Clinical Support Worker

Job summary

We are recruitingcompassionate and caring individualsto help us care for people when they need us the most.

Walker Close is an acute ward for people with a learning disability and/or Autism who require caring and compassionate staff who want to to provide high standards of care to aid their recovery.

If this is you please do contact us for further discussions as we are a friendly supportive team who welcome other people skills and knowledge.

Walker Close is made up of two adult acute admission bungalows. We provide high standards of care and a safe and therapeutic setting to promote recovery. You will be required to work shifts, made up of early, late and night shifts.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to develop your skills, and will undertake on the job training. We believe supporting our staff is key to job role satisfaction. Feeling valued with autonomy and respect.

You will need to be enthusiastic and conscientious and do everything you can to provide the best care to our service users. We are looking for someone who displays compassion, empathy and sensitivity in your approach to people who may be distressed or have a challenging manner.

Main duties of the job

You will take part in ongoing assessments, and plan, deliver and evaluate the needs of our service users, in accordance with their Care and Positive Behaviour Support plans.

You will take part in ongoing risk assessments, recognising and responding to any changes, ensuring that the care and safety of the service user remains the priority.

We have a genuine commitment to facilitate a vast spectrum of local training in addition to the standard trust mandatory training and development.

You should expect to access all relevant physical health and patient support training to enhance your existing skills.

You will also be expected to complete local training . There will also be the opportunity to learn new skills to benefit from further development opportunities.

About us

By joining us at Walker Close as a Clinical Support Worker you will be supported by the already established wider team and will be encouraged to enhance your own learning and to also share key skills with our dedicated and compassionate team to provide care to patients within an acute learning disability ward.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing their experiences and learning from each other.

Check out our twitter to view our recruitment videos and understand more about what we do at Walker Close: https://twitter.com/WalkerClose34

Benefits

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
• NHS discounts and many more.

Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

LD Assessment and Treatment Walker Close

Ipswich

IP3 8LY

Employer's website

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

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Employer details

Employer name

Norfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust

Address

LD Assessment and Treatment Walker Close

Ipswich

IP3 8LY

Employer's website

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

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