Community Support Worker - L3 Apprenticeship

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Job overview

Looking to launch or continue your career in healthcare and make a difference to the community you live in? Want to earn while you learn? Then the Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship is the perfect starting point.

This Level 3 qualification will give you the perfect platform to explore our other apprenticeship opportunities utilising the strong relationships we have with local higher education providers. This can unlock the door to a future career as a qualified; Assistant Practitioner, Nurse Associate, Physiotherapist, Occupational Therapist or Nurse.

Our teams support patients to live independently and improve their quality of life in the place they call home. As a Community Support Worker, you'll play a vital role in our service. Working closely with the multi-disciplinary team made up of registered clinicians, other support staff and Administrators, to provide vital ongoing clinical care such as, vital signs observations, basic wound care techniques, medicines management, functional rehabilitation, and many other clinical skills.

Successful candidates will receive full support to complete the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker Apprenticeship and become confident working independently in the community. If you have strong verbal communication skills and can use initiative to ensure service users and their families have the best experience, consider applying and start fulfilling your potential with a rewarding career within healthcare today.

• Undertake a range of delegated clinical, therapy & nursing led activities to support our service users.
• To provide safe, patient centred and effective clinical care in the community setting.
• Work within adults services to deliver a full range of healthcare activities.
• You may be expected to work flexibly with other teams or services, both within the locality and Sirona wide when the need arises at short notice.
• Be able and willing to travel throughout the service delivery geographical area.
• Commit to completing the Level 3 Senior Healthcare Support Worker apprenticeship, with support from your team. There are intakes every three months and you will be enrolled on the next available course after starting.

You'll be entitled to enhanced pay for weekends and bank holidays and mileage is reimbursed whilst you carry out your duties at work.

This service runs from 8am - 8pm, 7 days a week.

6+ hours weekly paid ‘off the job’ training time with some self-directed study also required.

This post is full-time, however part-time hours at a minimum of 30 hours per week will also be considered.

Working for our organisation

Ever dreamt about a career that sparks excitement and fosters your professional growth? Picture yourself waking up eager to make a real difference in our community, surrounded by teams who value your unique ideas. It's time to turn your dream into reality!

We are Sirona care & health – England’s largest provider of Adult’s and Children’s Community Services and we’d love for you to join us in Bristol, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.

Agenda for Change Salary, full NHS benefits, 27+ days’ annual leave, and participation in the NHS Pension Scheme – just a glimpse of the benefits we offer.

Whether you're starting your journey in healthcare, looking for a fresh challenge within the NHS, or contemplating a career change, don't be daunted by the prospect of something different – we create development opportunities for all our colleagues and apprentices.

Interested? View our benefits leaflet which you can find as an attachment on this vacancy.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please see the attached Job Description for a full list of duties and responsibilities before applying for this position.

We are unable to provide sponsorship for this role and can only accept applications from UK based applicants.

If you are not currently a permanent UK resident, please refer to the attached 'Apprenticeship Funding Rules' document to check your eligibility for this role.

Person specification

Qualifications

• English and Maths at a minimum of GCSE grace C, or equivalent.

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Explain how you've worked without direct supervision, to achieve objectives of a role and that of a team.
• Tell us about your experience of team working and an understanding of team dynamics including what factors make a team work well and what can go wrong and why.
• Experience working with IT systems.

• Experience working in a health or social care setting.

Application Reason

• Please tell us why you have chosen to apply for this apprenticeship with Sirona care & health?