Community Learning Disability Support Worker

An exciting opportunity is available for a passionate and proactive individual who wants to develop a career within the nursing team at the Community Learning Disability Team in East Cheshire as a clinical support worker.

Under the guidance of a qualified practitioner, you will implement care plans and provide support for service users and their care givers within different community setting, and report on the service users wellbeing.

The post holder will work flexibly in a range of settings, and in partnership with other agencies, carers/family members and the wider multi-disciplinary team.

There will be opportunities for continued professional development, including training around Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) and Trauma informed care., Working as part of the Community Team, you will undertake short term, focused work with the aim of maintaining wellbeing of service users.

You will provide direct care, advice, and training to, families and care providers to ensure support plans are in place, and work with other health agencies to support service users in their environments under the direction of the nursing team.

There will be an expectation that you will travel to work with people across the footprint of the trust.

Working for our organisation

CWP provides health and care services for local people, including mental health, learning disability, community physical health and all-age disability care - including the provision of three GP surgeries.

Our aim is to help people to be the best they can be, adopting a compassionate, person-centred approach to everything we do. We were recently rated as Outstanding for Caring by the Care Quality Commission with a Good rating overall.

We offer a variety of roles at all levels, so whether you are just starting out in your career or looking to use your skills and experience in a new role, CWP is the right employer for you.

CWP are committed to making our recruitment practices as inclusive as possible for everyone. We are committed to promoting equality and diversity and developing a culture that values differences.

To support this, we offer up to three weeks induction, dependent on role, with our Prepare to Care programme for all new starters. This aims to give you all the knowledge and guidance to help you grow and flourish with CWP., Recruitment selection processes are based on competence (see Person specification) and values.

CWP recruits people that can demonstrate the Trust's Values and Behaviours in their everyday life. Therefore, if you are invited to interview, you will be undertaking a Values Based Interview/Assessment, which explores not only what you do but how and why you do it.

Before applying, we encourage you to review the Trust's Values and Behaviours which are 'the 6 Cs' Communication, Competence, Courage, Care, Compassion and Commitment. A 'Guide to completing your application form' can be accessed on the bottom of this page under the job description, or via our website https://www.cwp.nhs.uk/completing-application-guidance

The Supporting Information Section in your application should therefore reflect your understanding of the Trust's Values and associated Behaviours. You will be expected to provide us with examples from work experience and/or personal life which demonstrate these values through your behaviour.

If you have a disability that meets the definition set out in the Equality Act 2010, and you can show that you meet the 'essential' criteria described in the person specification for an available position, please answer 'YES' to the question: 'Do you wish to be considered under the Guaranteed Interview Scheme?'

Please inform the team if you have any special support needs to be considered as part of the interview and selection processes.

CWP is proud to be an accredited Veteran Aware organisation helping to provide and share best practice in NHS care for our armed forces community. As a veteran aware organisation, CWP is committed to delivering on the principles of the Armed Force Covenant and has a 'Silver' award with the MOD Defence Employer Recognition Scheme (DERS).

The trust offers a Guaranteed Interview Scheme to any armed forces community applicants who meet the essential criteria for the post and encourages applications from armed forces reservists or cadet force adult volunteers.

Please note applicants will be required to pay for their DBS check. Costs are deducted from salary following appointment. You are encouraged to enrol for the DBS Update Service. A small annual fee of £13 per year applies.

Essential criteria

• Appropriate Learning Disability / mental health related NVQ level 2


• To demonstrate a range of work procedures and practices base level of theoretical knowledge


Desirable criteria


• NVQ level 3 in LD / Mental health, Clear understanding of working within a Person Centred framework


• Understanding of positive behavioural support and the importance of consistency in the delivery of support and care


• Knowledge and management of clients with LD and other associated health needs


• Record keeping and report writing skills, including IT skills to manage electronic patient notes


• Ability to demonstrate how to Implement clinical care/care plans Ability to undertake observations and record these accurately


• Good computer / IT skills


Desirable criteria


• Special interests related to one or more of the teams priority areas (challenging behaviour, autism, active support, communication), Experience of working with people with learning disabilities in a range of settings


• Experience working with people who have challenging behaviour


• Experience of supporting people with a learning disability in planning and implementing activity programmes


Desirable criteria


• Working with a community team or other MDT.


• Experience of demonstrating modelling activities to less experienced support workers/carers.