Clinical Support Worker - Autism Intensive Support Service

We are seeking to recruit a Band 3 Clinical Support Worker for an 18 month fixed term contract to join an expanding small and enthusiastic multidisciplinary team providing intensive support for autistic people accessing NSFT mental health services across Norfolk and Waveney. Within this service you will be working clinically with a small caseload of autistic service users who are struggling with their mental health and presenting frequently within our urgent and emergency care pathways. The overarching aim of the Autism Intensive Support (AIS) team are to reduce the number of and length of stay for autistic people in acute inpatient settings. The AIS team provide an intensive recovery-oriented approach, which is trauma-informed and autism-friendly to autistic service users directly and undertake consultation, supervision, and training of NSFT colleagues to improve the confidence and skill of mainstream mental health community and ward staff to deliver autism informed care. Improving inclusivity of mental health care for autistic people is essential for reducing health inequalities, alongside ensuring specialist intensive support is available when needed for high intensity users of crisis and emergency services., The Autism Intensive Support (AIS) team and this post will be largely based at the Weaver's Centre alongside the Central Norfolk CRHT. As this team covers a large geographical area, this role requires the ability to travel independently across Norfolk and Waveney to meet strict time deadlines for home visits, meetings, and appointments within community and inpatient services. You will therefore need to hold a full UK driving licence and have the use of a vehicle. You cannot use public transport for this role as this is not a reliable form of transport and will not allow you to meet service needs. Please confirm in your application that you meet these specified criteria. This new post within the Autism Intensive Support (AIS) team will suit someone who has a passion for working with autistic people and is motivated by the prospect of doing something new. Prior experience of working with neurodiversity and/or mental health settings would be advantageous but is not essential. You will be working alongside community and - at times - ward based staff as required, within a growing multidisciplinary Autism Intensive Support (AIS) team. The AIS team includes a clinical nurse specialist, consultant clinical psychologist, psychological therapist/psychologist, as well as recently recruited Allied Health Professionals.

Here at NSFT we pride ourselves on being a welcoming, talented, friendly and supportive team who like nothing better than sharing experiences and learning from each other. In addition to ongoing training and development opportunities, we are committed to providing an environment in which you can thrive. 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 professional networks coupled with an exceptional leadership team who will ensure you are truly cared for and cared about. Why Norfolk and Suffolk? The people here are warm and welcoming, you'll never be far from the beautiful coastline or Broads National Park. We're an hour and a half away from London and have an international airport in Norwich too. 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. Some of the benefits you can expect:

• 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.