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Working in the care sector and offering support is a very rewarding job. For anyone that has a passionate caring quality about them. Being a healthcare professional is the most gratifying and fulfilling occupation in the UK.

Being a healthcare professional is a very rewarding opportunity, a Care assistant or nurse is the reason there is a significant difference in an individual’s life. And since healthcare professionals provide service of care to the most vulnerable members of our society, from elderly individuals to vulnerable children. A healthcare professional makes positive impacts on the lives of those who need it the most.

When working in healthcare, there are a variety of sectors and roles you can be involved in, such as the NHS, Community, Nursing Homes, Private Hospitals, Complex In-Home Care, and Live in Care. These roles vary from being involved with providing a service of care to children or adults.

Although being a care professional is a rewarding job it comes with its difficulties as you are still in charge of providing the service of care, the responsibilities can vary on a daily basis, not every day will be the same, and some of the main duties working in care may be:

Medication Administration
Personal Care
Moving and Handling
Companionship
Making sure the patient is as comfortable as can be

There may be some challenges when working in care, being a carer isn’t always all so positive, there are a number of challenges when it comes to working in care, but this is where your integrity skills come into play. Some challenges you may face when a healthcare professional:

Anger, guilt, frustration
Stress when caring for an individual
Neglecting yourself when being a carer
Working irregular hours
Socially isolated
The service user responds negatively

The important qualities of a healthcare professional:

Having respect
Showing empathy and being compassionate
Patient and caring
Reliable
Positive and supportive
Being vigilant and observant
Being able to communicate

Being a healthcare professional working in care and just talking to someone and listening to the service user or patient you are providing care to, can lighten their mood and make their day 10 times better. You can be a positive impact on their life, building relationships with them and being the person they see mostly throughout the day.

Not every day will be the same, as they may have daily routines which need to be followed, but every day won’t be the same. You’ll also get to learn about different individuals when working in care. And you’ll get the enjoyment of socializing with people.

Secure Healthcare encourages healthcare professionals should promote dignity and integrity to help encourage independent living for service users in their own homes. Promoting these qualities will make you feel valued and have a wonderful relationship with clients.

Seeing individuals you are providing care to at their most vulnerable and providing hope and reassurance and simply being there for the service user or patient, is rewarding itself, to think you are the reason the person is living a better and easier life due to your duties.

If you are interested in joining Secure Healthcare Solutions we have many care positions available varying from support work, and domiciliary care to Nurse Jobs.

Click the link below to find out what positions we have available or simply give us a call:

https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/jobs/

0121 285 9449

Being A healthcare professionals, the importance of mental health awareness is those who are working in caring roles. There are many benefits of mental health first aid such as raising awareness of mental illnesses, encouraging early intervention to aid recovery, boosting confidence when dealing with mental illnesses, and reducing the stigma around mental health issues.

There are 4 main components of Mental Health First Aid

Sense of Safety
No Judgement
Creating Connections
Reassurance

Mental health is how an individual thinks or feels. An individual can have good mental health but also mental health difficulties from time to time. This can be described as feeling burned out, stressed, or overwhelmed. There are a variety of ways an individual could describe how they feel, the various types of mental health conditions for example depression, anxiety, disorders such as eating, and many others.

Secure Healthcare Solutions believes that mental health is just as important as physical health. The duty of care towards staff under the health and safety at work act (1974). If we are experiencing low or poor mental health, it could affect our ability and productivity or our individual performance. As healthcare providers, we understand the importance of mental health as we provide service of care to children and adults who require support with mental health such as autism and Learning difficulties at a high level. A positive workplace culture can boost staff productivity and performance. A positive workplace and culture can help your field care staff and your office staff thus facilitating appropriate and safe levels of staffing.

There are a few things you could do to help support mental health:

Learn the sign and symptoms
Checking in with individuals around you
Empathy

A Mental Health First Aider is not someone who can diagnose or offers professional help, they learn and understand the signs and symptoms just to be able to offer support. Listening and showing empathy to individuals. Here are Secure Healthcare Solutions our Mental Health Support workers do the exact same thing when providing care to our Mental Health clients, this helps them succeed when they are on shift.

