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We have fantastic opportunity for a Healthcare Assistant to join the Neurodiversity team at HMP Belmarsh. HMP Belmarsh is a Category A prison in London.
HMP Belmarsh is a busy male maximum security prison with a capacity for around 720 males.
Your role will involve providing care and support in a personalised and responsive manner predominantly to patients with Learning/ Intellectual Disability and/or Autism, but also other types of neurodiversity support needs. You will provide support to enable them to integrate into the prison regime as appropriate, whilst maintaining independence, physical, and emotional wellbeing. This will include providing support to build confidence and skills in all activities of daily living.
Hours
This position is full time working 37.5 hours per week.
Monday - Friday
0800 - 1600
Salary
Paying up to £32,134 per annum
How will we support you?
- Bespoke induction, including our Introducing Health in Justice training course
- 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
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As our new Learning Disability Support Worker, your responsibilities will vary. Some of your duties will include:
- Provide a holistic and individualised approach to care and improve the lives of people on your caseload, by supporting access to the regime, activities, and healthcare.
- Liaise with patients’ families, community agencies, and other prisons to ensure joined up care and effective transitions/handover.
- Provide evidence based interventions (1:1 and groups,) deliver triages/screening of patients, and refer on for additional support as necessary.
- Contribute to MDT meetings and planning.
- Work under the guidance of qualified Occupational Therapists, Speech Therapists, and Nurses.
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
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:
- Willingness to undertake training as required
- Awareness of the types of differences patients with Learning Disability and/or autism might demonstrate around communication and interaction
- Previous experience of supporting those with Learning Disabilities and/or autism
- Good interpersonal skills
- Good oral and written communication skills
- Good organisational skills
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.
