Mental Health Support Worker

About The Role

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+ MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO EVERY LIFE

We have a fantastic opportunity for a Mental Health Support Worker to join the team at HMP Lancaster Farms, a Category C male prison located on the outskirts of Lancaster.
This is a crucial role within the healthcare team, making a real difference to patients, and delivering outstanding care. This role offers excellent developmental opportunities and is a great environment to build on your experience within the primary care service.

Hours:

This is a full time role, 37.5 hours per week, with shifts falling between the following times:
07:30-19:30 Monday to Thursday
07:30-18:00 Friday
08:00-17:30 Saturday, Sunday, Bank Holidays

The team usually work 3 or 4 long shifts across 7 days.

Salary:

This position is full time , you'll receive an annual salary of between £24,669 - £28,690 - depending on experience.

How will we support you?
• Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
• Competency framework
• Regional and national career development opportunities
• Our bespoke Learning Management System to address your learning needs
• Support from the wider team

Candidates are required to have a Legal right to work in the UK and due to the nature of the role, offers of employment will be subject to additional vetting and security checks



What you'll be doing

As our new Mental Health Support Worker, your responsibilities will vary. Some of your duties will include:

• Working within the mental health team, you will work with Nurses and Nursing Associates across the service
• Assist with clinical observations, vaccination clinics etc
• Provide outstanding quality based care to all patients
• Deliver personalised, non judgemental care, based on patient feedback
• Contribute to, and implement care packages, assist with health promotion, wellbeing and clinics
• Support the nursing and pharmacy teams onsite
• Support the primary care and substance misuse teams as necessary
• Assist with release and discharge when needed

If you are interested in career development, we have a wide range of opportunities for you to develop your skills and experience, which include both internal and external options for development and learning.

It doesn't stop there ... we also offer:

• Company pension scheme
• 25 days annual leave increasing with service up to 28 days per year, plus public bank holidays
• An extensive range of wellbeing and lifestyle benefits
• Discounts on shopping and leisure activities
• Support to grow in your role and continue your professional development
• Excellent long-term career prospects
• 24/7 employee assistance helpline and financial assistance when you need it

What we'll look for in you

The Health in Justice team at Practice Plus Group makes a real difference across over 53 prisons, young offenders and immigration removal centres. We're the UK's leading independent provider of NHS services to over 40,000 patients in secure environments, always putting their needs first, regardless of their background.

Practice Plus Group's purpose is to Unlock your best work life and we stand by our core values:

• we treat patients and each other as we would like to be treated
• we act with integrity
• we embrace diversity
• we strive to do things better together

We are looking for caring, compassionate but also driven professionals who can help us drive our vision for a fair and inclusive healthcare access to all.
Our new Healthcare Assistant will:

• Hold a NVQ Level 2 qualification in Health & Social Care, or equivalent - a Level 3 would be a bonus!
• Have experience in a care setting previously - ideally from a hospital or prison setting
• Have clinical knowledge ideally, as well as experience of group work and health promotion
• Have a caring and compassionate approach
• Ideally have experience within primary care

Secure environments are one of the most challenging, yet rewarding places for healthcare professionals to work. If you're looking for a role where you can develop your existing healthcare skills and learn something new every day in an environment that never stands still, then this could be the right opportunity for you.