It is not mandatory to have a Mental Health First Aider but to have a thorough understanding of the needs of someone who suffers from Mental Health issues. The key to helping individuals who suffer from mental health issues is to understand them so you can be there to support them and be their mentor for them whether that’s if you are working with children or adults with Secure Healthcare.

If you are looking for Mental Health Support worker roles get in contact with Secure Healthcare Solutions today!

https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/jobs/

0121 285 9449

Care workers who work with Secure Healthcare Solutions support individuals with their skills to encourage communication and interactions, whether that’s an in-home care setting, community setting nursing home, or private hospital setting, we encourage communication and interaction to make your job easier.

Caring, Supportive, Observant, Resilient, Respectful

Caring

Having a caring intuition is so important when working as a healthcare professional. You are the person who the service user will often see when they’re at their best and their worst. Compassion and care towards the individual you are providing a service of care to are important they are in your hands, and it’ll make the individual feel more comfortable.

Supportive

The service users that Secure Healthcare support goes through a difficult time, and being supportive of them ensures their dignity is uplifted. As healthcare professionals, we should remember to ask if the service user or the individual you are providing a service of care to is in need of any support.

Observant

As a healthcare professional being observant is an important quality to have. If you are supporting an individual or service user with care and respect whether it’s in a community, private hospital, NHS, Nursing home, or in-home care setting, you should be able to notice signs that need to be raised to your attention. An important factor as the right support at the right time can make a massive difference to individuals.

Resilient

Being a healthcare professional resilience is the ability to recover from difficulties, working in the care sector is not an easy job so being able to show resilience is an important quality to show to never give up. The service users and the individuals you are providing a service of care to will know that you are confident in what you are doing.

Respectful

Individuals should be given dignity and respect. When providing a service of care, it is always good to show politeness and ask for their consent or if they need any privacy. Knocking on the door when entering the room and closing curtains and doors when needing to use the shower. Especially if you are working in an in-home care setting you are in the service users’ home, best practice is to respect their living space.

As a care worker, it is inevitable that you’ll have your good days and your not-so-good days. But it’s the triumphs of the healthcare professional that helps you get through your day. But to know as a care worker you are appreciated and here at Secure Healthcare, we thank you for supporting the hard work you do.

If you are interested in looking to become a care worker here with us at Secure Healthcare, get in contact with us today!

Click the link below to see the opportunities we have or give us a call:

https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/jobs/

0121 285 9449

Epilepsy is a serious neurological condition that can affect many people at any age at any moment in life. Epilepsy affects around 1 in every 100 people in the UK and every day 87 people are diagnosed with it.

Most children and young people with Epilepsy can still enjoy and take part in their day-to-day activities, but if their seizures are not in control fully, they will need some extra safety measures to protect them from harm. Secure Healthcare Solutions has many emergency rescue medication-trained staff who deal with epilepsy service users on a daily basis and can help you or your family!

Tips on keeping children and young people safe that have epilepsy:

Swimming- Always have a lifeguard poolside, and a responsible adult to watch over the individual who has epilepsy
Heights- Not having the individual who has epilepsy stand more than twice their standing height without having a responsible individual having close supervision
Alcohol- Drinking can have a major effect on your epilepsy and risk of seizures.
Drugs- Drugs can trigger seizures, so explaining to children and young adults that they are at high risk of having more seizures when abusing drugs

The use of guards on your heaters and radiators to stop you from falling on them directly and installing smoke detectors to let you know that your food is burning if you were to forget what you are doing in the case of your seizure, it has affected where you can lose your awareness.

Covering your furniture edges that are sharp or stick out, in case of a seizure and you have a fall will protect you from any injuries that can be caused.

Do not lock the bathroom door, in case of a seizure and you are in the bathroom, the access will be easier for the responsible individual to come in and support you in case of an emergency.

Place your saucepans on the back of the stove and not the front with the handles turned away from the edge of the cooker.

Most individuals with epilepsy can take part in sports and other leisure activities but there will be some precautions you might need to take if your seizures are not well controlled. For example, avoid doing water sports on your own such as swimming, wearing a helmet when you are riding a bike, and avoiding certain types of gym equipment, For stuff like this, you can ask the gym staff for advice.

