Support Worker - Complex Care - Female only

Does your current role empower you to give your aspired level of person-centred care from beginning to end of the patient journey? Claimont Health is a CQC registered unique service provider in the private sector, providing high-profile, person-centred, holistic services to clients who prefer to be treated in the comfort of their own home. We offer a tailored service, providing highly skilled mental health professionals to complement clients' needs.

As a member of our clinical team, you will be offered a varied caseload of work, depending on your skills and experience. You will care for your client on a Home Visit basis, where you will have the opportunity to work one-to-one in a calm environment that feels secure for them. This is a part-time position: Saturday - 12 hours shift (Day).

Main duties of the job:

• Your experience will reflect in your practice as you see the resulting outcomes of your skills and expertise in enabling our clients to use their strengths to improve their own well-being.

What do we need from you?

• We are looking for high quality, dynamic and experienced Complex Care Support Workers who have worked with a range of conditions and age groups.
• If you have experience with supporting children or young adults with ASD and other physical complex care needs, we would like to hear from you.
• You will need to be an experienced support worker who can support our clients to engage in community-based activities, as part of their personal development and progression.
• YOU MUST HOLD A UK DRIVING LICENCE AND HAVE ACCESS TO A CAR.

Required Skills/Qualifications:

• 1 year or more experience as a Complex Care Support Worker.
• Flexibility, maturity, independence, and carry a very high professional standard.
• Commitment to delivering client specific care.
• Adaptable approach to support client and family members.
• Ability to maintain clear professional boundaries within a home setting.

About us:

So, what can we offer you in return for your dedication and commitment?

• Competitive pay - £15 per hour.
• Paid Induction and CPD support.

Please apply if you would like to hear more about an opportunity where you will have time to provide the specialist care you envisaged when you chose your career in mental health.

Claimont Health follows safer recruitment of staff for all appointments. It is a requirement that all staff understand it is each person's individual responsibility and are committed to promoting and safeguarding the welfare of service users. Candidates will be subject to an Enhanced DBS disclosure.

Job responsibilities:

• Ensure management policies and protocols and ensure adhered to practice guidance, as they are updated and respond to national and local guidance.
• Ensure that written records of all aspects of client treatment and progress are maintained throughout the treatment process.
• Complete and maintain all documentation and records as required, including electronic patient records within 24 hours of event.
• Carry out activities with clients that enable full access to community life.
• Work with families/carers to assist them in understanding mental health and coping effectively with issues arising from their role as carers.
• Maintain the highest degree of confidentiality in delivery of treatment packages.
• Maintain effective communication with referring agents as appropriate.
• Maintain a high level of professional core psychiatric skills.
• Maintain effective clinical links with colleagues, carers and relatives of client and develop links with community services/resources.
• Encourage the use of evidence-based practice.
• Attend and fully contribute to all team meetings.
• To report assessment findings in the appropriate format to the people who need them.
• To ensure confidentiality and security of patient data is always maintained in compliance with the Data Protection Act.
• To ensure confidentiality of staff, patients and carers is maintained in line with Claimont policy.
• To attend appropriate mandatory training courses in line with requirements of the role, Health and Safety Regulations and as part of personal development, e.g., systems training, fire awareness training, appraisals.
• To carry out any other duties as requested by the Registered Manager to ensure the quality of service provided by the team.
• To actively participate in a performance review and the development and implementation of a personal development plan.
• To take responsibility for their own professional development ensuring professional standards are maintained and statutory and mandatory training is in date.
• To attend any training as requested.
• To adhere to the Professional Code of Conduct relating to your profession (if applicable).
• To uphold the principles and values set out in the Claimont Contractors Manual.
• To ensure that the health and wellbeing of patients is at the centre of all activities and that all staff engage and communicate with patients as appropriate.
• To always promote quality and safety of patients, visitors and staff thus enabling Claimont to meet its regulation requirements (Care Quality Commission Registration Regulations and Outcomes) that relate most directly to patients and strive for continuous quality improvement.
• To observe Claimont Equal Opportunities Policy providing equality of treatment and opportunity to employees, clients, and service providers irrespective of sex, sexuality, age, marital status, ethnic origin, or disability.