Main area clinical support worker Grade NHS AfC: Band 3 Contract Permanent Hours
* Full time
* Part time
* Job share
* Flexible working
37.5 hours per week (Shifts are over 24/7 with Early, Late, Long Days and Nights available)
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Employer: NELFT NHS Foundation Trust
Employer type: NHS
Site: Kent & Medway Adolescent Hospital
Town: Staplehurst
Salary: £24,625 - £25,674 per annum pro rata for part time
Salary period: Yearly
Closing: 28/04/2025 23:59
Clinical Support Worker
NHS AfC: Band 3
Joining #TeamNELFT means you’ll become part of a welcoming and supportive working environment. We’re CQC rated Good, and we want you to join us on the journey towards an Outstanding rating. NELFT has sites across North East London, Essex, Kent and Medway. We provide community and mental healthcare services to adults and children within these areas.
The Trust has award winning equality and diversity initiatives and staff health and wellbeing activities. We invest heavily in your development, because when you are valued and supported, we provide the best care to our patients.
Job overview
We have vacancies at our Kent and Medway Adolescent Hospital based in Staplehurst, Kent for Band 3 clinical support workers to join our team. We are a general adolescent hospital, supporting young people admitted informally or under section of the mental health act who present with acute mental health difficulties including eating disorders. We also operate a Health Based Place of Safety, which supports young people who have been detained under section by the police.
Due to an expected high volume of applications, this vacancy may close earlier than the proposed closing date.
Main duties of the job
The role involves supporting young people who have been admitted and to engage in treatment around managing their mental health and risk. The average length of stay for young people is around 6-8 weeks during which time the young person and their family are offered treatment to support safe discharge back to the community. Young people admitted to the unit may engage in behaviours often associated with mental distress such as self-harm, agitation, suicidal thoughts and intrusive thoughts.
The team operate 24/7 and shifts that will be worked include: Earlies, Lates, Long days and nights.
The focus of the role is on risk assessment, management and treatment in a general adolescent hospital setting and involves interfacing with other agencies and contributing to the therapeutic timetable.
Working for our organisation
Starting with NELFT
NELFT place a great deal of importance on new starters being properly welcomed and inducted into the Trust. All new starters will join the Trust on the first Monday of each month and will undertake a comprehensive induction of up to two weeks which will include mandatory training, systems training and the allocation of equipment.
Probationary Period: This post will be subject to a probationary period. Internal applicants are exempt from the probationary period (unless you are an internal applicant currently part way through a probationary period or currently a bank member of staff).
Detailed job description and main responsibilities
The post would suit someone who has an interest and/or experience in supporting young people with mental health needs. The right candidate will be able to work well under pressure and in the face of emotional situations and be confident in making decisions in the best interests of children, young people and their families.
As well as a comprehensive induction period to NELFT and our unit we can also offer training opportunities to develop and support the individual within the role.
Please note we cannot sponsor this role.
Person specification
* Good general educational standard
* Experience
* Knowledge
We believe in bringing your authentic and best self to work, in order to deliver the best care to our patients.
* A long-standing and award-winning approach to equality and diversity with supportive networks for ethnic minority staff, staff with disabilities or long term/chronic conditions and LGBT staff.
* A commitment to supporting colleagues to achieve a work life balance, through flexible working opportunities and our efforts to support our working parents and carers.
* Proactive health and wellbeing support, including access to our employee assistance programme, staff psychological support, individual wellbeing conversations and a network of health and wellbeing ambassadors.
As a flexible working friendly organisation, we want to be sure that you can work in a way that is best for us and for our patients, and for you. Speak to us about how we might be able to accommodate a flexible working arrangement whether that’s a job share, part time hours or another flexible pattern.
Equal opportunities employer
We are committed to equal opportunities and diversity and positively encourage applications from all sections of the community regardless of any protected characteristic.
We are a Disability Confident employer and have made the pledge to commit to employing more people with disabilities.
Correspondence with us
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