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Brookland hospital
Services include:Medium and low secure male provision
Specialist male Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Low secure female provision
Specialist Assessment and Treatment Service
Adolescent (CAMHS) Service 11yrs – 18yrs
Most of our service users have mild to moderate learning disability and or ASD with complex needs and additional mental health problems who can display the extremes of challenging behaviour. Within our secure services, service users will have committed a range of offences.
These services are highly specialised, so we are looking for kind, caring and compassionate individuals who are enthusiastic and willing to support their colleagues in developing the team to enable the delivery of expert care to these patient groups with a commitment to supporting and advocating for people with a learning disability and/or ASD.
If you do have care experience, but no care certificate, you will be expected to complete the care certificate within 12 weeks of commencing your post and will be paid a Band 2 until you have completed the care certificate.
To assist in the provision of support and care under the guidance of a qualified nurse
and therapist, for patients with health and social care needs, on the unit or when
supporting patients in the community.
This is achieved over a 24-hour period on a rota system and includes days, nights,
weekends, bank holidays (including Christmas and New Year)
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put ‘people at our heart’; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
• generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us
• excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more
• salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more
• discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes
• wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more
• staff networks and support group
We’re always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
• Take a role for care delivery under the direction of qualified nurse/deputy/unit
manager.
• Actively encourage patients to become involved in all aspects of their lifestyle.
This includes the monitoring and updating person centred plans.
• Support patients to identify their own health needs and support them
accessing health professionals and facilities.
• Identify and provide practical and emotional support for patients to engage in
a range of everyday tasks, which include supporting patients with their
personal hygiene needs, cooking, shopping, cleaning, managing finances,
budgeting and all aspects of patient engagement.
• The post holder will support patients to access and participate in social,
leisure, educational and occupational activities within the unit and the wider
community. This will involve escorting patients away from the unit following a
full risk assessment.
• Identify possible risk situations and report them to the manager and follow risk
assessments.
• All staff will be trained to an agreed level of Safety Intervention Training.
Once this training has been achieved, the staff member will be expected to
respond to incidents that may include physical aggression which as a last
resort may result in restraint.
• To act as a key worker for patients.
• Perform and record clinical observations in line with Trust policy.
• To have knowledge or be prepared to learn about the CQC requirements
within an inpatient setting.
This advert closes on Wednesday 9 Apr 2025