Clinical Support Worker

Job overview

The West Suffolk Children’s ADHD Team is seeking a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker to undertake a range of clinical activities supporting children and young people with ADHD, and their families, within the CYP Service.

This role will be based in Bury St Edmunds with the post holder working 37.5 hours a week. Due to the nature of this community service, candidates must hold a UK driving licence and have access to a vehicle.

You must have experience of working within the community and preferably service users under 18. This is a unique opportunity for the successful candidate to progress professionally, you will be expected to commit to further training.

Our team is passionate about delivering evidence-informed, compassionate support to children and young people with ADHD and their families - we are a community of warm, honest and hard-working people, who are delivering essential care.

Every day is different and not without its challenges. We strive to ensure our staff have the support they need to tackle these challenges and time to embrace new opportunities.

Main duties of the job

Clinical Support Workers undertake a range of activities to support the work of the team. This includes supporting the delivery of agreed, time-limited interventions and pre-treatment support within the ADHD pathway. Undertaking home visits and supporting children/young people and their families as well as clinic based work.

Within this role clinicians work with minimal supervision, but under the direction of the senior clinicians including Nurses and Psychologists.

The degree of involvement will be determined by a Registered Practitioner  who will assess the extent of supervision required, having considered the particular circumstances and assessed the post holder’s experience.

You will observe, report and record any changes, which may indicate an alteration in the patient’s wellbeing as well as any routine observations required and converse with patients and their relatives/carers in a positive and respectful manner.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

Please find attached our Job Description and Person Specification for more detail on your Key Accountabilities, then if you feel you have what it takes to make a difference in your local communities, click APPLY!

Some of the benefits you can expect:

• 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.

Interview dates are yet to be set; you will be contacted via email and invited to book a time. These emails may go to your SPAM, so please keep checking all your emails if applying.

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