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Health Support Worker
| Posting date: | 10 February 2025 |
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| Salary: | £24,071.00 to £25,674.00 per year |
| Additional salary information: | £24071.00 - £25674.00 a year |
| Hours: | Full time |
| Closing date: | 24 February 2025 |
| Location: | Leeds, LS2 9LN |
| Company: | NHS Jobs |
| Job type: | Permanent |
| Job reference: | C9173-25-0077 |
Summary
As a Health Support Worker, you will be expected to work with patients, carers and the Multi- Disciplinary Team to provide care to people with mental health needs and/or dementia. The successful candidate(s) will be positive and enthusiastic in your approach, calm and confident when dealing with the needs of the service users. You will have excellent communication skills, and will show that you have the ability to form and sustain therapeutic relationships with people with mental health needs and/or dementia. You will be able to demonstrate a genuine interest in mental health and/or dementia care and be committed to involving service users in all aspects of their care. The role requires the candidate to support the care, assessment, interventions and activities for service users. You will have the energy to work hard in a very active and busy inpatient care environment. We are committed to improving service provision and actively engage all staff in developing services. The successful candidate(s) will be encouraged to develop creative ideas that support services users and the service as a whole. A flexible approach is required as this post involves working flexibly over a 24 hr / 7 day period. We will offer you an induction and a continuing written appraisal and the opportunity to complete the care certificate, supported by regular supervision.