Job Description

Are you ready to unlock your potential within a challenging, creative and fast paced work environment? Do you want towork with people to build positive and productive lives, whatever their past?
At HMP The Verne, we have a brand new social care unit and are looking for compassionate, knowledgeable and motivated Social Care Support Workers to join our friendly team.
Our healthcare team have a real impact on promoting health and well-being to those in prison and we pride ourselves on using skills and strategies that instil hope for patients future resettlement back into the community. We directly deliver Mental Health, Physical Health, Pharmacy and Clinical Substance Misuse in an integrated healthcare delivery model to provide effective and responsive care to improve wellbeing and support better outcomes in the future.
As part of ourteam, you will enjoy all the benefits of NHS AfC employment (inc pension) with the opportunity to work within a forward-thinking service, who encourage career and personal development to all staff to increase their clinical and interpersonal skills.
Important Sponsorship Information for this post: We are currently unable to offer a certificate of sponsorship for this post
Main duties of the job
MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide physical care to clients in accordance with their care plan
• Communicate effectively with clients and the multi-disciplinary team
• Inform the Social Care Lead and/or Registered Nurse as soon as possible when any change in a client's condition is noticed
• Report any complaints or requests for information from clients to the Social Care Lead in a timely manner to enable prompt response
• Respond to the needs of clients in an honest, non-judgemental and open manner, which respects the rights of individuals and groups
• Understand the need for, and assisting clients to attain, optimal physical health and assisting with physical procedures in support of a Registered Nurse

The post of Social Care Support Worker will cover 24 hours a day, 7 days a week with the following shifts;
07:30-20:00
19:30-08:00
From time to time clients outside of the Social Care Unit may need support with personal hygiene. This will be provided by the Social Care Support Worker role, in conjunction with a care plan from Dorset Council.
About us
Oxleas offers a wide range of NHS healthcare services to people in community and secure environment settings. Our services include community health care such as district nursing and speech and language therapy, care for people with learning disabilities and mental health care such as psychiatry, nursing and therapies. Our multidisciplinary teams look after people of all ages and we work in close partnership with other parts of the NHS, local councils and the voluntary sector and through our new provider collaboratives. Our 4,300 members of staff work in many different settings including hospitals, clinics, prisons, secure hospitals, children's centres, schools and people's homes.
We have over 125 sites in a variety of locations in the South of England. In London we operate within the Boroughs of Bexley, Bromley Greenwich and into Kent. We manage hospital sites including Queen Mary's Hospital, Sidcup and Memorial Hospital, Woolwich, as well as the Bracton Centre, our medium secure unit for people with mental health needs. We are the largest NHS provider of prison health services providing healthcare to prisons within Devon, Dorset, Bristol, Wiltshire and Gloucestershire, Kent and South London. We are proud of the care we provide and our people.
Our purpose is to improve lives by providing the best possible care to our patients and their families. This is strengthened by our new values:
o We're Kind o We're Fair o We Listen o We Care
Details
Date posted
26 January 2026
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
24,937 to 26,598 a year pa inc
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
277-7748543-VERN
Job locations
HMP Verne
Verne Common Rd
Portland
DT5 1EQ
Job description
Job responsibilities

• Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning
• Use resources effectively
• Report all risks to the Social Care Lead
• Participate in appraisal and training to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives
• Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager
• Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required
• Take responsibility for carrying a radio and responding as required
• Demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding privacy and dignity
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to applying this to working with clients and others

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en). Job description
Job responsibilities

• Contributing appropriately to risk assessment and individualised care planning
• Use resources effectively
• Report all risks to the Social Care Lead
• Participate in appraisal and training to develop a personal development plan and strive to achieve the set objectives
• Undertake any other duties commensurate to the grade and as requested by the line manager
• Attend staff meetings, updates and attend mandatory training as required
• Take responsibility for carrying a radio and responding as required
• Demonstrate a commitment to equal opportunities for all people. Responding to the needs of people sensitively with regard for age, culture, race, gender, ethnicity, religion and disability, especially regarding privacy and dignity
• Demonstrate a knowledge of the term professional boundaries and how to applying this to working with clients and others

IMPORTANT INFORMATION, PLEASE READ:
All applicants must be willing to undertake National Security Vetting in order to work in a Prison Setting. This will be completed as part of the pre-employment checks through Oxleas and the prison vetting team.
You will need to provide:
Proof of right to work documentation
Proof of ID, needs to include 1 photographicID
Proof of address documentation
Non-UK passport holders will need to have correct documentation (right to work in the UK) and a Home office Share code.
Address History:
5 years address history will be needed.
Applicants that are not UK Passport holders who provide less than 5 years UK address history will need to provide a Police Certificate which must be in English from where they resided previously.
Applicants who are UK Passport holders who have lived abroad for a period of more than six months during the last three years will need to provide a certificate of good conduct or an overseas police check in English from the countries resided in or visited.
In order to assist you in obtaining a Police Certificate, guidance can be sought from:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-records-checks-for-overseas-applicants
If the country you have resided in is not listed here, you can obtain the necessary information by contacting the relevant Embassy or High Commission for that Country. Their contact details can be found on the Foreign & Commonwealth Office website (http://www.fco.gov.uk/en).
Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Complete secondary education or equivalent
• Able to read English and communicate it verbally and in writing to a good standard.

Experience
Essential

• 1 year working in a primary care, social care or mental health setting

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential

• To have experience in, or be willing to develop skills in relevant to clinical area.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (to understand and be understood)

Person Specification
Qualifications
Essential

• Complete secondary education or equivalent
• Able to read English and communicate it verbally and in writing to a good standard.

Experience
Essential

• 1 year working in a primary care, social care or mental health setting

Skills/Abilities/Knowledge
Essential

• To have experience in, or be willing to develop skills in relevant to clinical area.
• Ability to communicate clearly and effectively (to understand and be understood)

Skills Required