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Job summaryCommunity Clinical Support Worker - Dementia Intensive Support Team - West SuffolkAn excellent opportunity has arisen to join the West Suffolk Dementia Intensive Support Team. You will be joining a motivated and passionate multi-disciplinary team working to achieve positive outcomes for service users and their carers.The team is community based and works in individuals homes to prevent breakdown of care and support, to promote independence and stabilise situations preventing admissions to hospital and premature moves into long term care.The role involves you working with service users, building trust and rapport and enabling them to have the appropriate care and support in place to maintain their independence.The role involves working with the support of practitioners but managing your own workload and working autonomously in the community.Please note: This role requires travel and therefore use of own car is essential.Main duties of the jobTo undertake work as guided by Practitioners with a specific and clear role from the outset.To build relationships and engage with individuals and their familyTo provide intensive short-term goal orientated input to the personTo explore and better understand needs and risks for individualsTo test out and trial care and support with the individuals and then hand over to external agency following thisTo support people to access resources in the local communityTo demonstrate/transfer knowledge and skills to other carers/family membersTo be flexible and adaptable in the input you giveTo highlight any concerns or risks to the Practitioner responsible for the caseTo write notes of visits and input onto the computer system in a timely mannerTo be able to manage own workload effectivelyAbout usHere 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.Why work for us?We have challenges as a Trust, but we have ambitious aspirations, are pushing ahead with exciting transformation work and we need dedicated individuals to support us on our journey. We have strong, established nursing networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about.BenefitsBenefits 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 Why Norfolk and Suffolk?The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or beautiful countryside. We're an hour and a half away from London and our villages, towns and cities are packed full of history, independent cafes, shops and theatres. We have excellent shopping, eating out, top ranking schooling and affordable house prices too.Job descriptionJob responsibilitiesNorfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of specialist mental health services for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, serving a population of 1.6 million.The Dementia Intensive Support Team is a part of the Suffolk Care Group, working within the community to meet the needs of people with Dementia and their carers.See under main duties of the job, the clinical support workers main role is engaging with and building a relationship with the service user and their family to enable care and support to be introduced to maintain them in their own homes. This involves, assessing and identifying needs and risks and working autonomously.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!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.Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobsJob description Job responsibilitiesNorfolk and Suffolk NHS Foundation Trust is the main provider of specialist mental health services for the counties of Norfolk and Suffolk, serving a population of 1.6 million.The Dementia Intensive Support Team is a part of the Suffolk Care Group, working within the community to meet the needs of people with Dementia and their carers.See under main duties of the job, the clinical support workers main role is engaging with and building a relationship with the service user and their family to enable care and support to be introduced to maintain them in their own homes. This involves, assessing and identifying needs and risks and working autonomously.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!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.Please visit our Facebook and Twitter page @NSFTjobsPerson SpecificationExperienceEssentialPrevious experience within the care sector DesirableMental health experience QualificationsEssentialCare Certificate - must be achieved within first 12 weeks of employment NVQ Level 2/3, in Health and Social Care SkillsEssentialGood interpersonal and communication skills OtherEssentialAbility to travel independently KnowledgeEssentialAwareness of professional boundaries in relation to client care Person Specification ExperienceEssentialPrevious experience within the care sector DesirableMental health experience QualificationsEssentialCare Certificate - must be achieved within first 12 weeks of employment NVQ Level 2/3, in Health and Social Care SkillsEssentialGood interpersonal and communication skills OtherEssentialAbility to travel independently KnowledgeEssentialAwareness of professional boundaries in relation to client care Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .Additional information Disclosure and Barring Service CheckThis post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions. Certificate of SponsorshipApplications from job seekers who require current Skilled worker sponsorship to work in the UK are welcome and will be considered alongside all other applications. For further information visit the .From 6 April 2017, skilled worker applicants, applying for entry clearance into the UK, have had to present a criminal record certificate from each country they have resided continuously or cumulatively for 12 months or more in the past 10 years. Adult dependants (over 18 years old) are also subject to this requirement. .Employer detailsEmployer nameNorfolk & Suffolk Foundation NHS Trust AddressG BlockHospital RoadBury St EdmundsIP33 3NREmployer's website #J-18808-Ljbffr