Clinical Support Assistant

Job overview

An exciting opportunity has arisen in Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust's (CNTW) North Cumbria Locality. The role will be for a clinical support assistant, Memory and Later Life Services, Lilyhall Business Centre in Workington.

This role will include supporting a caseload of mainly older adults in the community who have various mental health problems including dementia, depression, anxiety, psychosis as well as complex emotional needs.

The role involves supporting clinicians to deliver evidence based treatment and to engage in collaborative working across the multi-agency team.

You will work closely alongside other clinicians from a variety of professions.

Working with a highly complex population, the team feel that this role would be ideal for someone with the following qualities, skills and aspirations:

• Do you want to work with individuals that can be difficult to engage and are often socially excluded?
• Are you confident in your ability to offer assertive engagement aligned with a positive risk taking approach?
• Do you think you can deliver high quality care, autonomously and as part of a team, which addresses complex needs in demanding environments?
• Are you keen for the opportunity to with and develop collaborative networks with a range of service providers including Housing, Probation, Addictions, MAPPA, Local authority and safeguarding?
• Do you have a passion to make a difference in a specialised area of mental health provision?

Main duties of the job

To assist in the delivery of care to service users who have a variety of care needs, diverse presentations and a range of mental health conditions, cognitive/and or learning disabilities under the direction of a registered practitioner. The overall responsibility for a patient remains , at all times with the registered professional.

To implement and evaluate care within a prescribed framework as a member of the care team ensuring that high quality, individualised care is delivered and this promotes recovery and wellbeing and maximises independence.

To support the team in providing excellent and effective person centred care.

To provide compassionate care that is based on empathy, kindness, respect and dignity.

To actively engage with supervision and appraisal process as identified in the trust policies.

You may be required to facilitate groups. Such as carer groups, Cognitive stimulation therapy sessions, recovery through activity etc.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

We like to involve our team members in all aspects of the service and that includes being active with participants in our recruitment process. If you would like to work in this way and enjoy the benefits of working in a service like ours why not give us a call or come and spend some time with us. Staff across all aspects of the service would be happy to spend time with you and talk about their role, experiences and what our service has to offer.

Please find attached job description for full details.

Advertising date : 12th February 2026

Closing date : 26th February 2026

We welcome your application.