Health Care Assistant Job Colchester area,England UK,Healthcare

Main area HCA Grade Band 4 Contract Permanent Hours Full time - 37.5 hours per week (9-5 Monday-Friday) Job
-LD&F-101694

Site Lexden Hospital Town Colchester Salary £28,392 - £31,157 per annum, pro rata Salary period Yearly Closing 21/10/2026 23:59

Values Based Screener

At Hertfordshire Partnership Foundation Trust we are looking for people to join us who share our values and those of the NHS. Before your application can be considered please take part on our online values questionnaire, which you can find below. When you have finished you will be sent a 'completion code' by email, which will be valid for 6 months and required to submit your application form.

We welcome all applications from all suitable candidates, unfortunately, we will not be offering sponsorship for this role.
Job Summary

The post holder will work within a Multi-Disciplinary Team under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.

The post holder will work within a multi-disciplinary team and will carry out direct service user work under the supervision of a qualified practitioner.
To support the Team in assessing the specialist needs of people with a learning disability living in the community and in the implementation of their individual care plans to support the improvement of their health and wellbeing.
To develop and maintain professional working relationships with service users, carers and other agencies.
To work as a lone worker using delegated autonomy and initiative.
To work in a range of settings within service users homes and community settings.

Main duties of the job

Main Responsibilities

The post holder will provide support to an allocated group of service users as delegated by the Team Leader or agreed registered practitioner. The post holder will be expected to work within the Community Specialist Learning Disability Team in line with service needs.

The post holder will receive clinical supervision as appropriate to their ongoing developmental needs and requirements and partake in reflective practice and training on a regular basis

All staff should comply with the Trust's Anti-Discriminatory Statement, Employee Charter, Trust Policies and Procedures, Code of Conduct and Equality and Diversity

Working for our organisation

Hertfordshire Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust (HPFT) is an outstanding organisation with ambitions to match. We are one of just five mental health trusts to achieve an overall rating of 'Outstanding' from the Care Quality Commission, and our aim is to be the leading provider of mental health and specialist learning disability services in the country.

Our family of over 4000 members of staff provide health and social care for over 400,000 people with mental ill health, physical ill health and learning disabilities across Hertfordshire, Buckinghamshire, and Norfolk, delivering these services within the community and several inpatient settings. We also deliver a range of nationally commissioned specialist services including Tier 4 services for children and young people, perinatal services, plus medium and low secure learning disabilities services.

The care we provide makes a fantastic difference to the lives of our service users, their families and carers - everything is underpinned by choice, independence and equality, with our Trust values embedded throughout:

Our Trust values are:

Welcoming. Kind. Positive. Respectful. Professional.

These values are at the core of who we are, everything we do, and how we do it!

Would you like to be part of the HPFT family? Would you like work with us to ensure our service users live the fullest lives possible they can? Would you like to be supported in your career to be the best that you can be?

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Duties and Responsibilities

To work with an allocated caseload under the supervision of a qualified practitioner, and in close collaboration with the multidisciplinary team, service users and their carers
To have regard for the physical, psychological, emotional and environmental needs of the service users and their carers
To plan and lead group and individual sessions in conjunction with the case holder.
To work as a named health care worker to service users within the Team
To work independently in a variety of settings reporting observations or concerns in a service users health / behaviour back to Case holder, including community and inpatient services
To have a role in the assessment and further development of individual service users This may include…