Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Community Clinical Support Worker

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Job summary

Clinical Support Worker - Mother and Baby Outreach team

An excellent opportunity has arisen to join the Mother and Baby Outreach service. You will be joining a motivated and passionate multi-disciplinary team working to achieve positive outcomes for service users and their families.

The team is mainly community based and works in individuals homes to prevent admission to MBU or to support discharge from the MBU, there will be some requirement to get to know service users while they remain as an inpatient to build therapeutic relationships that will support discharge.

The role involves you working with service users, building trust and rapport and enabling them to have the appropriate care and support in place to continue on their recovery journey.

The role involves working with the support of practitioners but managing your own workload and working autonomously in the community.

Main duties of the job

To undertake work as guided by Practitioners with a specific and clear role from the outset.

To build relationships and engage with individuals and their family

To provide intensive short-term goal orientated input to the person

To explore and better understand needs and risks for individuals

To support people to access resources in the local community

To demonstrate/transfer knowledge and skills to other carers/family members

To be flexible and adaptable in the input you give

To highlight any concerns or risks to the Practitioner responsible for the case

To write notes of visits and input onto the computer system in a timely manner

To be able to manage own workload effectively

About us

Norfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of specialist mental health services for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, serving a population of 1.6 million.

The MBU Outreach team Team is a part of the Specialist Services Care Group, working within the community to meet the needs of people with perinatal mental health needs.

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
  • gym membership
  • NHS discounts and many more.

Details

Date posted

08 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-CFYP5733293

Job locations

Mother and baby Unit, Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


Job description

Job responsibilities

See under main duties of the job, the clinical support workers main role is engaging with and building a relationship with the service user and their family to support the recovery journey. This involves, assessing and identifying needs and risks and working autonomously

Job description

Job responsibilities

See under main duties of the job, the clinical support workers main role is engaging with and building a relationship with the service user and their family to support the recovery journey. This involves, assessing and identifying needs and risks and working autonomously

Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience within the care sector

Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with mental health conditions in the community

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma L2/3 in H&SC or apprenticeship L2/3 in H&SC or to commence the framework within the first 4 months of employment.
Person Specification

Experience

Essential

  • Previous experience within the care sector

Desirable

  • Experience of working with people with mental health conditions in the community

Qualifications

Essential

  • Diploma L2/3 in H&SC or apprenticeship L2/3 in H&SC or to commence the framework within the first 4 months of employment.

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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

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 UK Visas and Immigration website (Opens in a new tab).

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. Guidance can be found here Criminal records checks for overseas applicants (Opens in a new tab).

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Mother and baby Unit, Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

Mother and baby Unit, Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


Employer's website

https://www.nsft.nhs.uk/Pages/Home.aspx (Opens in a new tab)

Employer contact details

For questions about the job, contact:

Clinical Nurse Specialist

Amy Harrington

amy.harrington@nsft.nhs.uk

01603421381

Details

Date posted

08 November 2023

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 3

Salary

£22,816 to £24,336 a year pro rata

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Part-time, Flexible working

Reference number

246-CFYP5733293

Job locations

Mother and baby Unit, Hellesdon Hospital

Drayton High Road

Norwich

NR6 5BE


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