Clinical Support Worker Band 4

We have an exciting opportunity to be part of a new service as a Band 4 Clinical Support worker.The East London Intensive Support Team provides a 7 day a week urgent and intensive community response for people with Learning Disabilities with additional complex mental health needs and/or behaviours that services perceive to be challenging, that result in the person posing a risk to themselves or others. The service operates across the inner east London boroughs of Tower Hamlets, Newham and City and Hackney. The team will be based at our Tower Hamlets site at Mile End Hospital.The post holder will assist other professionals in the IST in providing assessment, care, treatment and discharge planning. This will be achieved through close collaboration with the person, carers, colleagues and other service providers. This may include supporting people during admissions to acute mental health wards.The post holder will work directly with service users to develop a rapport based upon respect, kindness and compassion that builds the basis of a professional relationship. You will have a significant role in supporting service users to engage with their agreed Care Plans, positively promoting independent living and recovery.Please note that the closing date of this advert is the 1st of July or when a sufficient number of qualified applicants has been received.,

• To support theIntensive Supportteamin providing assessments, care and treatment for People with learning Disability, Mental health issues and behaviours which challenge in the community under direct or indirect supervision of the team.
• To use skills in working with people with learning disabilities who are experiencing a Crisis to maintain, promote and improve health.
• To provide advice and consultation to colleagues supporting Autistic Adults who do not have Learning Disabilities.
• To facilitate access to health services through collaboration and partnership with primary and secondary health, and other relevant services.
• Developing working relationships with clients, provider organisations, GPs, local community resources.
• Support in the delivery of generic health tasks such as the completion of Hospital Passports, Health Action Plans, monitoring of mental health and behaviours which may challenge.
• Prepare clients and carers for health appointments to enhance their understanding to enable them to actively participate in their own health care.
• To contribute to shaping local health services in the way they are organised and run to promote an inclusive service for people with learning disabilities.
  
  Our mission is to make a positive difference to people's lives by improving the quality of life for all we serve. Our values are: We Care, We Respect, We are Inclusive - so we are looking for people who live and breathe these qualities when supporting service users and carers, and in their relationships with colleagues in the Trust and our partner organisations.