Clinical Support Assistant

An exciting opportunity is on offer to join our dynamic and ever evolving Children and Adolescent Mental health service. Based in North Cumbria - Current bases are Carlisle & Workington.
Are you interested in pursing a career in a child and young people service?Are you passionate about helping children, young people and their families? Are you looking for opportunities to develop your skills and knowledge? If the answer is yes to the above, then we would be delighted to hear from you.
This role offers the chance to be part of a team who pride themselves on offering mental health services to children and young people within the community.
The team is made up of a Crisis , Assessment and Treatment team. We have several pathways within the service offering intervention to children and young people aged up to 18yrs. Working closely with family, carer's and the professional system to achieve the best possible outcomes and support healthy transitions., To assist in the delivery of care to young people & their families who have a variety of 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 the service user remains, always with the registered practitioner.
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 that 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.
Take part in MDT meetings.
Have an awareness & understanding of safeguarding.
Have an awareness & understanding of Risk management.
To actively engage with supervision and appraisal process as identified in Trust policy.
Support clinicians with simple administration tasks.

We are so delighted you are considering coming to work with us at Cumbria, Northumberland, Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW).

We know the power of looking into an organisation, one you might want to work in, or one where you are going to get help, and being able to say, 'I've seen somewhere I can fit in and be myself.' We're on a journey to make the Trust an inclusive employer, representative of the community we serve and we want more of our community to consider applying for jobs with us.
Opportunities for you
Spanning east to west coasts from Northumberland to Cumbria and from the Scottish Borders down to Middlesbrough we've got exciting new opportunities available at every level and in every area.
We offer flexible working, helping work fit around family and caring responsibilities, or training and development needs and there's lots on offer in the way of benefits, such as, lease cars, childcare schemes, staff discounts, season tickets for travel and a cycle to work scheme. All this in a vibrant workplace supported by the following staff networks.
+ Cultural diversity staff network
+ Disabled staff network
+ LGBT+ staff network
We also have a number of staff support groups which are open to any staff to attend. These Include:
+ Armed Forces and Veterans Staff Association
+ Mind, Health and Wellbeing Community
+ Menopause toolkit and cafes and staff carer support group
We offer fantastic personal development opportunities through our Collective Leadership Programme and other Organisational Development initiatives. Whatever you are looking for, you will be joining a supportive, friendly team, offering varied and interesting roles, with opportunities for career progression.
Always improving
CNTW is regulated by the national healthcare regulator, the Care Quality Commission (CQC). Our last two inspections have rated us as an outstanding organisation. We're always seeking to improve as an organisation. Do you want to be part of that?, We aim to attract and retain a diverse, talented and committed workforce, who are caring and compassionate, and therefore able to meet the demands of the modern NHS now and in the future. In return we can offer a dynamic working environment in which to build a career.
North Cumbria Children & Young peoples services (CYPS) has several bases at either West of the County or East of the County.
We work mainly in the community seeing children & young people and their families within clinic's, their homes and sometimes online via TEAMS. We also see young people in hospital if in Crisis.