If you are driving or hold a driving license, you must tell the DVLA if you have a seizure. Your license may be taken away if your seizures aren’t under control. When you can reapply for a license depends on the type of seizure you had. For example, for individuals who have seizures it has caused them to lose consciousness, you won’t be able to reapply until they have not had any seizures for a minimum of a year.

Epilepsy does not affect your ability to have children and there’s no reason why you won’t be able to have a healthy pregnancy. If you have epilepsy and are planning on having a baby, make sure you discuss this with your doctor first.

Secure Healthcare Solutions offers support to individuals who have epilepsy and many other complex needs. To find out more click on our link below to see what and how we can support

https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/care-at-home/complex-specialist-care-service/

The morning cup of coffee is what a lot of people look forward to when they wake up especially as Health Care Assistants working 12-hour shifts. When you still feel groggy in the morning to give you that boost through the morning a good cup of coffee will sort you out to work in either your hospitals, community sector, nursing homes, or private hospitals.

You are not alone!

In America, 80% of Americans drink coffee every day.

But do you think drinking coffee is bad for you?

The majority of people say that when drinking coffee, their heart feels weird. They may feel things such as your heart racing, heart palpitations, or an increased heart rate. Does this mean Coffee is Bad for you?

Coffee is actually full of health benefits, according to the collection of cardiology, drinking two to three cups of coffee per day is associated with maintaining a healthy heart.

Having two to three cups of coffee a day has a neutral effect, this means that it didn’t cause any harm to the health of the heart thus performing to the best of your ability as a healthcare assistant/ Nurse

Cardiovascular improvements were associated with a low risk for:

Developing coronary heart disease
Heart failure
Heart rhythm problems
Dying for any reason

If you are a one-cup-a-day coffee drinker, there’s good news for you too, the risk of getting a heart-related death and stroke is lower!

“Coffee beans actually have over 100 biologically active compounds. These substances can help reduce oxidative stress and inflammation, improve insulin sensitivity, boost metabolism, inhibit the guts absorption of fat, and block receptors known to be involved with abnormal heart rhythms”

Negative effects on the heart from coffee for health care assistants:

Caffeine’s effect on overall health is one of the biggest concerns when it comes to coffee. The caffeine that is in coffee is high, around 100mg per 8-ounce cup.

Caffeine increases the heart rate and blood pressure, and too much of it can cause things such as anxiety, insomnia, headaches, and stomach irritation. Also, caffeine is very addictive. Whilst being on shift as a Healthcare Assistant/ Nurse, drinking a coffee is the only thing that may keep you going as working through your hard shift or to keep you awake

Roughly, around 400mg is the maximum amount of caffeine that someone should consume in one day, which equals around 4 cups of coffee a day.

On the other hand, a lot of people do not normally consume their coffee black, this is where coffee can go from good to bad! Adding the milk or cream and sugar can significantly increase the calorie, sugar, and fat content. This can cause weight gain, diabetes, and increased blood sugar levels which again can lead to heart disease and other health problems.

When drinking coffee think about the benefits and the problems it can come with, and when adding your sweetener, try something besides sugars and creamers!

Secure Healthcare Solutions has many opportunities for Healthcare Assistants and nurses!

Click the link below:

https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/jobs/

Working as a Complex HCA, the role is more person-centered care and can include working in a service users’ home. Complex conditions can vary from anything which requires clinical support, such as Parkinson’s, acquired brain injuries or a neurological condition. Complex Conditions can also be a condition that requires nursing care as a result in primary conditions such as peg feeds and tracheostomy.

For a Complex Carer role, ideally a minimum of 6 months’ experience in a similar role can benefit you In making a good complex carer, however there is certain personal characteristics that you must have for you to pursue this career option such as:

Being Patient and having the ability to remain calm in stressful situations
Expressing a caring and friendly personality
Endurance
Communication skills
willing to do personal care

Working as a Complex Carer has loads of responsibilities, these can vary from regular routines responsibilities but can also change depending on emergency needs such as tracheostomies or suctioning routines. With Complex Service users anything can happen at any time and a trained and experienced complex carer will be able to support the service user with ease.

