, by completing the application form you authorise the UHB to obtain any previous NHS service details including all electronically held sickness information, via the Inter Authority Transfer process on the national Electronic Staff Record (ESR).To work in the UK, all candidates who are not UK or Republic of Ireland (RoI) nationals require sponsorship to obtain either a Health and Care visa or Skilled Worker visa, unless you have permission to work via another route. Non UK / RoI candidates wishing to apply should self-assess the likelihood of obtaining a Certificate of Sponsorship by visiting Work in the UK . If you are eligible for the Health and Care visa, application costs are lower and you do not need to pay the annual Immigration Health Surcharge.