Job summary
- Main area
- Learning Disabilities
- Grade
- Band 3
- Contract
- 12 months (This is a fixed term/secondment vacancy until 31/07/2025)
- Hours
- Full time - 37.5 hours per week
- Job ref
- 100-ACS178-0724
- Employer
- Hywel Dda University Health Board
- Employer type
- NHS
- Site
- Ty Bryn
- Town
- Carmarthen
- Salary
- £23,159 - £24,701 per annum
- Salary period
- Yearly
- Closing
- 18/07/2024 23:59
- Interview date
- 26/07/2024
Employer heading
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Community Health Care Support Worker - Learning Disabilities
Band 3
Our Hywel Dda values reflect who we are and how we behave. We continuously work together to be the best we can be as we strive to develop and deliver excellent services, putting people at the heart of everything we do. Throughout our recruitment process you will be asked to think about how you would demonstrate these values in the way that you work with us.
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Please be advised that there is a temporary top up for Bands 1,2 and 3 to reflect the incorporation of the top up to the living wage of £12 per hour - £23,465 per annum. This temporary top up will be in place until the annual pay uplift for 2024/25 is confirmed.
Hywel Dda University Health Board reserve the right to close vacancies after 24 hours if a large number of suitable applications are received. We encourage early applications to ensure consideration for a post.
Job overview
THIS POST IS FIXED TERM/SECONDMENT FOR 12 MONTHS (31.07.25) DUE TO THE NEEDS OF THE SERVICE
If you are a Hywel Dda University Health Board employee and are applying for this post as a secondment, agreement for the secondment is needed from your current manager prior to application.
This post comes during a period of Service Transformation in response to the changing needs of people with a learning disability and the national agenda for improvement. If successful, you will play a vital part within this exciting period of change, by contributing to the design of a new service model providing flexible & responsive services.
You will have the opportunity to work closely with other colleagues across the LD service and the Third Sector, providing specialist support, advice and training to patients, families, carers and professionals in Primary Care or within the hospitals.
Applicants should have experience of working with people with a learning disability. Additional training will be available, and you will be supported to develop your own clinical competency profile & to develop skills within Learning Disabilities.
Main duties of the job
We are looking for a suitably skilled and motivated healthcare support worker to join our Learning Disability Liaison Team covering the three counties. The Liaison team provides support to people with a learning disability to improve access to Primary Care services and those admitted to General Hospitals.
The main responsibility for this role is to reduce health inequalities for an individual with a Learning Disability. You will be required to work within General Hospital settings and Primary Care settings i.e GP Surgeries to ensure that individuals receive the highest standard of care from a Learning Disability perspective.
There will be an element of delivering training to staff, clients, families and carers so presentation skills are desirable for this post, however, training will be provided.
The ability to speak Welsh is desirable for this post; English and/or Welsh speakers are equally welcome to apply.
Interviews to be held on 26/07/24
Working for our organisation
Hywel Dda University Health Board is the planner and provider of NHS healthcare services for people in Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire and its bordering counties. Our 11,000 members of staff provide primary, community, in-hospital, mental health and learning disabilities services for around 384,000 people across a quarter of the landmass of Wales. We do this in partnership with our three local authorities and public, private and third sector colleagues, including our volunteers, through:
Four main hospitals: Bronglais General in Aberystwyth, Glangwili General in Carmarthen, Prince Philip in Llanelli and Withybush General in Haverfordwest;
Seven community hospitals: Amman Valley and Llandovery in Carmarthenshire; Tregaron, Aberaeron and Cardigan in Ceredigion; and Tenby and South Pembrokeshire Hospital Health and Social Care Resource Centre in Pembrokeshire;
48 general practices (six of which are managed practices), 47 dental practices (including three orthodontic), 99 community pharmacies, 44 general ophthalmic practices (43 providing Eye Health Examination Wales and 34 low vision services) and 17 domiciliary only providers and 11 health centres;
Numerous locations providing mental health and learning disabilities services;
Highly specialised and tertiary services commissioned by the Welsh Health Specialised Services Committee, a joint committee representing seven health boards across Wales.
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
You will be able to find a full job description and person specification attached within the supporting documents.
The Health Board is committed to supporting its staff to fully embrace the need for bilingualism thereby enhancing patient and service user experiences. In our commitment to increase the number of staff who are able to communicate in Welsh with patients and professionals, we welcome applications from Welsh speakers.
The ability to communicate in Welsh is desirable for this post. If you do not meet the Welsh Language requirements specified, the Health Board offers a variety of learning options and staff support to help you meet these minimal desirable requirements during the course of your employment with us.
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Person specification
Qualifications and Knowledge
Essential criteria
- NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or working towards with equivalent level of experience
- Good literacy and numerical skills
Experience
Essential criteria
- Experience of working in a Health or Social care environment
Desirable criteria
- Experience of speciality
Language Skills
Desirable criteria
- Welsh Speaker (Level 1)
Applicant requirements
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.
Welsh language skills are desirable
Documents to download
Further details / informal visits contact
- Name
- Melissa Evans
- Job title
- LD Liaison and Health Facilitation Team Manager
- Email address
- [email protected]
- Telephone number
- 07974600122
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