Senior Health Care Support Worker

This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in supporting adults experiencing acute mental health needs, helping to create a safe, therapeutic, and recovery-focused environment. You will work under the guidance and supervision of registered healthcare professionals to deliver high-quality, compassionate care to patients across our Airedale and Bradford services. You will support the clinical team in meeting individual care needs and contribute positively to the ward environment. This post involves a 24-hour service rota, including long days, nights, and weekends. Shortlisted candidates will be invited to attend an in-person Assessment Centre and Interview on, As a Senior Health Care Support Worker, you will play a vital role in supporting the delivery of safe, compassionate, and effective care for service users. Working under the supervision of registered healthcare professionals, your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting care delivery: Assist in the assessment, implementation, and evaluation of person-centred care for individuals experiencing mental illness, including those presenting with challenging behaviours.
• Clinical support: Provide direct clinical care as delegated by registered staff, ensuring best practices are followed and care is delivered safely.
• Patient safety and experience: Promote a safe, respectful, and dignified environment for all patients, families, and staff, in line with the Trust's values of We Care, We Listen, We Deliver.
• Ward resources: Help maintain appropriate stock levels of clinical and non-clinical supplies on the ward.
• Recovery-focused care: Support patients on their journey to recovery by encouraging independence, engagement, and empowerment.
• Team support and development: Act as a positive role model for junior staff, providing guidance and supporting their development within the ward environment
  
  We are looking for a dedicated, caring, and motivated Senior Health Care Support Worker to join us at Airedale Centre for Mental Health and Lynfield Mount Hospital.
  
  Everything we do is underpinned by our core values: -
We Care - We act with respect and empathy, and always value difference We Listen - We understand people's views and respond to their individual needs We Deliver - We develop and provide excellent services and support our partners We will consider a variety of flexible working arrangements to enable staff to balance their work and home lives and support staff by offering a fantastic range of benefits including : Increase mileage rates for > 4500 A wide range of health and wellbeing support packages A range of internal and external development and learning opportunities Plus many more. We are also proud to pledge our support to the Armed Forces and hold a Bronze Award in the Defence Employer Recognition Scheme. BDCFT is dedicated to environmental and social sustainability by delivering on the commitments within our Green Plan. All staff are actively encouraged and supported to participate in training and to identify and implement sustainable quality improvement across all service areas and activities.