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Children’s Mental Health Support Worker
| Posting date: | 16 July 2024 |
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| Salary: | Not specified |
| Additional salary information: | £22,816 - £24,336 pa pro rata |
| Hours: | Part time |
| Closing date: | 15 August 2024 |
| Location: | Bristol, BS2 8BJ |
| Company: | University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | 6473754/387-WC-7067-GE |
Summary
A Vacancy at University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust.
Children’s Mental Health Support workers
Do you have your NVQ level 3 / QCF in Health and Social Care / apprenticeship or equivalent, and or working towards. Do you enjoy working with children and young people? Are you interested in children and young people’s mental health? If the answers are “yes” then this may be the position for you!
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) is a tertiary Children’s Hospital within a Trust. We are recruiting into our team of Band 3 Children’s Mental Health support workers to provide care compassion, assessment and engagement with children young people and their families who are admitted to BRHC with mental health needs.
Our patients are extraordinary, each of them with their own unique character, strength and drive, which is why we looking for these exact same qualities in our Children’s Mental Health Support workers.
This position requires shifts to be worked across days, nights, weekends and bank holidays to ensure the service is fully covered. This is your opportunity to join us on our journey and become a part of our talented and passionate team. Whilst the role at times can be hard, it comes with team support, supervision and guidance.
Interview will be an assessment morning / half day. In Person.
The ideal candidate for the role will:
• Have experience as a health care support worker in a Health or Social Care Setting
• Have experience of working with Children and Young People
• Have a passion and interest in mental health
• Be enthusiastic about caring for others without discrimination
• Have effective communication skills
• Be flexible and adaptable to change
• Be able to work nights, weekends and long days
In return for your hard work you will receive the following benefits:
• Dedicated ongoing training to develop your skills
• Integrated into a team who with commitment support children & young people with mental health needs.
• Working within an internationally renowned Children’s Hospital
• Minimum of 262.5 hours holiday per year (increasing with length of service)
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Access to discounts in a multitude of local and national outlets.
Apply today as this vacancy will close when we receive a suitable number of applications
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jul 2024
Children’s Mental Health Support workers
Do you have your NVQ level 3 / QCF in Health and Social Care / apprenticeship or equivalent, and or working towards. Do you enjoy working with children and young people? Are you interested in children and young people’s mental health? If the answers are “yes” then this may be the position for you!
Bristol Royal Hospital for Children (BRHC) is a tertiary Children’s Hospital within a Trust. We are recruiting into our team of Band 3 Children’s Mental Health support workers to provide care compassion, assessment and engagement with children young people and their families who are admitted to BRHC with mental health needs.
Our patients are extraordinary, each of them with their own unique character, strength and drive, which is why we looking for these exact same qualities in our Children’s Mental Health Support workers.
This position requires shifts to be worked across days, nights, weekends and bank holidays to ensure the service is fully covered. This is your opportunity to join us on our journey and become a part of our talented and passionate team. Whilst the role at times can be hard, it comes with team support, supervision and guidance.
Interview will be an assessment morning / half day. In Person.
The ideal candidate for the role will:
• Have experience as a health care support worker in a Health or Social Care Setting
• Have experience of working with Children and Young People
• Have a passion and interest in mental health
• Be enthusiastic about caring for others without discrimination
• Have effective communication skills
• Be flexible and adaptable to change
• Be able to work nights, weekends and long days
In return for your hard work you will receive the following benefits:
• Dedicated ongoing training to develop your skills
• Integrated into a team who with commitment support children & young people with mental health needs.
• Working within an internationally renowned Children’s Hospital
• Minimum of 262.5 hours holiday per year (increasing with length of service)
• Industry leading pension scheme
• Access to discounts in a multitude of local and national outlets.
Apply today as this vacancy will close when we receive a suitable number of applications
University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust (UHBW) is one of the largest acute Trusts in the country, bringing together a combined workforce of over 13,000 staff and over 100 different clinical services across 10 different sites, serving a core population of more than 500,000 people across South West England. UHBW has been rated by the CQC as ‘Good’ overall and our staff are proud to deliver excellent care to the people of Bristol, Weston and beyond. As a forward-thinking multi-award winning Trust and a digital exemplar committed to improving patient care, our world-leading research and innovations are having a positive local and global impact. Our hospitals are spread across Bristol and Weston, join us and you can enjoy the very best of both worlds; city living within a stone’s throw of the countryside or beside the seaside, both with easy access to all that the South West has to offer. UHBW is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. As an equal opportunities employer actively working towards a diverse workforce we aim to recruit and retain a workforce which represents the rich diversity of the local population at all levels and are committed to designing our services around the needs of individual patients and those around them. Anonymous information will be used from your application in order to ensure we’re meeting our pledge.
For a more detailed job description and main responsibilities, please refer to the job description document attached to this vacancy.
This advert closes on Tuesday 30 Jul 2024
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