Clinical Support Worker HMP Norwich Mental Health Team
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Job summary
An exciting opportunity has arisen for an experienced clinical support worker to join the multidisciplinary team providing care under supervision to our service users in HMP Norwich Mental Health/IAPT service for men.
We are offering you a challenging and highly rewarding role, in a unique environment where no two days will be the same.
Our team work together to support each other as well as giving you the autonomy to work with individuals,
Main duties of the job
Our successful candidate will ideally have an interest to work within the health and justice pathway to support and enhance the mental health care delivered to service users within HMP Norwich.
You will provide mental health support under the supervision of a registered practitioner, working both independently and with other team members following the overall framework of the teams' policies and procedures.
You will assist in the delivery of patient care, liaising with the MDT team to ensure our service users receive the optimum mental health support during an often particularly difficult time in their lives.
Liaising with partner agencies such as HMPPS , Liaison and Diversion Services, Drug and Alcohol services, Resettlement services, General nursing and GP services is an important part of the role to ensure that the holistic needs of our service users are considered and met.
We are looking for compassionate, positive and energetic individuals who believe in promoting the needs of others.
As a Clinical Support Worker you will be an essential member of the team bringing your personal skills and experience of caring for people
However most importantly and in keeping with our Trust values of Positively, Respectfully and Together, we are looking for someone who has exceptional people and communication skills.
About us
Our integrated mental health and justice pathway services form part of a wide and growing body of clinical services operating in a variety of settings across the secure and forensic services care group.
NSFT Secure Services offer low and medium secure mental health services for men, an innovative integrated secure mental health service for women, mental health and personality disorder services in the local prisons, community forensic services, criminal justice liaison and diversion services and Offender Personality Disorder services in partnership with probation services.
As a part of the wider NSFT Secure Services Psychology Team, the post-holder will receive regular clinical and management supervision, and also professional and governance support from within the team.
Within NSFT Secure Services we employ a diverse and supportive team of psychologists, including clinical, counselling and forensic psychologists, and we are able offer our team members the opportunity to continue to develop their expertise via training and development opportunities in different parts of our service.
Benefits
- 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
Details
Date posted
02 April 2024
Pay scheme
Agenda for change
Band
Band 3
Salary
£22,816 to £24,336 a year gross per annum
Contract
Permanent
Working pattern
Full-time
Reference number
246-SEC6175632
Job locations
HMP Norwich
Knox Road
Norwich
NR1 4LU
Employer details
Employer name
Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust
Address
HMP Norwich
Knox Road
Norwich
NR1 4LU
Employer's website
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