Job overview

Social Care Support Worker- Band 3

JOB SUMMARY:

This is a prison based Social Care Support Worker role, supporting clients with a variety of needs including personal care, with a strong emphasis on promoting independence.

Working alongside Buddies, trained in supporting non-personal care, the Social Care Support Worker will promote;

• Managing and maintaining nutrition
• Maintaining personal hygiene
• Managing toilet needs
• Being appropriately clothed
• Being able to make use of their accommodation safely

The post of Social Care Support Worker will cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the following shifts; part time hours are available.

07:30-20:00

19:30-08:00

From time to time clients outside of the Social Care Unit may need support with personal hygiene. This will be provided by the Social Care Support Worker role, in conjunction with a care plan from Dorset Council.

 

Main duties of the job

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide physical care to clients in accordance with their care plan
• Communicate effectively with clients and the multi-disciplinary team
• Inform the Social Care Lead and/or Registered Nurse as soon as possible when any change in a client’s condition is noticed
• Report any complaints or requests for information from clients to the Social Care Lead in a timely manner to enable prompt response
• Respond to the needs of clients in an honest, non-judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups
• Understand the need for, and assisting clients to attain optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a Registered Nurse

 

Working for our organisation

Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children’s centres, schools and people’s homes.

We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary’s Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families.  This is strengthened by our new values:
    • We’re Kind
    • We’re Fair
    • We Listen
    • We Care