Clinical Support Worker - Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust; Ipswich; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a compassionate team at a leading rehabilitation unit in Ipswich as a Clinical Support Worker. You will provide essential care to individuals recovering from complex psychosis, ensuring their safety and promoting their rehabilitation. This role offers extensive training and development opportunities, fostering a supportive environment for both staff and service users.

Benefits

NHS pension

Comprehensive training programmes

Career progression

Starting annual leave of 27 days

Staff physio service

NHS discounts

Qualifications

• Previous experience within the care sector is essential.
• Care Certificate must be achieved in 12 weeks of employment.

Responsibilities

• Participate in ongoing assessments and care planning.
• Foster an environment that encourages engagement.
• Conduct risk assessments and ensure user safety.

Skills

Compassion

Empathy

Sensitivity

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Health and Social Care

Job description

Job summary

We are recruitingcompassionate and caring individualsto help us care for people when they need us the most.

Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service (SRRS) is a level 1 rehabilitation unit for individuals with complex psychosis who may no longer require assessment and treatment in other settings, but may require a further period of time in hospital to continue their recovery before returning to the community. 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.

About us

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

Benefits included with this role are:-

• 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.

Job description

Job 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.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Job description
Job 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.

Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobs

Person Specification

Qualification

Essential

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

Desirable

• Mental Health First Aid

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience within the care sector

Desirable

• Mental health experience

person specification

Essential

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

Desirable

• Able to support patient on outings in the community

Person Specification
Qualification

Essential

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

Desirable

• Mental Health First Aid

Experience

Essential

• Previous experience within the care sector

Desirable

• Mental health experience

person specification

Essential

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

Desirable

• Able to support patient on outings in the community

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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

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. .

Additional information
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.
Certificate of Sponsorship

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 .

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. .

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address

Suffolk Rehabilitation and Recovery Service

15 Ribbans Park Road

Ipswich

IP3 8XL

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