Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker

Transformationunitgm; Crawley; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 24,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading NHS organization as a Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker, where you will facilitate recreational and educational activities for patients with mental health needs. This role offers full-time hours within a supportive multidisciplinary team and includes opportunities for professional development through lifelong learning programs.

Benefits

Fully funded lifelong learning opportunities

Flexible working arrangements

Qualifications

• Commitment to lifelong learning.
• Experience running groups/activities.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate recreational, social, and educational activities for service users.
• Lead, plan, promote, and evaluate activities.
• Work collaboratively with multidisciplinary team.

Skills

Experience working with mental health needs

Teamwork

Planning and promoting activities

Education

Health care or relevant NVQ level 3

Recognised qualification in a related area

Job description

Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker

NHS AfC: Band 3

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

Langley Green Hospital in Crawley are looking for a

Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker to join the Multi-disciplinary team on the ward.

The Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker role is full time 37.5 hours and evening and weekend working essential.

Langley Green is a acute inpatient hospital for working age and older adults with functional mental health and physical health needs.

Main duties of the job

The Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker role includes facilitation of recreational, social and educational groups and individual activities for the service users on the ward.

This role involves planning, promoting, delivering and evaluating activities in accordance with service users' needs.

You would be part of a supportive and friendly multidisciplinary team with opportunities to work in close collaboration with colleagues including: Occupational Therapists, Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Worker, Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Doctors, Social Workers, Psychologists, Employment Specialist and Chaplin. You will also work with our community practitioners to support service users in their recovery.

Your skills will be developed through Clinical Supervision and Training opportunities.

To protect the health and safety of our staff/workers, patients, and those attending our sites, we encourage our workforce to get fully vaccinated against COVID.

Working for our organisation

Sussex Partnership provides mental health and learning disability care for all age groups across Sussex and for children and young people in Hampshire. Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust has teaching status and is developing into one of the country’s leading teaching mental health trusts.

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Living and Working in West Sussex:

• Travel easily between coast and countryside, with a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns. With a blend of picturesque villages and seaside towns, there’s always somewhere new to visit
• Embrace the South Coast with a great range of historic and contemporary seaside towns
• According to the Met Office West Sussex is the sunniest county in the UK, making exploring the vast countryside all the more enjoyable
• Enjoy the city life and visit Brighton, or even travel to London in under 45 minutes

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate recreational, social and educational group and individual activities to the service users’ on the ward/unit. To lead, plan, promote, deliver and evaluate delegated activities in accordance with the service users’ needs to meet goals identified in the individuals positive wellness plan.

Please see detailed job description and main responsibilities.

Person specification

Qualifications

• A recognised qualification in an area related to the workplace or equivalent technical/life skills
• Evidence of a commitment to lifelong learning
• Health care or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent skills

Knowledge

• Experience of working with people with mental health needs in a paid or voluntary capacity
• Experience of working with people with mental health difficulties
• Experience running groups/activities
• Experience working as part of a team
• Experience of being supervised

Sussex Partnership NHS FT is committed to supporting a diverse workforce that reflects our communities. Our workforce is currently under-represented from Black and Minority, Ethnic and disabled communities and we would welcome applications from these communities.

We regret that we are unable to advise candidates if they have not been shortlisted. If you have not heard from us within three weeks of the closing date please assume that you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.

In the event of an excessive number of applicants the Trust reserves the right to close this vacancy earlier than indicated.

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust takes its responsibilities for the safeguarding and protection of children and young people and vulnerable adults very seriously and expects this of all its employees and bank workers. The Trust works with adult and children’s social care to ensure that the integrated service has systems in place to equip staff and bank workers with the knowledge and skills to recognize abuse, and take action to safeguard and protect vulnerable adults and children and young people. It is expected that all staff and bank workers familiarise themselves with the appropriate structures and policies and with the Sussex child protection and safeguarding procedures and the Sussex multi-agency policy and procedures for safeguarding vulnerable adults and undertake the relevant essential training and further training appropriate to their role.

Successful candidates are normally offered salaries at the bottom of the relevant salary range. However, where previous or equivalent NHS experience in a similar role can be demonstrated and evidenced, this may be taken into consideration when setting the starting salary.

Employer certification / accreditation badges

This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Application numbers

Due to high numbers of applications this vacancy may close before the advertised closing date. We will not be able to accept late applications to this post.

Name Rianna Poll Job title Clinical Specialist Occupational Therapist Email address [e-mail] Telephone number 01293 590400 Additional information