Clinical Support Worker - Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust provides child and adult mental health services, learning disability, wellbeing, older people's and eating disorder services across Norfolk and Suffolk.

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion and want to reflect the diversity of our local communities within our teams. We welcome applications from all talented individuals with the relevant qualifications, skills, knowledge and experience

YOUR APPLICATION

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Job overview

We are recruiting compassionate and caring individuals to help us care for people when they need us the most.

This can be for a number of reasons, such as working on coping strategies, budgeting, developing routine, consistent occupational therapy input, psychology, developing meaningful relationships and engaging in the community. We are looking to recruit a highly motivated, compassionate and empathetic clinical support worker to further support the therapeutic environment at SRRS.

If this is you please do contact us for further discussions as we are a friendly supportive team who welcome other people skills and knowledge.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills, and will undertake on the job training. We believe supporting our staff is key to job role satisfaction. Feeling valued with autonomy and respect.

You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy and sensitivity in their approach to people.

Main duties of the job

You will take part in ongoing assessments, and plan, deliver and evaluate the needs of our service users, in accordance with their Care and Positive Behaviour Support plans. You will also be expected to foster an environment that encourages engagement and the development of therapeutic relationships.

You will take part in ongoing risk assessments, recognising and responding to any changes, ensuring that the care and safety of the service user remains the priority.

We have a genuine commitment to facilitate a vast spectrum of local training in addition to the standard trust mandatory training and development.

You should expect to access all relevant physical health and patient support training to enhance your existing skills.

You will also be expected to complete local training . There will also be the opportunity to learn new skills to benefit from further development opportunities.

Working for our organisation

By joining us at SRRS as a Clinical Support Worker you will be supported by the already established wider team and will be encouraged to enhance your own learning and to also share key skills with our dedicated and compassionate team to provide care to patients within a therapeutic, rehabilitative and recovery oriented environment.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Benefits

• NHS pension
• A comprehensive in house & external training programmes
• Career progression
• Starting annual leave of 27 days per annum increasing to 33 days pa based on length of service (plus paid bank holidays)
• Staff physio service
• NHS discounts and many more.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

You will be provided with a fully supported induction programme and will be offered a programme of training and development should you wish to progress.

Our staff support network includes protected time, wellbeing sessions and regular supervision.

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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Person specification

Qualification

• NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care or equivalent qualification OR experience

• Mental Health First Aid

Experience

• Previous experience within the care sector

• Mental health experience

person specification

• Care Certificate, or it must be achieved in 12 weeks of employment

• Able to support patient on outings in the community

EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES Apart from its legal duties in relation to equality and diversity, the Trust recognises and actively promotes the benefits of a diverse workforce and is committed to treating all employees with dignity and respect regardless of race, gender, disability, age, sexual orientation, religion or belief.

As a part of the Disability Confident Employer Guaranteed Interview Scheme we interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential criteria for the job vacancy (outlined in the Person Specification).. We encourage you to indicate your eligibility through TRAC jobs when applying.

DISCLOSURE AND BARRING SERVICE CHECK (formerly CRB)

FOR POSTS WITH DIRECT SERVICE USER CONTACT - Please be advised that due to recent changes in the DBS Service, organisations no longer receive copies of DBS Disclosures – these are sent directly to candidates only. Therefore, it will be your responsibility, if successful, to ensure that this is taken to the appointing officer as soon as you receive it.

Alternatively, if you have subscribed to the update service, we will be able to check your status once we have your authority to do so.

The Trust has now introduced a DBS Update Service which is a contractual requirement. You need to subscribe when you have applied for your DBS clearance and there is a time limit to subscribe of 19 days after receipt of your DBS disclosure. Please ensure that this is completed within the set time scale.

This update service is an annual subscription at a cost of £16 to you. This will enable the Trust to have instant online access to your DBS record, with your consent, and so will remove the need for you to have to apply for this repeat check again.