About this role
Job summary
Health Care Assistants - Full Time
Shift work: Days, Nights and Weekends
We're looking for compassionate, motivated Healthcare Assistants (HCAs) to join our secure, adolescent and assessment and treatment wards at Brooklands Hospital in Solihull, a centre of excellence for learning disability and autism services.
As an HCA, you'll play a vital role in supporting people with a learning disability and Autistic people, helping them feel safe, valued and supported throughout their recovery. You'll build trusting relationships, promote independence and deliver high-quality, person-centred care.
Working as part of a skilled multidisciplinary team, you'll support therapeutic interventions, meaningful daily activities, and help maintain a safe and secure environment.
We're looking for people who are passionate about reducing health inequalities, promoting inclusion and improving outcomes. Whether you have experience as a Healthcare Assistant, Support Worker, or caring for someone with a learning disability or autism, we'd love to hear from you.
Successful applicants will be invited to a recruitment event at Brooklands Hospital to meet our teams, hear from patients, learn more about the role and interview on the same day.
If you're committed to making a real difference while developing your career, we'd love to welcome you to our team.
Main duties of the job
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
About us
At Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership NHS Trust (CWPT), we deliver a wide range of physical, mental health, learning disability and autism services, and are proud to serve communities across Coventry, Warwickshire and beyond.
We put 'people at our heart'; this ethos is at the centre of everything we do and how we do it. We care for our staff and colleagues as much as they care for others and offer a wide range of benefits and development opportunities.
generous annual leave entitlement which increases during your time with us excellent learning and development opportunities, including apprenticeship frameworks, distance learning, internal training, coaching and mentoring, and much more salary sacrifice schemes for lease car/ vehicle, Cycle to Work, home and electronics, gym membership and more discounts with a range of retailers, restaurants and entertainment venues through our Employee Assistance Programme and NHS discount schemes wellbeing support, including an in-house counselling service, external helpline and more staff networks and support group We're always on the lookout for people who share our passion for improving the lives and wellbeing of people in our community, as well as our values of compassion, collaboration, excellence, integrity and respect.
Job description Job responsibilities
For more information on this role please see the attached support information. This will give you a better overview of the role and requirements.
Person Specification
Qualifications Essential
have or working towards GCSE, functional skills Maths and English grades 3-7
Qualifications Essential
Have or willing to work towards the Care Certificate
Experience Essential
Experience/understanding of supporting someone who care or educational needs
Disclosure and Barring Service Check This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Employer details Employer name Coventry and Warwickshire Partnership Trust
Address Brooklands Hospital
Brooklands Way Marston Green
Birmingham
B37 7HH
United Kingdom
Employer's website https://www.covwarkpt.nhs.uk/ (Opens in a new tab)