Health Care Support Worker - Accrington, United Kingdom - Aaban Partnership Ltd

Aaban Partnership Ltd

Verified Company

Accrington, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Tom O´Connor

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Description

INCREASED PAY to £13 an hour.

Company description

Aaban Partnership Ltd is a new and exciting service offering high-quality specialist mental health services for young people with complex needs.

Aaban Partnership Ltd has two CQC regulated bespoke built 10 bedded units offering Assessment, Stabilisation, treatment, and intervention for young people aged 8 -18 years.

Providence Unit (Assessment and Stabilisation Unit) and Moira Unit (Treatment and Intervention Unit) are both open and operational and we require passionate, committed, hard-working healthcare support workers to work as part of our team.

We value our staff and will always seek to provide a happy work place. We know our jobs can get tough and together we will support each other through. Our robust, experienced and diverse multi-disciplinary team will offer guidance and supervision on a regular basis. We will offer and support regular training and opportunity to develop and grow within the role.

Responsibilities and Duties

Engaging young people and developing therapeutic relationships
Supporting young people through therapeutic interventions/programs
Escorting and supporting young people in the community
Sharing feedback about young person's presentation
Completing records and notes in accordance with policy
Safeguarding young people
Risk assessment and risk management
Organising with the young person a weekly planner
Providing stimulating activity
Life skills development
Physical health monitoring (Training will be provided)
Empowering young people to be the best they can be
General housekeeping
Working with young person to prepare meals
Verbal deescalation
Use of DBT language
Training will be provided.
Working with families and carers
Adhere to data protection act and policies
Attend and participate in handovers
Monitoring young people's health and wellbeing and reporting back to senior staff
Uphold and adhere to all local and company policy and procedures
Information governance
Work with the wider/local community in a positive manner
To keep up to date with appropriate training in line with PDP including online modules.

All staff members employed by Aaban Partnership Ltd are expected to be familiar with and aware of their responsibilities in relation to local 'children's safeguarding board', 'local adult safeguarding board' and procedures for 'safeguarding and protecting children and vulnerable adults'.

Qualifications and experience

Essential
Working with young people

Hardworking and motivated

Kind, caring and compassionate

Team player

Good sense of humour

Reliable

Excellent communication skills

Prioritise work

Act with honesty and integrity

Basic IT skills

Positive role model

Managing challenging behavior

Have a helpful attitude

Knowledge of children's safeguarding

Be a positive representative for the company

Non-judgmental

Desirable
Previous support work

Worked on a hospital acute ward environment

Worked in a childrens residential home setting

Health and social care qualification

Counselling qualification

Psychology qualification

Speak another language

Previous work with young people

A good understanding of young people's mental health difficulties

Ability to monitor physical health - Early warning scores.

Completing enhanced observations

Environment checks

Opportunities

We offer a wide variety of training including: