Summary Open the door to your NHS career today. Discover how you can earn while you learn. Join our Healthcare Support Worker development (HCSWD) programme, where you will learn on the job at Austen House, under Hampshire & Isle of Wight Healthcare (Southern Health) NHS Foundation Trust. If you have no healthcare experience, you'll join our 6-month supervised placement. Pay Rates: Days: £11.44, Saturdays/Nights: £16.13, Sunday/Bank Hols: £20.94 Why might this job interest you? During your placement, you'll work towards achieving the widely recognised Care Certificate with the training you need to become a Healthcare Support Worker (HCSW). Also known as Healthcare Assistant (HCA). Throughout, you'll have supportive supervision from your mentor/Ward Manager. Where will you be working? Austen House is at Tatchbury Mount, Calmore, and is a specialist, low secure mental health service that helps young people, both male and female, aged 12-18 years. Young people using the service have complex mental health problems which means they may pose a risk to themselves. We encourage you to do further research about the wards before making an application. Benefits of joining By joining, you can receive some exciting benefits: Career Progression - Achieve a Care Certificate and begin your journey with the NHS. Weekly pay - Work this week, get paid next week. Paid annual leave - Build holiday allowance. Provide patient care - Provide care, safety, and welfare for patients. Join the NHS family - Become part of a healthcare team. Dedicated training and supervised shifts - Support from your ward / area and skilled mentors. Main ResponsibilitiesAs a trainee HCSW in Mental Health, you'll learn key skills, such as: Taking basic observations, explaining treatment, and updating patient records. Supporting patients with everyday activities, including assisting at mealtimes. Providing emotional support and reassurance to patients and their families. Monitoring patients' physical and mental health and keeping accurate records. Supervising patients to ensure their safety, managing common emergencies, and performing risk assessments. Working individually and as part of a team, supporting registered Nurses and other healthcare practitioners in providing patient care. Comply with Trust and local policies and procedures including Safeguarding, Infection Prevention and Control. What you'll need: We will consider applicants without any healthcare experience as well as those with at least 3 months healthcare experience within the last 2 years. A passion for care as well as following the six enduring values that underpin 'compassion in practice'. The 6Cs are defined as: Care, Compassion, Competence, Communication, Courage, and Commitment. To be over the age of 18 or turning 18 before placement. Able to work at least 30 hours a week across earlies, lates and nights during the programme. What's next? If you're successful, you'll be invited to an interview and assessment day on the 6th or 7th May 2025, followed by a 4-day classroom training from 26th - 29th May 2025 and an induction week before you start. Apply Today