Clinical Support Worker Job Summary
The role of Band 3 Clinical Support Worker is to undertake a range of clinical activities within the Learning Disability CAMHS Service which offers treatment intervention for young people up to the age of 18 who have moderate to severe learning disabilities with co-morbid mental health behavioural or neurodevelopmental differences.
Clinical Support Worker Main Duties
Clinical Support Workers undertake a range of activities to support the work of the team. This includes supporting the implementation of positive behavioural support plans. Undertaking home visits and supporting young people and their families in outpatient appointments.
within this role clinicians work with minimal supervision, but under the direction of the senior clinicians including nurses Psychologists and medical team.
About us
Our teams are passionateabout what they do, in a community they love – a community of warm, honest and hard-working people, who are delivering essential care.
Every day is different and not without its challenges. We striveto ensure our staff have the support they need to tackle these challenges and time to embrace new opportunities.
We are recruiting dedicated people who are seeking to work in a creative and supportive environment – people who want to deliver the best possible mental health care for people across Norfolk and Suffolk.
Job description
Job responsibilities
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!
Some of the benefits you can expect:
- 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.
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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Clinical Support Worker Person Specification
Experience
Essential
- Previous experience within the care sector
Desirable
Other
Essential
- Able to travel independently.
Qualifications
Essential
- Care Certificate – or completion of the Care Certificate within 12 weeks of start date
- NVQ Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care
- Diploma Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care
- An apprenticeship Framework Level 2/3 in Health and Social Care
Skills
Essential
- Ability to work without direct supervision, liaising appropriately with other practitioners in the team.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
Applications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).
From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