As a Complex Care Assistant, the responsibilities may consist of:

Tracheostomy
Peg feeds
Spinal Injury
Acquired Brain Injury
Nebulisers
Suctioning
Moving and Handling
Personal Care
Cerebral Palsy
Medication Administration
Motor Neurone Disease
Gastronomy Care
Catheter Care
Bowel Care
Stoma Care
And many more

How can Secure Healthcare Solutions help?

At Secure Healthcare Solutions, we require 6 months minimum experience and provide full training to upskill you and for you as a Complex Carer to keep up to date with your training and your own skills.

Secure Healthcare Solutions always offers shadow shifts before getting you out to work so you have a feel on how the service user works and what their routine is. Going forward form your shadow shift a member from our inhouse clinical team will come out to support you and go through competencies and sign you off, by our clinical team doing this it allows you to work on the package and eventually you will have the opportunity to progress into being team leaders of the package and being a senior.

Secure Healthcare Solutions always have plenty of positions as a Complex Healthcare Assistant. As a UK’s leading nursing and staffing agency we work closely with the Care Commissioners Group (CCG) we always have the opportunity to provide services of care to either you or your family.

A quote from one of Complex Care Assistant

“Throughout my job I have to assess the needs of our service users to ensure tailored quality personal care is provides, listening to people is important, it Is vital that I communicate with service users, family members of those that I am providing care for and also with healthcare professionals to ensure that quality care and support is provided. Ever since the Covid 19 pandemic, it is also important that I use appropriate PPE to protect myself and others from Covid 19. This is done by me wearing gloves, aprons and using face masks and disinfecting surfaces when necessary”

To find out what positions we have available in our Complex Care department click on the link below:
https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/jobs/

Sleep hygiene is a practice of better sleeping habits that can help you get a better night’s sleep. Practicing better sleep hygiene goes beyond buying comfortable mattresses and better sheets.

What you do during the day and into the night can affect your quality of sleep. Examples of good sleep hygiene can insist on staying away from frequent naps during the day. Good sleep can improve your overall sleep health, this can result in a more peaceful and sound sleep. Resulting in providing a better service of care.

Does sleep hygiene work?

Sleep hygiene has the potential to improve your ability to fall and stay asleep and to give you more energy when working in the field with Secure Healthcare Solutions. Even minor adjustments to your daily routine in the evening and in the day can massively impact your quality of sleep. Practicing good sleep hygiene is not a cure for any sleeping disorders and this shouldn’t be a replacement for medical treatment if you experience symptoms of chronic sleep disorders such as chronic insomnia.

Benefits of Good Sleep Hygiene:

When carers sleep well, we wake up feeling fresh and rejuvenated. Good sleeping habits can make a positive impact not only on your overall health but also it can make a positive impact in your lifestyle. Good Sleep Hygiene boosts the chances of restful sleep, which will then have the ability to improve productivity when working in care, mental, physical well-being, and overall quality of life. Other benefits may include:

 Better Immune System
 Increased Muscle Repair
 Sharper Memory
 Enhanced energy levels

The quality of sleep which we get at night reflects on how we look and feel daily, which is why healthy sleep hygiene for carers is so important as their role is crucial in providing services of care.

3 Ways to Improve your Sleep Hygiene:

1. Soaking up the Sun in the morning
When you wake up in the morning you should expose yourself to natural light. We recommend spending time in the morning in the sun, doing this can rest your circadian rhythm and send signals to your brain and tell you that it’s time to start the day. A morning walk outside is also another great way to wake up naturally and get an energy boost. Even if you don’t have time for a morning stroll open up the windows and get the brightness into your home.

2. Regular Exercise
Having around 20 – 30 minutes of exercise or physical activity a day can help you fall asleep during the night. Also, it’ll allow you to fall asleep easier. Being active can also decrease the number of times you wake up in the middle of the night result will lead to deeper sleep. However, it is really important to stay away from the immense type of exercise either one or two hours before bed as this raises your heart rate therefore leaving it more difficult for you to fall asleep.

