Ludlow Street Healthcare

Benefits
•Holiday allowance of 216 hours (28.8 days) per annum paid inclusive of bank holidays, with additional holidays for long service
•Life Insurance paid for death in service, three times salary equivalent
... •Auto-enrolment into the pension scheme
•Full Training Provided in line with the All Wales Induction framework
•Free uniform where required
•Career Development Opportunities – 50% staff currently enrolled on professional & Management courses
•Fully funded access to nationally recognised qualifications (eg. QCF 2,3,5) on completion of your probationary period
•Supportive and collaborative team environment
•Part-Time work available (2 shifts per week)
•£500 recommend a friend incentive
Beechwood College is an energetic, innovative and inspirational specialist Education, Residential care and Vocation service, which supports young people with an Autistic Spectrum Condition (ASC) and associated complex needs, including behaviours that challenge.
Beechwood College prides itself on offering meaningful packages of lifelong education, vocation and residential care to those who have in the past struggled to access conventional mainstream services; offering each young person individually tailored and holistic programmes of support; equipping them to face the challenges of later life.
The College has undergone a number of successful CIW and Estyn inspections and as a college we continue to build upon prior success as a ‘Centre of Excellence’ for young people but need your support to ensure that we are the ‘best’ at what we do!
As a Support Worker at Beechwood College, you will be required to provide residential, educational and therapeutic support to all students, enabling them to gain greater independence and confidence. Whilst this role will predominantly require you to support our students within their residential setting, you will also be actively involved across all areas of the College including working alongside the lecturers within classrooms, clinical services staff and the wider community.
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Ludlow Street Healthcare is looking for Support Workers to join their rapidly expanding organisation.
We have an excited opportunity for support workers to join a newly developed service in Treherbert. You will be support individuals with Mental health, Learning disabilities and challenging behaviour.
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Educational and delicious !

Heatherwood Court Hospital celebrated #TimeToTalkDay with a series of activities for both service users and staff. There was a great turnout for the events.

One of our Pinetree Hospital clinicians has had a great article published in Clinical Psychology Forum this month about being an Autistic Assistant Psychologist.
http://bit.ly/BeingbornaLittlePsychologis t

Service users of all skill levels have been enjoying paint pouring as part of Heatherwood Court's in-house Recovery College and attend on a regular basis. They are now working on a large piece as a group. #mentalhealth #MentalHealthAwareness http://ow.ly/DxiO50ya5hc

We were very proud of our Psychology Team who were asked to showcase a poster on ‘Evaluating the impact of Team Formulation on Direct Care for individuals with LD: A PBS-informed approach’ at last week's Division of Clinical Psychology Annual Conference. #dcpconf

The recruitment team are at a Job Fair at City Hall in Cardiff today until 2pm. If you're in the area and interested in having a chat about the careers we offer in healthcare, why not drop by. http://ow.ly/L5Ag50y9Yi1

Can we ask everyone that works for us or feels passionately about supporting the homeless, many of whom have mental health issues, sign and share this petition by south Wales charity, Adref, who are threatened with closure. http://ow.ly/dvGS50y7Pwv
We have been associated with Adref for many years, and a number of our service users have volunteered in their charity shops or their office as part of their recovery journey. Our service users have experienced first hand the amazing work this charity does and are keen that as many people as possible support this campaign.
Read the letter one of our service users has sent to Boris Johnson.

Thanks to @penarthlibrary and @lush for organising this great learning activity for our Beechwood College students.

We've just posted an exciting new Positive Practice Workers job opportunity in our careers section. Aimed at psychology, allied healthcare or care professionals, this innovative new role is focused around championing and developing our person-centred care approach within our hospitals and will appeal to graduates with an interest in developing a career in health and social care. Follow the link for more details: http://bit.ly/PositivePracticeWorker

We are delighted to have launched our new website. Based on feedback received, we've made it easier to access the info people most need and given us an opportunity to really celebrate all our service users' successes and the great work our staff do. www.lshealthcare.co.uk

The service users at our Windsor Road home are really looking forward to their new Manager, James, starting his role and being able to get to know him. To celebrate they made a banner to welcome him into the home.

One of our community home residents recently graduated with an MA in Illustration from @cardiffmet. Massive well done. Next step in her rehabilitation plan is to use the qualification to achieve her next goal; finding full-time work in the field of art or graphic designs. #mentalhealth

One of our community home residents performed with a theatre group recently. This is what he had to wrote about his experience and how it has contributed to his recovery and rehabilitation:
"So if someone had told me you’re going to be on stage in a play in a year I would have freaked and not believed it. However a year later and I’ve done it !
I came out of hospital a year ago and have just finished final performances in Wind in the Willows play.
... I joined Caerphilly Players Amateur Dramatics 6 months ago and it was the best thing ever. I was extremely nervous but I got used to it and auditioned and got a part. I played Dobbin the faithful companion of Toad.
I never thought I would be doing something like this it really just shows how people CAN get better." #mentalhealth #mentalhealthstories
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