Clinical Support Assistant

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust; Newcastle upon Tyne; On-site; GBP 21,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust is seeking a Band 3 Clinical Support Assistant to join the Northumberland Recovery Partnership’s Alcohol Outreach work. You will support housing projects, assess needs, and help people access services to support recovery.

Work will involve collaboration with multi‑agency partners, delivering person‑centred care, harm reduction advice, and psychosocial interventions under supervision.

Qualifications

• Experience of working with people with substance misuse.
• Ability to work with housing projects and assess risk.
• Able to provide compassionate, person-centred care.
• Willingness to work in challenging environments.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individual assessments and contribute to care planning.
• Support collaborative working with multi-agency teams.
• Provide harm reduction information and psychosocial support.
• Engage with supervision and appraisal per Trust policy.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Relationship building

Communication

Adaptability

Empathy

Care planning

Job description

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Band 3 Clinical Support Assistant to work within the Northumberland Recovery Partnership (NRP). This role will be specifically for work to alongside our Northumberland Alcohol Outreach team(NAO).

Within your role, you will work closely with local housing projects, offering in reach into the projects, supporting assessment of those not accessing treatment, reviewing those who already access treatment and supporting the housing project staff to identify and manage risks associated with addictions.

The role entails working with those affected by substance and alcohol misuse. You will be expected to support in the providing of safe and effective interventions, harm reduction advice, and use of psycho-social interventions to support service users to consider and achieve recovery.

The team consists of a well-established mix of professionals that work collaboratively to deliver individualised care.

The role involves individualised clinical assessment, care planning, formulation, and collaborative working across the multi-agency team.

As an Assertive Outreach Worker you will actively attempt to engage individuals who are housed within local housing projects with an extensive history of substance and/or alcohol misuse. You will play a vital role in guiding individuals towards recovery, offering tailored support, and coordinating services for their well-being. Your compassion, professionalism and insight will help to inspire personal recovery for those we support.

• An understanding of the challenges faced by individuals experiencing drug and alcohol issues
• Ability to build professional relationships with individuals
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to work in challenging and changing environments
• To implement and evaluate care within a prescribed framework as a member of the care team ensuring that high quality, individualised care is delivered and that this promotes recovery and wellbeing and maximises independence.
• To support the team in providing excellent and effective person-centred care.
• To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.
• To actively engage with supervision and appraisal process as identified in Trust policy.

We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career. NHS Employees identified as at risk of compulsory redundancy and those eligible for the NENC Re-Deployment careers hub will receive prior consideration.

For further details / informal visits contact: Name: Mark Hindhaugh Job title: Clinical Lead Email address: [e-mail]