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Job overview

** Secondment Position - Ending January 31st 2025 **

This is a secondment opportunity to cover a career break.  

An exciting opportunity for a caring, highly motivated and experienced individual to join our Forensic Aftercare Mental Health Team as a senior community support worker has arisen. This is a brand new post, for 6 months fixed term, and the post holder will take an active role in the development and evaluation of the role.

Main duties of the job

The successful candidate will assist our community psychiatric nurses in the on-going assessment, planning, management and evaluation of the delivery of care in a community setting to individuals who have complex mental health needs and significant forensic histories. 

Working for our organisation

We believe staff are our best asset and we want you to be happy and confident about starting your career here in Swansea Bay University Health Board. 

As one of the biggest healthcare groups in the UK we can offer a wealth of professional training and development opportunities in an innovative, forward-thinking organisation.

You might be a nurse or doctor, maybe you specialise in a health science/therapy or can offer skills in one of our support services - we have a job for you.

There are also apprenticeships, work placements and volunteering roles available.

We are an inclusive employer and welcome applications from everyone whatever their sex; religion or belief; race; age; sexual orientation; gender identity or, whether they are pregnant or have recently been on maternity leave, married or are in a civil partnership; or, whether they are disabled.

Our values - Caring For Each Other, Working Together and Always Improving, show that our commitment to equality is at the heart of everything we do.

If you want excellent career and training opportunities while living on the doorstep of some of Europe's most spectacular scenery, with all the benefits of a thriving and cosmopolitan city - look no further.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Person specification

Qualifications

Essential criteria

Minimum of Qualification Credit Framework – QCF Level 3 (formerly NVQ Level 3) in Health or willingness to complete in agreed timeframe

Experience

Essential criteria

Significant experience of working as a Healthcare Assistant within a Forensic Mental Health role

Desirable criteria

Previous relevant experience in specialty

Knowledge

Essential criteria

Evidence of maintaining their personal development Demonstrates an understanding of the scope of the role in the context of the nursing team. Evidence of working with Forensic Mental Health care setting Knowledge and understanding of the Code of Conduct for Healthcare Support Workers in Wales Understanding of basic physiology, e.g. normal vital signs, fluid balance, nutritional requirements Understands the principles of confidentiality Understands the principles of consent prior to undertaking care Understands the principles of Safeguarding adults/children to keep patients within their care safe Understanding of when to seek advice and escalate to the appropriate registered professional for expert help and advice Understanding of the Health Board’s Values and Behaviour Framework Knowledge of the fundamentals aspects of care and the importance of the promotion of health and wellbeing

Desirable criteria

Evidence attendance at courses / study days pertinent to speciality. Understanding or working with forensic Mental Health patients who have required a minimum of Medium Secure Care Services. Understanding of caring for individuals with particular conditions; for example dementia, mental illness, learning disabilities relevant to area of practice Evidence of competence assessment in administration of Naloxone

Apptitude and Abilities

Essential criteria

Able to undertake specific procedures involving physical skills commensurate with practice area e.g. recording of vital signs, venepuncture Ability to work effectively as a team player under appropriate supervision, and as part of a multi-disciplinary team. Able to effectively and appropriately escalate concerns to reduce risk and promote patient safety Able to communicate effectively with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team Able to organise self and others to achieve delegated task Ability to deal with non-routine and unpredictable nature of the workload, prioritise workload and individual patient contact.

Desirable criteria

Welsh Language Skills are desirable levels 1 to 5 in understanding, speaking, reading, and writing in Welsh Customer care skills

Other Essential Criteria

Essential criteria

Able to participate with a rotating shift pattern Excellent timekeeping and a flexible approach to work. Committed work attitude

Swansea Bay University Health Board is committed to supporting its staff and processes to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing service users experience. In our commitment to increase the number of staff able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we would particularly welcome applications from Welsh speakers.

Equality remains at the centre of the Health Boards policy-making, service delivery and employment practices. We value the diversity of our staff and welcome applications from people from protected groups under the Equality Act 2010, this specifically includes age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/reassignment, race, religion, disability, pregnancy and maternity and marriage and civil partnership.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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.

Welsh language skills are desirable

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