Clinical Support Worker - Learning Disabilities Team

Job summary

The postholder will be responsible for supporting clinicians in organising groups, will help administrate these groups and will collect feedback and support families attending groups.

Under supervision, the post holder will work as part of a multi-disciplinary team, providing support and spending therapeutic time with an allocated group of children, young people and families with mental health needs, undertaking a wide and varied range of clinical, supportive and administrative tasks as directed by clinical staff or team leads. The post holder will assist qualified staff in the assessment and treatment planning for children, young people and their families, gathering information and summarising this for qualified staff as needed. The post holder will assist in the implementation and evaluation of interventions for children, young people and their families The post holder will act as the champion for promoting service user involvement, ensuring the service listens to the voices of the young people and will work in partnership with other agencies to ensure children, young people and their families are offered advice and practical support

Main duties of the job

Attached you will find the person specification document which provides more detail about the essential and desirable skills and experience needed for this role. We highly recommend you review this document and use it when completing your application as these criteria are used by hiring managers as guidance during shortlisting.

For an overview of the main duties of the role please see the 'Job Description and Main Responsibilities' section below. To understand the day-to-day responsibilities in more detail please read the full job description document attached.

About us

MFT is England's largest NHS Trust with a turnover of £2.6bn & is on a different scale than most other NHS Trusts. We're creating an exceptional integrated health & social care system for the 1 million patients who rely on our services every year.

Bringing together 10 hospitals & community services from across Manchester, Trafford & beyond, we champion collaborative working & transformation, encouraging our 28,000 workforce to pursue their most ambitious goals. We set standards that other Trusts seek to emulate so you'll benefit from a scale of opportunity that is nothing short of extraordinary.

We've also created a digitally enabled organisation to improve clinical quality, patient & staff experience, operational effectiveness & driving research and innovation through the introduction of Hive; our brand-new Electronic Patient Record system which we've launched in September 2022.

We're proud to be a major academic Research Centre & Education provider, providing you with a robust infrastructure to encourage and facilitate high-quality research programmes. What's more, we're excited to be embarking on our new Green Plan which will set out how MFT continues to play its part in making healthcare more sustainable.

At MFT, we create and foster a culture of inclusion and belonging, provide equal opportunities for career development that are fair, open and transparent, protecting your health and wellbeing and shaping the future of our organisation together.