3. Limit naps during the day
Whilst an occasional nap can be beneficial, anything over the 20-minute mark and then having a regular pattern throughout the day can affect your sleep at night. Naps taken in the latter part of the car are proven to make it difficult for people to fall asleep during normal hours of the night. Naps longer than 20 minutes can cause grogginess or disorientation after waking up.

At Secure Healthcare Solutions, we encourage good sleep hygiene when you are working with us, we like to make sure you are at your best and not run down.

For opportunities working for working with Secure Healthcare solutions click the link:

https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/candidate-registration/

A Mental Health care worker operates under many different job titles, these could be “Counsellor”. “Clinician”, “Therapist” and many more titles.

What may consist of a Mental Health worker’s responsibility?

Provide Patient Care
Assisted Living
Development Plans
Monitoring physical mental health for patients and service users
Going out on visits to patients
Leading therapy sessions
Keeping records

What is the role of a Mental Health Support Worker?

A Few Examples of a mental health support worker can include support people with mental health experiences such as Bipolar Disorder, BPD, Addiction, Schizophrenia, and anxiety disorders. Mental Health conditions are sometimes complex to diagnose as we know everyone is different and conditions can affect in many serious ways a person’s day to day life.

Key Responsibilities being a Mental Health Support Worker

Mental health support workers work alongside individuals with mental illnesses in order to help them cope more and more easily with their daily lives and activities in addition to providing them with vital support in order for them to help achieve their goals. Often it is important for a mental health support worker to take on a diversity of roles when working with an individual patient, there are times acting as a carer whilst other times offering emotional support and being there as a friend if it is required. Mental Health support workers usually are part of a diverse nursing team working under the supervision of a Registered nurse (RGN)

Typically, a Mental Health worker’s duty will include the provision of therapy or assisting in the basic care to patients that have developmental disabilities or any form of mental illnesses. For example, a mental health support worker can help the individual prepare cooked meals or support them with their essential daily activities like getting ready or if needed administration of any medication. Here at Secure Healthcare Solutions, we offer all training needed for you to progress in your care career if this is something that you want to get into.

Skills that a Mental health Support Worker Requires:

Being a Mental Health support worker isn’t the easiest job although it is particularly a rewarding job, if you are the type of individual that is keen to help make difference in people’s lives then it is for you if you take great pride in being a witness first hand to the impact of an individual with any mental health illness. Typically, a mental health support worker requires certain traits such as being able to remain patient with people when dealing with trying circumstances or emotional behavior. You must also be able to be accepting of other people’s lifestyles and understand how that individual’s mental health issues have a massive impact on their lives. The most important skill is that a mental health support worker is to remain calm in a stressful situation and be flexible enough to be dealing with a range of different behaviors that may present certain challenges.

How Does Someone get an assigned Mental Health Support Worker?

If you or a loved one suffer and have been impacted by a mental illness causing a struggle to cope with your everyday life, then you need to do the following:
Contact your Local authority (LA) or someone who is in charge of providing public services. Your LA is responsible for ensuring that individuals with eligible needs get the care and support needed. These are often determined by an assessment being done which will come to a conclusion whether or not a person is entitled to the support in the form of a support worker or social care.

An assessment will take place, they take into consideration your living situation and whether or not your wellbeing is being affected by your mental illness.

Secure Healthcare has many positions for Mental Health Support workers, to enquire please click the link below:
https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/candidate-registration/

Being a Healthcare Assistant means is a very meaningful and rewarding job. Most importantly you are a front-line worker ensuring quality care and support is provided to those who require it. Providing care and the support needed for service users either within their own homes or in a residential home. We appreciate every single Healthcare Assistant who dedicates their lives to helping others.

The 6 Cs of care:

Compassion

Commitment

Care

Competency

Courage

Communication

Amy is one of our Healthcare assistants:

“ I work as a healthcare assistant in residential care for the elderly and people who require mental support. A typical start to the day is 08:00 am just after a handover from the night staff. Normally they go room to room assisting the residents either getting out of bed or going to prep the food for them. Some sit in either chair or on the side of the bed while others stay in bed and then wait for their breakfast. After this is completed, we then proceed to help the patients get ready.”

