Healthcare Support Worker

To improve the lives of people with mental health and substance misuse difficulties by minimising the impact of their condition through the delivery of excellent services to promote recovery and well- being.

To be compassionate in meeting the needs of patients and their carers.To work as part of an Integrated Multi-Disciplinary Team. Working collaboratively and in partnership with primary care and prison colleagues.

To assist in the delivery of patient care, as directed by registered practitioners, Substance misuse recovery workers and team manager, undertaking duties and activities with limited or indirect supervision in the prison setting.

To promote social inclusion and recovery through the provision of high-quality patient care.

To show commitment to and participate in quality improvement activities.

To promote at all times a positive image of people with mental ill health and substance misuse problems.

To promote at all times a positive image of the Service and the wider Trust.

Please see the Job Description for further details, a summary is below:

Inclusion, created in 2002 is part of the Specialist Services Care Group of Midlands Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (MPFT). We provide caring and effective services across England, including, West Yorkshire, West Midlands, East Midlands, West Mercia, Thames Valley, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and Thurrock, Essex.We support individuals, families and communities who are affected by addiction, crime, mental health or need treatment for their sexual health. We believe that the individuals and families who use our services should receive high quality, committed and inclusive care, realising all the benefits a modern NHS organisation can provide.We work with patients and our staff teams to achieve the best outcomes we can. We invest heavily in training and development, and the wellbeing of our people, both staff and service users is central to who we are. Here at MPFT, we are proud of the comprehensive wellbeing and lifestyle support offer available, in addition to in-house training and coaching support.Our services are robustly governed, evidence-based, inclusive, and designed and provided in conjunction with service users. We are committed to providing the best service we can, and if you share our values, we want you on our team! For more information about HMP Isle of Wight and our incentives offer please see attached information.

Qualifications

Essential: - Diploma in Health and Social Care Level 3 or equivalent.; - Key skills in Literacy and Numeracy Level 2.

Experience

Essential: - Previous experience as a Band 2/3 HCA or equivalent in a care environment.