Apprentice Health Care Assistant - Coventry Coventry, England
Job description
Your job role will include:
- Undertaking physical and mental health screening including blood pressure, pulse, height/weight recording, blood/saliva tests, fingerprint testing, and ECG's
- Provide education, health promotion and screening for BBC (blood borne viruses) and work as part of the integrated care and treatment pathways for these individuals
- Support community alcohol and opiate detoxification
- Maintain required standards of infection control and hygiene as per Change Grow Live policies and procedures
- Develop therapeutic alliances with service users and develop effective partnerships to support individual recovery journeys
- Participate with team working, delivering a quality service, and managing information (data entry alongside CGL requirements)
Desired Skills
- Clear understanding of the need for and ability to deliver quality services - IT literacy including word processing and data entry - Knowledge of safeguarding vulnerable adults' procedures - Knowledge of the issues facing substance misusers including appropriate medical interventions, social care, and health issues.
Personal qualities
- Good interpersonal skills
- Confidence to work on own initiative, as well as part of the team
- Good organisational skills
- Experience of contributing to project development
- Knowledge of local services and geography
Qualifications required
No previous qualifications are required.
Future prospects
Ongoing development and support.
Training to be delivered
Lead Adult Care Level 3
Functional Skills in maths and English (if required)
CGL is a health and social care charity working with individuals, families and communities across England and Wales that are affected by drugs, alcohol, crime, homelessness, domestic abuse, and antisocial behaviour. Their projects, delivered in communities and prisons, encourage and empower people to regain control of their lives and motivate them to tackle their problems.
Employer
Change Grow Live - Lamb Street - Coventry
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1a Lamb Street
West Midlands
Coventry
CV1 4AE
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