Clinical Support Worker

Our client is seeking a Clinical Support Worker to provide holistic, evidence-based best practice care, ensuring a safe and supportive environment. The Clinical Support Worker will need to have a minimum level 3 qualification in a similar type of role, have a minimum of 5 years of experience providing holistic care for age-related frailty, and have a good knowledge of non-pharmacological interventions and strategies. In addition, the Clinical Support Worker will have excellent teamwork, interpersonal, communication, time management, and organisational skills. The Clinical Support Worker will have a full UK driving licence, a good level of fitness, be able to travel to Europe, and be highly professional.

Applications from ex-military personnel are strongly encouraged

Key Responsibilities:

• Contribute to assessment, planning, developing, implementing and evaluating programmes of care
• Maintain effective communications with relatives and other members of the multidisciplinary team
• Work within, and adhere to, defined UK National policies, procedures, standards and protocols of the Organisation
• Be fully compliant with the governing body code of conduct
• Organise workload and utilise time management skills
• Undertake an active role in the management of patient funds/belongings as per expectations of the Organisation
• Responsible for maintaining patient records
• Maintain levels of items such as toiletries, clothes etc.
• Develop personal role by using evidence-based practice and continuously improving own knowledge
• Work as an integral member of the multidisciplinary / household team
• Knowledge of all relevant equipment
• Provide encouragement and motivation to staff acting in an advocacy role
• Promote people’s rights to be respected and valued
• Promote the provision of effective care and treatment, social engagement and respect for family and other members of the organisation/household
• Ensure people are provided with information that will help them reach informed, confident and safe decisions
• Be a continued visible and accessible resource for the Organisation and the family
• Ability to work using own initiative and maintain effective communications

Knowledge, skills and qualifications:

Essential:

• Minimum level 3 qualification in social care or similar
• Minimum 5 years’ experience in providing holistic care to people living with age-related frailty
• First aid qualified or willing to attain this
• Willingness to undergo required training and develop dementia knowledge as part of CPD
• Good knowledge of non-pharmacological interventions and strategies
• Excellent teamwork, interpersonal, communication, time management, and organisational skills
• Is discreet and highly professional
• Good IT skills
• Good level of fitness
• Be able to commit to a shift pattern on a 14-day rotational basis and be flexible for care provision
• Full driving licence
• Be able to travel to Europe, ideally have an EU passport

Desirable:

• Dementia trained or additional studies completed in related subject
• Provided teaching to junior members or other professionals

Salary: £45,000

Benefits: accommodation, food and travel expenses whilst on shift

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