Bank Social Care Support Worker

7 months ago

Portland, United Kingdom Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust Full time

Bank Social Care Support Worker - Band 3

**Location**: HMP The Verne, Portland, DT5 1EQ

**JOB SUMMARY**:
We have an exciting opportunity to join the team at HMP The Verne in a prison based Social Care Support Worker role, supporting clients with a variety of needs including personal care, with a strong emphasis on promoting independence.

Working alongside Buddies, trained in supporting non-personal care, the Social Care Support Worker will promote;
Managing and maintaining nutrition

Maintaining personal hygiene

Managing toilet needs

Being appropriately clothed

Being able to make use of their accommodation safely

The post of Social Care Support Worker will cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the following shifts; part time hours are available.

07:30-20:00

19:30-08:00

From time to time clients outside of the Social Care Unit may need support with personal hygiene. This will be provided by the Social Care Support Worker role, in conjunction with a care plan from Dorset Council.

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Provide physical care to clients in accordance with their care plan

Communicate effectively with clients and the multi-disciplinary team

Inform the Social Care Lead and/or Registered Nurse as soon as possible when any change in a client’s condition is noticed

Report any complaints or requests for information from clients to the Social Care Lead in a timely manner to enable prompt response

Respond to the needs of clients in an honest, non-judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups

Understand the need for, and assisting clients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a Registered Nurse

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:

- We’re Kind
- We’re Fair
- We Listen
- We Care

Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning

Use resources effectively

Report all risks to the Social Care Lead

Participate in appraisal and training to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives

Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager

Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required

Take responsibility for carrying a radio and responding as required

Demonstrates a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding privacy and dignity

**IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ**:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.

**You will need to provide**:
Proof of right to work documentation

Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographic ID

Proof of address documentation

Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.

**Address History**:
5 years address history will be needed.

Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.

Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.

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