Healthcare Assistant

Job Location	Handsworth Wood
Education	Not Mentioned
Salary	£8.72 - £9.35 per hour
Industry	Not Mentioned
Functional Area	Not Mentioned
Job Type	Permanent, full-time or part-time

Job Description

Job Title: Healthcare Assistant Location: Stanford Court, 106 Moseley Road, Highgate, Birmingham, B12 0HG Salary: £8.72 - £9.35 per hour plus enhancements (with incremental increases oncompletion of probation and annually thereafter)Hours: 37.5 hours per week (rotating pattern of long days/nights/weekends shifts)Job Type: PermanentWorking Pattern:Full Time/Part Time Options for Care provides mental health recovery services in Birmingham and the West Midlands. The organisation delivers these services through two inpatient hospital units and one community recovery home. The organisational goal is to support service users to realise their potential with improvement and developments in quality of life, leading to a gradual progression through the recovery pathway to eventual discharge.Options for Care are looking to recruit Healthcare Assistants, for our new hospital unit, Stanford Court. This is due to open in April 2021. As a result of internal transfers, we may also be recruiting for additional Healthcare Assistants, across our two existing hospital units, Montague Court and Dartmouth House.

Stanford Court will be a 20 bed male mental health inpatient unit based in Highgate, Birmingham. The structure of the purpose-built building enables us to offer levels of support dependent on the needs of the individual. Five of these beds form a separate Extra Care Suite and five are self-contained recovery flats.

Montague Court is an 18 bed male long term complex care mental health inpatient unit based in Edgbaston, Birmingham

Dartmouth House is a 16 bed male long term complex care mental health inpatient unit based in Handsworth Wood, Birmingham.

We are looking to build a new team of Healthcare Assistants for Stanford Court. Dynamic and enthusiastic individuals with a genuine passion for working with people who have severe and enduring mental health diagnoses and able to support our mission, vision and values.In addition to an annual cost of living pay increase, Options for Care benefits from an incremental pay pathway linked to the appraisal process. The first of these pay rises is awarded following successful completion of a six-month probation period.Options for Care have continually and successfully weathered the storm of COVID-19 alongside our health and social care colleagues. We recognise the value of our CQC-rated Good and Outstanding services lies in our exceptional and committed staff. For this reason, everyone has an individual wellbeing risk assessment followed by a personalised support plan including measures like free taxis to work and occupational health referrals to ensure continued wellbeing and attendance at work. Options for Care have maintained a constant supply of PPE and strict adherence to guidelines from the very beginning of the pandemic.This has enabled staff to continue to safely work with service users supporting them to sustain their progression along their recovery pathway. Despite the continued pandemic and significantly increased challenges, we maintain relationship-centred, best practice interventions, supporting people to improve their quality of life. Individuals continue to work towards their personal goals whilst we maintain least restrictive principles.You will support the clinical team by supporting delivery of specific interventions to the inpatient population. You will provide advice, support and care for service users with mental health needs and their carers within a multidisciplinary setting.Staff development, support and supervision are in place alongside staff health benefits making Options for Care a welcoming and positive place to work.If you are interested in applying for the role, please email or if you require further information regarding the role or an informal discussion, please contact one of the following:

Perminder Bath, Head of HR, on

Lee Johnson, Operations Director, on or

Matthew Lockley, Registered Manager, on

PLEASE NOTE: This vacancy will be closed as soon as sufficient applications are received. It is strongly advised that you complete and return your application form as soon as possible in order to avoid disappointment.

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