Regular tasks that are performed by health care assistants are personal care, washing, and turning patients, (Secure Healthcare Solutions provide Basic life support and Manual Handling training for all staff which is needed). Toileting, Incontinence care, mobilizing, feeding. It can also include observation reports for any possible problems that may have occurred.

Being a Healthcare Assistant is a very rewarding job. Although the days follow a similar routine, it does vary. Healthcare Assistants play a hands-on role with the people they care for. Over time they tend to build relationships of trust and respect the individuals and their own families.

Working as a Healthcare Assistant can also be a bit stressful from time to time. Some tasks are not the most pleasant but it is necessary at the time. It can be both physically and emotionally demanding. Some of the clients you provide a service of care to require a high demand of assistance and you have to be able to deal with it inevitably, times it could be dealing with their deaths too. Healthcare assistants are involved in shift patterns and they also require 24-hour care.

My time working nights as a Healthcare Assistant (HCA)

“A Nightshift is a bit different from a day shift when working in care. Personally, I would say I prefer night shifts compared to the day shifts; I normally prefer working nights. During the night shifts, I normally start around 8 pm so this means I would come in a bit earlier around 20-30 minutes earlier. During this time, I would receive a handover on what was done on the day, make myself something to drink, and prepare any documentation needed.”

“ I have been working in the Care sectors for 3 years now and I can never of asked for a better and more rewarding job”

Secure Healthcare Solutions offers many positions of being a Healthcare Assistant in and around the west midlands area.

For more opportunities Secure Healthcare Solutions has to offer please click on the link below:

https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/jobs/

Working in care is a rewarding job where you get the chance to succeed and help people with their progression back to their normal lives. Secure Healthcare Solutions has many options to help with your care career.

Jobs available:
 Home care
 Complex Care
 Community care
 Nursing Care Homes
 NHS

Flexibility:
Working in community care gives you the flexibility in your working hours, where you can work on certain runs in and around your home life. For example, Secure Healthcare Solutions has runs that can vary from 06:00-14:00 or 14:00-23:00. We have many carers who work with us who work around school runs for their children, this is a benefit for working with the community care team with Secure Healthcare Solutions.

Training:
Another benefit for working in care is the progression you can make. To start off in your care career majority of people start off in home care/community care to gain the right amount of experience. After working a certain period of time, this can vary from 6 months to maybe a year. Secure Healthcare Solutions offers in house training for our staff and clinical support to help you gain the sufficient amount of experience to either go into working in nursing or care home even can go into the complex care team where you will be dealing with service users who have 24-hour care with a more clinical background of care.

Sociable Job:
Working In care gives you the opportunity to be sociable by working with other carers and providing a service of care to different individuals. Working in Community care for Secure Healthcare Solutions allows you to meet new service users and carers nearly every hour, going from house-to-house building and maintaining a relationship with many different people. Also working in Care homes and nursing homes will allow you to be very sociable, working with many different service users and members of staff every day.

No two days will be the same:
Working in care with Secure Healthcare Solutions is going to be an excellent choice for yourself, It’s a fun and enjoyable journey if you don’t like your days to be boring!

The great thing about working in care homes is that you are never sure on exactly what is going to happen from one hour to the next Yourself and your colleagues will be working together and creating an enjoyable environment for the patients that are in your care. What exactly this means is likely to depend on the particular interests of the residents and their family members. This means you’ll be invited to explore a wider range of varied activities.

Rewarding:
There are a few things more fundamentally rewarding than caring for someone else. Whether this is helping to empower an older person to make the most out of their day and to enjoy it, supporting them with short- or long-term health needs, or even easing the way for someone as they are about to reach the end of their life. Caring for others is a huge privilege

At the end of each of your shifts, you’ll be able to head home with the knowledge and satisfaction that you have made a real difference to the quality-of-life residents. The care you provide to elderly people on a daily basis will be values, appreciated and vital to sustaining their quality of life.

If you want to be apart of our Secure Family click the link below to register:
https://securehealthcaresolutions.co.uk/candidate-registration/