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Band 3 Healthcare Support Worker - Bristol

Avon & Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Bristol, BS4 5BJView on map(opens Google Maps in a new tab)

Salary

£25,760 to £27,476

Contract

Permanent

Hours

Not specified

Closing date

28 October 2026

5 days left

Job description

Right to Work in the UK This position is not eligible for Skilled Worker visa sponsorship. Applicants must already hold the legal right to work in the...

Cherry Ward functions as an 18 bedded mixed sex acute ward for adults of working age. The ward successfully opened in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and since opening, our well developed, diverse and high achieving staff team have received high praise. Cherry Ward takes pride on being a therapies driven acute inpatient ward where we focus on utilising least restrictive therapeutic approaches to caring for our service users.

The ward works closely with the other inpatient wards to facilitate treatment on both the AWP Callington Road Hospital site and other units across the locality. Working on Cherry Ward would provide you with a wealth of learning opportunities to develop new skills in working with service users from a wide range of backgrounds and cultures, who are experiencing an acute episode of mental health problems.

Each patient has their own private en-suite room and there are shared communal areas for dining, activities, and relaxation. Additionally, there are separate spaces for female service users to ensure everyone feels secure and respected.

We are the lead provider of healthcare for people with serious mental illness, learning disabilities and autism across Bath and North East Somerset (BaNES), Swindon and Wiltshire, and Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire.

We aim to provide High Quality, Compassionate Care everywhere, every day. This means our services will be safe, clinically effective and provide a positive all round experience for our patients, families and carers. And we believe passionately in treating everyone with kindness, respect and empathy.

Key to this is providing a supportive and safe environment for our 4,000 staff where we all feel welcome and able to do the best we can for those we support. Our staff and teams work incredibly hard delivering services across more than 90 locations, covering 2,200miles, to more than 1.8million people.At AWP we actively encourage applicants from all backgrounds; we are particularly keen to encourage applications from people from Black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds, those with disabilities and from the LGBTQ+ community. We want people to bring their unique blend of experiences, backgrounds, perspectives and knowledge to AWP, as diversity makes us stronger.

Education & Qualifications

Essential

Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, an appropriate Level 3 vocational qualification (e.g. Level 3 Diploma in Mental Health or Health and Social Care)
Possession of, or the ability and willingness to work towards, Level 2 Functional Skills (e.g. GCSE Mathematics and English Language Grade C/4 or above)
The Care Certificate (Cavendish Certificate of Fundamental Care) or equivalent.

Experience and Knowledge

Essential

Experience of working as a healthcare support worker in a clinical team
Knowledge of, and experience of working with, a range of mental health issues
Knowledge of care planning and its uses in a mental health setting.
An understanding of how mental health issues can affect the lives of individuals, their families and their community, and experience of using a range of evidence-based approaches to reduce the impact of such issues.
Experience of working in a busy team, and an ability to use initiative at times of pressure

Skills and Abilities

Essential

Ability to communicate in written and verbal English to a high standard, and basic numeracy skills.
Demonstrable ability to use computer systems efficiently and effectively to record data clearly, accurately and quickly.
Ability to work with a degree of autonomy, whilst also taking direction from senior colleagues