Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker - Maple Ward

Integrated Care System; Worthing; On-site; GBP 22,000 - 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A regional healthcare provider in Worthing is looking for a Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker. This full-time role involves facilitating recreational, social, and educational activities for patients with mental health needs on an acute ward. Candidates should have relevant NVQ qualifications and experience in mental health. Flexibility in working hours is encouraged to promote work/life balance.

Benefits

Flexible working hours

Training opportunities

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.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate recreational, social and educational activities for service users.
• Lead, plan, promote, deliver and evaluate delegated activities.
• Work with the multidisciplinary team to meet goals in the Recovery Plan.

Skills

Experience of working with people with mental health needs

Experience running groups/activities

Teamwork skills

Education

Health care or relevant NVQ level 3

Recognised qualification related to the workplace

Job description

Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker - Maple Ward

Maple Ward at Meadowfield Hospital in Worthing are looking for a Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker to join the Multi-disciplinary team on Maple Ward.

The Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker roleis full time 37.5 hours with some evening and weekend working essential.

Maple Ward is a 17 bed acute inpatient ward for working age adults with functional mental health needs.

Main duties of the job

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

The Band 3 Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker role involves leading, 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 Therapist, Occupational Therapy Clinical Support Workers, Nurses, Nursing Assistants, Doctors, Social Workers, Psychologists and also community practitioners to support service users in their recovery.

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

About us

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.

Job responsibilities

To work with other members of the multidisciplinary team to facilitate recreational, social and educational group and individual activities to the service users resident 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 Recovery Plan.

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

• 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

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.