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Job summary

Main area
Urgent Care
Grade
NHS AfC: Band 4
Contract
12 months (Fixed Term - 1yr)
Hours
Full time - 37.5 hours per week (Shifts - across days per week)
Job ref
354-AC-21142
Employer
Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust
Employer type
NHS
Site
Chapel Street Clinic
Town
Chichester
Salary
£26,530 - £29,114 pa
Salary period
Yearly
Closing
29/06/2025 23:59

Employer heading

Sussex Partnership NHS FoundationTrust logo

Senior Community Support Worker - CRHTT

NHS AfC: Band 4

Come and join us

We're looking for people who share our values (compassion, accountability and optimism) to help us provide high quality care to the patients, carers, families and local communities we serve. We specialise in providing NHS mental health and learning disability services.

So what can we offer you in return?

We're an organisation which puts people first. We'll do everything possible to help you feel respected, valued and included. We'll help you learn, acquire new skills and gain further experience to support your career development. And we'll provide the opportunity for you to bring your fresh ideas to work about how we can do things differently and continue improving.

You will also be joining a health and care system committed to working together to do the best we can for the communities we serve. Above all, at Sussex Partnership you'll have the chance to make a difference to the lives of the patients, carers and families across our communities.

As a Trust we are committed in making a difference. Your development is important to us, so don't forget to ask us during interview what opportunities we can offer. We can offer fully funded lifelong learning opportunities such as an apprenticeship from GCSE to Masters level.

If you like the sound of that, then come and join our team.

Job overview

The Crisis Resolution and Home Treatment team is a multi-disciplinary team offering intensive short-term crisis mental health interventions to those in the Chichester and Bognor Regis area. We aim to prevent hospital admissions and to facilitate supported discharges from mental health hospital settings.

Main duties of the job

We are looking to recruit someone, who is enthusiastic, with good communication skills and is committed to working as part of a team and in partnership with service users and carers.

You will need to have some experience of working in a mental health setting and be willing to work flexible hours to enable the team to provide a 7 day service.

You will receive regular supervision and have the opportunity for personal and professional development as well as contributing to the team's development.

You will be expected to travel across sites in order to cover an urban / rural area.

Working for our organisation

You will be joining a committed and dynamic multidisciplinary team and will be fully supported and empowered to make a difference to creatively develop many new ways of working, towards building safe and responsive quality mental health services fit for the future.In return we can offer a supportive working environment and access to training opportunities to assist you to realise your potential and achieve a greater degree of job satisfaction.

As a Trust employee you will enjoy the following:

  • Excellent starting salary
  • NHS Pension contributions
  • 27 days holiday allowance plus bank holidays
  • Flexible Working patterns
  • Child care vouchers
  • Excellent training and development opportunities
  • NHS Discounts
  • Employee Assistance Programme

We encourage flexible working. We know that a positive work/ life balance brings about huge health-related benefits, which has a positive impact on the care we provide. Please speak to us about flexible working, for example, part time hours, flexible start/ finish times or anything else. If it works for you and works for the role, we'll do our best to make it happen.

Detailed job description and main responsibilities

This is an exciting and dynamic role that offers the opportunity for development and implementation of high-quality services. Previous experience in a mental health setting is essential. We offer excellent staff support through clinical supervision and teamwork.

Crisis Resolution Home Treatment Team is integral to our Urgent Care Pathway and ensure people presenting to acute mental health services receive a compassionate, person- centred assessment.

This is a seven day per week service, which may necessitate some working unsocial hours, however, working unsocial hours does bring a salary increase, in line with Agenda for Change guidelines.

If you are looking for a role where you can use the experience you have gathered to make a real and tangible difference to a developing service, then this is the job for you!

See attached Job Description and Person Specification for full details.

Person specification

QUALIFICATIONS

Essential criteria
  • NVQ Level 3 in Care and equivalent skills acquired through experience

EXPERIENCE

Essential criteria
  • Experience working within a health or social care setting
  • Experience of working as part of a team
  • Good communication skills

Employer certification / accreditation badges

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Applicant requirements

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.

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Further details / informal visits contact

Name
Elena Riseborough
Job title
Urgent Care Manager for Chichester and Bognor Area
Email address
[email protected]
Telephone number
03003040240
Additional information

Peter Young

Team Leader

phone:  03003040240

email: [email protected]

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