# Gateway Worker > NHS job listing from Job Clerk for East London NHS Foundation Trust. ## Canonical URLs - **HTML:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/gateway-worker/fb19c55e-0f2d-4336-90ad-70255ef31748 - **Markdown:** https://www.jobclerk.com/job/gateway-worker/fb19c55e-0f2d-4336-90ad-70255ef31748.md ## Summary - **Status:** Live - **Employer:** East London NHS Foundation Trust - **Location:** Adult Mental Health Services - Tower Hamlets Directorate - **Workplace type:** onsite - **Profession:** Worker - **Grade:** Band 6 - **Salary:** £45,953 - £54,254 Per annum inc HCA - **Contract type:** 12 months (This post is offered as a 12-month fixed term contract. It is a full time (37.5 hours per week) post. Part time job share opportunities are available for existing Newham Talking Therapies staff depending on interest from other applicants. Our Gateway Workers typical work 9am to 5pm each weekday and currently come on site 1 day a week on Mondays. All shift patterns are changeable depending on service need.) - **Employment type:** Full time - 30 hours per week - **Closing date:** 2026-10-11T22:59:00.000Z - **Posted:** 2026-10-02T12:49:27.114Z - **Source information URL:** https://www.healthjobsuk.com/job/UK/London/Stratford/East_London_NHS_Foundation_Trust/Allied_Health_Professionals/Allied_Health_Professionals-v8316100 - **Application URL:** https://apps.trac.jobs/job-advert/8316100?ShowJobAdvert=&feedid=9002 - **Employer website:** https://www.elft.nhs.uk ## Job Content ### Job overview Title: Band 6 Gateway Worker (Senior PWP / OT / Nurse / Social Worker Psychologist) Contract: Band 6 12 month fixed-term contract. Full time (37.5 hours per week). Part time job share opportunities are available for existing Newham Talking Therapies staff depending on interest from other applicants. An exciting opportunity has arisen for a PWP, OT, Nurse, Social Worker or Psychologist to join our Gateway Team. We are one of the leading national Talking Therapies / IAPT services and we are keen to recruit an experienced clinician who is passionate about service users accessing the right service and having a good experience while they do this. ### Main duties of the job The post holder will assist our service users in moving smoothly through the referral, treatment and discharge processes within the Talking Therapies service and to and from other services in their designated Borough. They will play a pivotal role in ensuring that service users experience ease of entry to and a seamless transition between services, and that service users feel supported to access the right service at the right time even when their needs are complex and may involve input from multiple teams. Your caseload may also include treatment cases appropriate to your level of training as agreed by your line manager. ### Detailed job description and main responsibilities Find out more about us athttps://newhamtalkingtherapies.nhs.uk/ Please refer to the attached Job Description for full details around duties and responsibilities and Person Specification for this post. This post is offered as a 12-month fixed term contract. It is a full time (37.5 hours per week) post. Part time job share opportunities are available for existing Newham Talking Therapies staff depending on interest from other applicants. Our Gateway Workers typical work 9am to 5pm each weekday and currently come on site 1 day a week on Mondays. All shift patterns are changeable depending on service need. If you have any further questions, please contact Ryan Callan, Deputy Clinical Lead on 0208 175 1770 for an informal discussion. ### Applicant requirements You must have appropriate UK professional registration. This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975 (Amendment) (England and Wales) Order 2020 and it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service. ## Person Specification ### Experience **Essential** - Experience of Liaising with other services regarding incoming and outgoing referrals - Experiencing of working on a risk duty system - Ability to meet agreed/specified service targets - Ability to manage own caseload and time - Demonstrate high standards in written communication ### Knowledge and Skills **Essential** - Excellent verbal and written communication skills - Has received training (either formal of through experience) and carried out risk assessments within scope of practice - Understanding of issues surrounding clinical risk - Able to develop good therapeutic relationships with clients ### Education/ Qualification/ Training **Essential** - Registered Practitioner with a Mental Health background (with a core profession: Counselling psychologist, clinical psychologist, social worker, RMN, RNLD, PWP and OT with secondary care mental health experience) - Significant post qualification experience ## Documents - [elft at a glance (pdf, 151.0kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1110) - [elft strategy 2026 (pdf, 421.7kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=3090) - [band 6 gateway worker jd (pdf, 328.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10637204) - [band 6 gateway worker ps (pdf, 328.6kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?vdoc=10637205) - [elft staff benefits leaflet (pdf, 920.1kb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1111) - [trust demographic information (pdf, 1.5mb)](https://www.healthjobsuk.com/documents?edoc=1844) ## Agent Notes - This Markdown page is generated from the same Job Clerk job record as the HTML job detail page. - Use the canonical HTML URL for user-facing references. - Use the application URL when the user wants to apply on the source NHS site.