Band 3 Bank Healthcare Support Worker

To work as part of a care team to deliver evidence-based interventions to service users with mental health problems.

To develop and practice, working alongside registered clinicians, a set of therapeutic care skills, making a significant contribution to service users’ psychological, emotional and social wellbeing

To ensure service users and their relatives receive care that prioritises safety, effectiveness, partnership and hope.

To deliver high quality care and recovery interventions for service users within designated clinical areas.

Supporting individuals with fluids and nutrition, physical wellbeing, and personal care.

Escorting or accompanying service users for planned periods of leave on hospital grounds and in the community facilitating social inclusion.

To help maintain a clean, well-organised, safe and therapeutic environment that meets the needs of service users, carers and colleagues.

To work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.

To practise planned care, and to directly participate in the development of recovery-focused interventions.

To participate in the on-going wellbeing plans and safety assessment processes in collaboration with service users, their carers

To maintain a basic working understanding of both the Mental Health Act (1983) and Mental Capacity Act (2005), and any other relevant legislation, as required by mandatory and statutory training (MaST).

To adhere to AWP’s Code of Conduct for unregistered practitioners; promoting and embedding it through the delivery of peer support and supervision to junior, temporary and newly appointed Health Care Support Workers.

To observe and record interactions with service users and carers both verbally and in writing via clinical records and staff handovers.

To engage in reflective practice to maintain and promote ongoing clinical practice.