Clinical Health Support Worker - Guildford, United Kingdom - Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust

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Guildford, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

We are seeking a highly motivated, enthusiastic individual to join the West Surrey and North East Hampshire Community Team for Adults with a Learning Disability.

This is a rare and exciting opportunity for a committed individual to join a busy NHS community team.

This role offers the opportunity to participate in the delivery of health interventions under the supervision of qualified clinicians, to meet peoples health needs.

The successful applicant will work across a range of specialties under the guidance of nurses, speech and language therapists, occupational therapists, dietitian and physiotherapists.

This will involve practical work with people such as implementing skill teaching programmes to promote good health, completing observations and reporting back and creating resources that help people to understand their health needs.

As part of the role involves supporting physiotherapy and may involve water based therapy (aquatic therapy) There will be an expectation that you will undertake life saver training.

Surrey and Borders Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is the leading provider of health and social care services for people of all ages with mental ill-health and learning disabilities in Surrey and North East Hampshire.

We also provide social care services for people with a learning disability in Croydon and ASD and ADHD assessment services in Hampshire.

We actively seek to engage people who use our services and our communities in improving the mental wellbeing of the local population.

We work closely with other NHS and voluntary sector organisations who provide services and support people who use services and carers.

Surrey is a beautiful county lying just 30 minutes away from Central London and from the South Coast.

Our historic market towns and bustling districts are enveloped in wonderful countryside, and our excellent road and rail networks bring the rest of the country within easy reach.

For international travel, both Gatwick and Heathrow airports are nearby.

Working from home contracts do not attract high cost area payments.

Suitable for someone who ispassionate about ensuring a high quality holistic approach to the care and support provided to people with learning disabilities in the community.

Key Responsibilities

Clinical

To actively work with people in implementing the care plan devised by a team professional.
To act as an advocate and ensure that there is proper regard for peoples' dignity, choice, selfesteem, racial, cultural, sexual and religious needs and preferences.
To participate in assessments, planning, implementation and evaluation of interventions as part of a holistic approach working in a variety of
To observe and document any changes in wellbeing of the people that they are supporting, reporting to the professional or team manager any new or change in risk or presentation of the person.
To take appropriate and immediate action to keep people safe in a crisis or safeguarding situation, reporting back to a senior colleague in a timely manner.
To work within the Positive Behaviour Support framework.
To work in partnership with people in other health and social care settings.
To establish and maintain effective relationships with colleagues, other agencies, people who use services and their