Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | CoS Av[...]

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Job summary

A leading NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker to enhance patient wellbeing through activities in an inpatient setting. The ideal candidate will have relevant qualifications and demonstrate a compassionate approach to care, collaborating with a multidisciplinary team for effective patient support.

Qualifications

• Experience working with individuals with mental health needs (paid or voluntary).
• Experience running groups or activities.
• Commitment to lifelong learning.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate recreational, social, and educational activities for service users.
• Plan and evaluate activities according to service users' needs.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary team members.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Compassionate approach

Team collaboration

Education

Recognised qualification in relevant area

NVQ level 3 or equivalent

Job description

Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker | Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust | CoS Available

Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust is seeking an Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker with experience working with individuals with mental health needs, either in a paid or voluntary capacity. The successful candidate will hold a recognised qualification relevant to the role or possess equivalent technical or life skills.

The Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker will support therapeutic and recreational activities aimed at enhancing patient wellbeing and recovery within the inpatient mental health setting. This role requires strong interpersonal skills and a compassionate approach to care.

A Certificate of Sponsorship (CoS) is available for eligible international applicants, offering the opportunity to join a leading NHS Foundation Trust committed to mental health services.

About the Trust

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.

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Position: Inpatient Activities Clinical Support Worker

Salary: £24,625 – £25,674 a year

Job Type: Full Time

About the Role:

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 developd 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.

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 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.

Person Specifications

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

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.